The True Meaning Of MR Members Name

~Shard~ said:

George said that one, right?

Hmm, is this the "MacRumors Name" thread, or the "Famous Blackadder Quotes" thread?

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Prince George, yes.

Oh, I could go on and on if you let me....

Maybe it's a good idea to create a Blackadder thread?

Enough fans over here!

Lord Blackadder said:

Prince George, yes.

Oh, I could go on and on if you let me....

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I've got WikiQuote fired up & ready

This thread should probably get back on topic, otherwise we've knackered a perfectly good thread.

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Good plan MacsRgr8

MacsRgr8 said:

Maybe it's a good idea to create a Blackadder thread?

Enough fans over here!

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Yeah go on Lord B, I think it is only right that you should do it.

~Shard~ said:

Shard is simply an alias which I have used for a long time. I came up with it on my own about 10 years ago or so, and always thought it would be a cool superhero, etc. type of name, and have always used it as my online alter-ego (or is it my real ego? ) So for Forums, e-mail, even the lead character in my screenplay, it's always been Shard. The tildes are simply for effect.

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There is a literary prececent -- in Anne McCaffreys Dragonriders of Pern novels, characters use "Shards!" as an epithet -- referring to Shards of the (Dragon's) Egg, -- similar to the English "Zounds!" meaning God's Wounds (Jesus's wounds on the cross).

CanadaRAM said:

There is a literary prececent -- in Anne McCaffreys Dragonriders of Pern novels, characters use "Shards!" as an epithet -- referring to Shards of the (Dragon's) Egg, -- similar to the English "Zounds!" meaning God's Wounds (Jesus's wounds on the cross).

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And from pop culture ... the crystal shard from The Dark Crystal ... later influence for the Crystal Method.


peace | neut

I was watching Dogma and Loki had already been taken...

Well my favorite place in the world is an island in greece called patmos, a person from patmos is a patmian, 212 is the area code of NYC which is where I grew up, hence patmian212

<-- I've explained my, apparently hard to spell, name on a couple of occasions, but since this is the "official" thread I'll even throw in a little reason:

Mitth'raw'nuruodo, or Grand Admiral Thrawn for short (!), is my favorite charachter from the Star Wars Universe. Okay, so he was on the imperial side (or what was left of it), but I was still cheering for him...

More from the Star Wars Databank or even more from Wikipedia. Or even better: Read the Thrawn trilogy...

I'm such a geek...

dops7107 said:

Yeah go on Lord B, I think it is only right that you should do it.

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Yep!

Please do, dear Mr. B!

rickvanr for my name, but not my whole name.

Rick vanRavenhorst... scrunched... rickvanr

CanadaRAM said:

There is a literary prececent -- in Anne McCaffreys Dragonriders of Pern novels, characters use "Shards!" as an epithet -- referring to Shards of the (Dragon's) Egg, -- similar to the English "Zounds!" meaning God's Wounds (Jesus's wounds on the cross).

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neut said:

And from pop culture ... the crystal shard from The Dark Crystal ... later influence for the Crystal Method.

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Very excellent references guys, thanks for those. Yes, perhaps my subconscious took a piece (a shard?) from many of these types of references/sources which I have been exposed to when I was trying to come up with that name, and influenced me without me even knowing...

Mine came about when I was trying to think of a screen name for an AIM account to use on iChat. I asked my 9 year old niece what she thought I should use, and she took my last name (Stamp) and transformed it in a way that only a child can do! I thought it was kinda' catchy, so I used it.
It's also kind of a tribute to Bart's pet elephant, Stampy, on The Simpsons (my favorite TV show).
P.S. I second the idea of a Blackadder thread (my other favorite show!)

iBlue said:

my username is pretty easy: my first name is Blue (yes, it's my real name) so iBlue.

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That is really cool. I've never met anyone REALLY named Blue before. That's pretty!

As far as my screen name: A bunch of friends say that I look like Great Teacher Onizuka (it's an anime and live/action series in Japan). Blond hair, always smoking, and total BADASS and pervert. They say they should have just made the show about me. lmao.

Someone on here pm'd me a little while ago asking if it was in honor of the fallen astronaut. And I said "I't's not that honorable or cool." lol


edit: About the CRYSTAL METHOD, they got there name from a girl (named Crystal) who used to give her friends/aquaintences rides all around town. They would say "How are we gonan get there?" And others would say "The Crystal Method."

Onizuka said:

edit: About the CRYSTAL METHOD, they got there name from a girl (named Crystal) who used to give her friends/aquaintences rides all around town. They would say "How are we gonan get there?" And others would say "The Crystal Method."

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I was just referencing thier prominent use of a Dark Crystal sample on the first track of thier first commercial release, Vegas.

peace | neut

Mine came from my dad in a way. He was a really good golfer on the high school golf team and his nickname was prostuff. So when it came time for me to think of a screen name it was easy cause my dad and i are both good golfers. I just choose to add a "1" to the end.

Plus i figured the nickname that my friends use was not appropriate. For anyone wondering my last name is Hiltner and it is very close to... take a guess. Almost every one of my friends calls me by that nickname.

I chose mine because i have an apple computer and im posting on an apple forum.

Mac - no explanation needed
Dawg - University of Georgia Bulldawg fan



Woof, Woof - Dawg

Apple said:

I chose mine because i have an apple computer and im posting on an apple forum.

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So simple, so elegant, so easily understood...so Apple

Headache relief, hopefully.

MacsRgr8 said:

Maybe it's a good idea to create a Blackadder thread?

Enough fans over here!

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Done. Far be it from me to threadjack.

Onizuka said:

That is really cool. I've never met anyone REALLY named Blue before. That's pretty!

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edit: About the CRYSTAL METHOD, they got there name from a girl (named Crystal) who used to give her friends/aquaintences rides all around town. They would say "How are we gonan get there?" And others would say "The Crystal Method."

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thanks, i like my name... now... as a kid it was a bit annoying. i've met another Blue, it was a guy. (and he was a real jackass)

i didn't know that about The Crystal Method (i like the band) i always assumed it was just a reference to methamphetamine (crystal meth) <shrugs> ya learn something every day.
(that'll teach me to have such a depraved outlook)

trainguy77 i used to use this member name a couple years ago when i was interested in model trains...i no longer do the whole train thing and i hate the trainguy77 name....now my new name everywhere i go is macman64

Apple said:

I chose mine because i have an apple computer and im posting on an apple forum.

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Me too. And I'm a girl.