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I think we may have discussed this before but what is the story behind your username?
Mine was from the other place.
I really want to know what a Seagoon is.
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I think Gibson and the other DT cats are the reason why I'm considering getting a cat when I move
Highly recommend it lol
Work related. At the time I set up this account I was peeling around 80kg of potatoes per day.
Skateboarding as a kid down multi level car parks and steep roads. Most fun was sitting on our arses and racing that way.
Mr Woof's and Miss Meow's real names. Which means when anyone here uses my username I have a brief moment of confusion before I realise they are actually referring to me π€£
Long ago on a different Platform a group of very silly young men were whinging about catfishing. A whole bunch of us changed our display names to Catfish and flooded the daily feed with silly fish related posts. I found it amusing and kept it.
Itβs part of a lyric from a song called βAll There Isβ by my favourite band, Bad Religion.
The lyrics question the human condition in a pessimistic way. Lyrics about the futility of existence, despair, and the pain of living in a world with little substance coupled with high tempo drumming, blistering guitars and three part harmonies. Typical Bad Religion fareβ¦
I remember once I tried to make a reference to Neil Gaiman - American gods to you and it went completely over your head. Now I know why π«₯
damn I love his books, why does he have to be such a rapey bastard
I believe charges were dropped, but the public opinion is a different story of course.
he and his wife never denied it, they excused it
It came about because one day sitting around the dinner table my daughter said something about her dad being the boss of the house and I said "No I'm the boss. I'm the CEO of this house and your dad is 2IC" and he looked at her and said "It's true. She is the boss". And the name stuck.
Just a play on words. I was dumblederp but fuck JK Rowling.
It was very random for me, I just wanted to come up with something quickly that wouldn't be doxable
A friend a very long time ago took my nickname, morphed it and morphed it again until it became Spin, which caught on in my friend group for quite a few years and became my favourite nick name. It's generally taken up on every platform, so I expanded to what it is.
I had messed up baking a cake earlier in the day, that I was supposed to take as a dessert to a gathering. I had no ideas for a user name so thatβll do.
Mine is very boring. I'm a witch and I live in Thornbury. All my social media usernames are variations on this theme. Would have been worse if I lived in Ipswich. One day I shall re-invent myself, but at present I see no particular need to do so.
What if there were two witches in Ipswich? People would ask, but which Ipswich witch?
Not only that, but what the witch of Ipswich actually does. Which witch switches the switch for Ipswich?
Not telling.
Is it the one wearing an Irish wrist watch?
???
Stupid pun on man about town/toast of the town
Didnβt expect it to stick
Gender swap of Mister Cellophane, a song from the movie adaption of the musical, Chicago.
I notice you without you having to cluck like a hen!
Reddit generated and I've stuck with it.
online nom de plume I've been using since last century
Lady Seagoon is a character in the Goon Show. This one is another parody of a Sherlock Holmes movie/Beau Geste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf6ss8Qcsn8