Your alias

[Eran of Arcadia]

I had a friend who had a real problem with Jehovah's Witnesses coming to his door all the time. So one day, he and two of his friends dressed up as devils, and when they answered the door, yelled down the hallway: "Satan! The Jehovahs are here!"

They never had a problem with them again.

Yeah, see, that wouldn't have worked with us at all. I've seen people try it, and a) assumed they are lying; and b) would actually have been more interested in talking to them if they really did worship Satan.

I doubt anyone would try to speak Spanish to me... if I ever used the "I no speak Engrish" excuse (which I don't recall that I did) they would have tried a hail of Mandarin or Cantonese at me, considering that I am Asian and it is Arcadia.

On several occasions I had obviously Hispanic people tell me (when I responded to their English) with "No hablo inglés". When I responded in Spanish, they would look confused (a white guy! speaking Spanish!) and say they didn't speak Spanish. So I would ask them if they spoke Chinese, they would think that was a safe response - until I busted out with my two phrases of badly-pronounced Mandarin, which was enough to convince them I spoke Chinese. At this point they would just shut the door in our faces.

Moral of the story: within my first day as a missionary, I had seen all the "tricks" and excuses that people would use. You might as well just tell the truth.

All of this is very OT, by the way.

 

[IglooDame]

I lived in Alaska, and always got asked (online, by non-Alaskans) "Do you live in an igloo?"

My username was created as preemptive sarcasm.

Edit: and for the record, I'm the only one, except some nimrod at Gamespot starting using the nick as well, sometime last year.

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

Final Fantasy references.

 

[Sophie 378]

You started university when you were three years old?

No, that's why I said "year" instead of "age".

<snip> wasn't totally civil with LDS missionaries who dared to ring my doorbell.

And it's okay, we were used to the uncivil. We just wished people could be more creative in being uncivil to us.

I had an uncle that really didn't like missionaries very much. He became notorious for answering the door absolutely naked, with a bottle of whisky in one hand and his manhood in the other. Would you call that "creative?"

Miles Kington's version of that: on a hot day, while chopping onions: doorbell rings, and is answered by a man wearing only shorts and goggles, and waving a sharp knife.

A historical family version: after getting hammered the night before, on the way to have a bath: answer the door wearing only a very small towel, with bloodshot eyes, stubble, mad hair and reeking of alcohol - squint at the mssionaries and declare "I'm far too hungover to talk to you" and shut the door again.

Do I win?

 

[Fox Mccloud]

What is the history behind your alias? Why did you pick it?

I really liked Star Fox when I joined. Less so now...

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Miles Kington's version of that: on a hot day, while chopping onions: doorbell rings, and is answered by a man wearing only shorts and goggles, and waving a sharp knife.

A historical family version: after getting hammered the night before, on the way to have a bath: answer the door wearing only a very small towel, with bloodshot eyes, stubble, mad hair and reeking of alcohol - squint at the mssionaries and declare "I'm far too hungover to talk to you" and shut the door again.

Do I win?

Those are both good; I can't remember the best one I ever got. The occasional "I am Buddha! I am not interesting!" from Chinese with a decent but not great grasp of English was always good, because I replied (to myself, of course; not out loud) "actually, I find the fact that you are a god to be fascinating, but that's just me."

 

[puglover]

Why Puglover? Dogs are the best animals ever, that's why!

 

[De Lorimier]

Fran&#231;ois-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier

 

[downtown]

Its my old high school nick. Not a good idea to use my real name anymore

 

[puglover]

Its my old high school nick. Not a good idea to use my real name anymore

So you put it in your sig?

BTW, I like the new name.

 

[thenooblet22]

It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again...

 

[downtown]

So you put it in your sig?

BTW, I like the new name.

Thunderfall makes you keep it there for a week.

 

[Ansar]

Simple, short version of my nick before.

AnsarKing101. Ansar, cause it has the first letter of my name "A" and Ansar sounded cool. King, cause I always liked to be referred to as a King. And 101, because I liked that number.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Not a good idea to use my real name anymore

Out of curiosity, why not? It's on the Aces High site...

Edit: I see you 'splained it in the sig thread... cheers and good luck!

 

[BEHIND_THE_MASK]

I Had two Alias's...

The first being BTM (Behind the Mask)

The second inspired from my favorite show. My second Alias is Dr. Cox

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

What is the history behind your alias? Why did you pick it?

It's the alter ego of David Bowie. But he kinda got lost in it.

David Bowie
"I fell for Ziggy too. It was quite easy to become obsessed night and day with the character. I became Ziggy Stardust. David Bowie went totally out the window. Everybody was convincing me that I was a Messiah, especially on that first American tour. I got hopelessly lost in the fantasy."

"Ziggy, particularly, was created out of a certain arrogance. But, remember, at that time I was young and I was full of life, and that seemed like a very positive artistic statement. I thought that was a beautiful piece of art, I really did. I thought that was a grand kitsch painting. The whole guy. Then that ****er would not leave me alone for years. That was when it all started to sour. And it soured so quickly you wouldn't believe it. And it took me an awful time to level out. My whole personality was affected. Again I brought that upon myself. I can't say I'm sorry when I look back, because it provoked such an extraordinary set of circumstances in my life. I thought I might as well take Ziggy to interviews as well. Why leave him on stage? Looking back it was completely absurd. It became very dangerous. I really did have doubts about my sanity. I can't deny that the experience affected me in a very exaggerated and marked manner. I think I put myself very dangerously near the line. Not in physical sense but definitively in mental sense. I played mental games with myself to such an extent that I'm very relieved and happy to be back in Europe and feeling very well. But, then, you see I was always the lucky one."

Which can be simular to me hiding behind an online persona and being more arrogant and outspoken than I am in real life.

Furthermore, it's a tribute to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. Great influential album

 

[Bartleby]

Mine is from the short story Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville.
It's a very funny story, in a Melville kind of way.

 

[Truronian]

This drove by:

 

[thetrooper]

Well, what do you think?

I guess I have one of the most obvious aliases around here.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Mine is from a song ("Smellin' Coffee") I used to love.