How did you pick your handle?

Mine is simple:
   I am a swimmer  (swim)
   I am a Star Trek fan  (trekr)

Come on, guys, come clean!

Swim  (my nickname)

I flatter myself that i am funny [Humorist].

Sadly, i realize the truth that i am not, and the attempts at levity are without comedic merit and mostly juvenile [Sophmoric].

Unintentional inside joke : I initially mispelled Sophmoric, but liked it so much, that when i realized my error, i kept it while adding the corrected  handle later.

Saw 2 hawks together one day and thought, since I saw 2 of them and figured since I saw it with my eye, I just stuck it in the middle, no reason really.

My TER name is about as self-explanatory as it gets.  I wasn't in a creative mood when I first created an account on here.  Oh well.

I am a licensed paramedic, been doing it as a volunteer for years,  SO  ditch dr. = paramedic

nut and bolt came from a tee shirt i had  the female looking nut said to to male looking bolt no, no, not without a washer.

One of his girlfriends called him Magnificent Stallion.  Too many letters for TER, thus Majestic....  No brag, just fact....

well, you used to comment quite profically, what happened?  You forget how to write???

thanks for reply anyway, Smelly

Swim

Lex luethor, Green hornet, Mephistopheles_mentor, Mr Info, MrSpock, Megatha Christie, and many others seem to be taken from pop culture, including comic books... soooo!  as a Kid I read a lot of superman... and well, there was always the Bizzaro Superman - you know, the one who was done in by RED Kryptonite... not green... and he was the opposite of superman... or more accurately a distorted reality of superman.... and this hobby, and in here.... I feel like a distorted... well, dude....  as far as the "super" goes, well, that is part of Bizzaro superman's name... and I just kept it to make the reference easier....

-- Modified on 7/8/2007 8:40:53 PM

...and I thought I was just gonna pop in and look around.
Had I known that I was going to hang around I would have put more thought into it.

I guess because my eyes wander all around the room, checking out all the hotties. Kind of a stupid handle, but I couldn't think of anything else at the time.

Then I read a review where someone mention a BBBJ sans Beret. Given my enjoyment of French culture the beret jumped out at me as somethign easy, simple and sort of a joke. Slightly nicer than using condom. Over time I have gotten quite used to it and have to watch myself at work that I don't accidently use it.
 Interesting question Swim.

my monikers are all characters from the british sci-fi show: Doctor Who

Thanks guys for your responses.  Any more stories out there?

Swim

My handle obviously alludes to my favorite rock band.  I originally used this as a CB handle as a teenager back in the '70's, and have carried this forward.  My original TER handle was an old and now defunct work id that I changed, since it conveyed no personal touch or imagination.  Plus, it is easily acronymed!  Have agreat day...

CD

In 1958, at the ripe old age of 14, I had the unique and unforgettable experience of being sprayed by a polecat (Skink for you City Duded & Dudettes). It took gallons of tomato juice and many, many showers to get worthy of being in society. Something I can't seem to forget.

It's a beach in a wider area known as Salt Creek. By the way it's prononced gravels like in small rocks not the whimpy "GraVEL" like the guy running for president.

First initial. Middle initial. Nickname. The number 1. I originally wanted to use fishman for something else since it was a nickname. But it was taken, so I added the intials. That was taken too, so I added the one. I wouldn't have used it, but I didn't know when I signed up that I was actually going to become a hobbyist. Oh well.

I love to drive, especially like a maniac.  I love to slide sideways around corners and U-turns  another term for sliding and drifting I learned was powersliding.  My favorite racing game is Powerslide.  My first car, which I still own after aquiring it over 10 years ago is a 1972 Ford LTD 2 door hard top coupe.  It has a 400 V8.  I still slide that monster around corners, it never gets old.

-- Modified on 7/9/2007 6:27:43 PM

That's quite a story.

When I was 7 or 8, i was waiting for the library to open.  A pigeon deposited a hugh load right on top of my innocent little head.  I mean, it was immense, considering.  It was about the size of a softball.  It was a load that a mutant condor on steroids might drop. Naturally, it burst upon contact, and my head was covered with pigeon shit, which quickly began to run down the sides of my face and the back of my head.  I was very upset.

It never occurred to me to choose something like Pigeon Shit Target or Pigeon Poop Head.

I still shudder at the thought.  And curse every wretched fool who insists on feeding those pestilential things.