How did you get your user name?

"EL_ULY" (uly) 01/27/2016 at 18:43 • Filed to: None

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I’m EL_ULY. EL is Spanish for “The” and Uly (pronounced you-Lee or uuu-Lee however you choose) is short for Ulysses (English, You-li-sees. Spanish, UU-Lee-ses). My full name is Ulysses Visenta de la Purisima Consepcion de la Inmaculada Trinidad villa Vicencio Duquesa del ora veras Marquesa del Jujuy y nińo de la Condesa Menchaca de La Lama de La Luz del Toro.

Jdrentarol > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:46

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I slammed on the keyboard, looking for a name, and my current username popped up.

This was 3 years ago. I still use it.

TheHondaBro > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:47

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I drive a Honda... So... This.

ttyymmnn > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:48

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It’s a crazy phonetic spelling of “Tim,” but when I started using it somewhere else, tymn was already taken. So I went with ttyymmnn. I have since thought of some other better names, but once one’s identity in a forum is established, changing names is a pain.

GK27V6 > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:50

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I am boring so it is my car. GK = second generation Tiburon, 27V6 = 2.7L V6 :D

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:51

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Picked up the nicname bloody freshman year of college because everyone thought my South African accent was English. Started off as The bloody wanker but soon became just bloody.

Blondude > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:51

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Back in middle school when I first got an Xbox I quickly fired off a text to a few friends asking what my gamertag should be. Within about 30 seconds a friend replied with “Blondude.” People seem to know me by my long blonde hair (it’s fucking fabulous by the way) and I’m a dude, so it worked. It’s my go-to username now.

Spaceball-Two > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:51

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My favorite movie.

El Rivinado > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:52

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I named myself after the GM E-body trio. So El (Eldorado, though it could be mistaken for El Camino) Rivi (Riviera) Nado (Toronado)

Leon711 > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:53

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Well, Leon is my name and 711 is for 7/11 or 7th November which is my birthday.

No we don’t have seven elevens in the UK. also, use the british date format dammit!

not for canada - australian in disguise > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:53

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One day, everyone on Oppo was changing their names to For *insert country*, it was to copy For Sweden. Everyone else changed their names back, but I never did as the name kinda stuck. Before I was For Canada, I was known as Chris534, which is my first name and some random numbers.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:53

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I love my dogs and my Land Rovers, and all of them play in the mud. I guess I should be 4x4muddyfeet instead, but then for the sake of correctness I should be AWDwithcentrelockingdifferentialmuddyfeet. See what happens when I overthink things?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:54

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I changed mine recently, but Gin-san is how he’s known by his friends, full name is Gintoki Sakata from one of my favourite animes, possibly my favourite anime ever, Gintama.

It’s like a South Park of anime, although perhaps not quite as in-your-face with vulgarity and charged political themes as South Park is now. It’s funny because it has a primetime TV spot in Japan (or at least it used to, anyway) but would likely be a 18+/TV-MA rated show here.

There’s never a constant story arc - sometimes it’s a one episode story, sometimes one episode can be built with a few short stories, other times you’ll get a long, multi-episode story. It’s even funnier if you’re well-acquainted with other anime or Japanese culture, but as someone who knows very little about Japan, it’s still quite enjoyable.

Also, I don’t know much Spanish, but if you were born of immaculate conception maybe you’re missing a “de Jesus” in there somewhere, although it’s not my place to tell you what your name is.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:55

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My username most other places is rocketboy, but that got shortened to rb here since back year ago people on Jalopnik often had their cars in their user names and there was a character limit. I was born in 71.

Brickman > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:56

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I like LEGO and im a man.... I think :P

Under_Score > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:56

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It’s a pun. An underscore between the words “Under” and “Score”.

MLGCarGuy > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:56

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Couldn’t think of another name for myself, and back when I was deciding (I think in late 2014) I was into montage parodies, which featured a lot of MLG references. I called myself MLGCarGuy for the lulz and well, I like cars.

My old name was TheJDMGuy, and that’s pretty self-explanatory.

As for the part after my name (feeling MSO Cerulean Blue), it’s like I’m saying I’m feeling blue, but since Shmee150 makes so many references to how his 675LT is “custom ordered MSO Cerulean Blue”, I decided to say that instead.

My bird IS the word > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:56

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Haven’t you heard?

I thought everybody had.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:57

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My PSN name and I’m the Arch Duke of Cincinnati.

PowderHound > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:58

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gin-san - shitpost specialist > not for canada - australian in disguise 01/27/2016 at 18:58

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I think sticking with this one was the right choice.

Ike > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:59

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Uh, Ike cause that's what people call me!

AM3R shamefully returns > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:59

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My name, when you switch the “E” for a 3. I love M3's and it just made sense haha. Oh and I lost my previous account and couldn’t remember my login, hence the shamefully returns.

It’s funny, we got my dad an M3 for his birthday and the VA dmv will let you buy sample plates, so I ordered one with “AM3R” and I convinced him I bought it for myself.... Then his birthday came around and we put a huge bow on it.

Jagvar > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 18:59

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Back in 2000, my dad was in the market for a new car, and I went along with him to test-drive the Jaguar S-Type. The saleswoman was a ridiculously stereotypical Russian lady named Venka who kept leaving us voicemails for weeks afterward asking my father if he was “still interested in ze Jagvar.” I found it amusing, and adopted it as my nom de plume .

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:00

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Phonetic spelling of my old car’s trim level “SXT”.

The Real Dacia Sandero > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:00

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I was thinking of a name waaaayyyyyyyyyyyy back when, and this seemed to be the right choice.

Your boy, BJR > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:00

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My name was chosen from the phrase “rollin’ in Benjamin’s” which is to I play I have neighbor’s hundred dollar bills to spread on a king size bed and make love to a woman on.

Nah, just fuckin’ with ya. It's my actual name.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:01

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It’s basically my name for everything else but its my initials and birthdate.

Nothing that exciting :/

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/27/2016 at 19:02

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I remember WAY back, when you found your avatar gif on one of my posts. You said you were going to use it, and you still are!

CB > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:03

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It used to be my full initials, but now it’s just my last name’s initials.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:03

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Have you ever seen them? It sticks with you

nermal > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:03

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I wanted something that showcased the duality of human perception, highlighting how two individuals can often look the same thing in two completely different lights, driven by their background, experiences, and opinions.

Also, a cartoon kitten.

Wobbles the Mind > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:03

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I had recently bought Married...With Children and “the mind wobbles” is a Kellyism. I reworked it so that it reads like Ivan the Terrible, or Alexander the Great, or Greg the Bunny. In everyday life, the term seems to match the reactions I get so I figured why not try it online. Seems to workout about the same.

d15b > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:04

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d15b = D15B = D15B7

It’s the motor in my car. :]

BloodlessWeevil > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:04

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I am a small insect (a Weevil if you must know) and I have no blood. None... at all... a wizard stole it.

Yep, that’s totally how it happened.

d15b > PowderHound 01/27/2016 at 19:04

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I FUCKING KNEW IT. Tootski!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Leon711 01/27/2016 at 19:06

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People that decide to put the day in the middle of their numerical date formats are completely fucked. I live in a place where I won’t know if 11/7/2016 is supposed to mean November 7th or July 11th. If you read that date as July 11th, 2016, you are awesome. If you read it any other way, I wish engine failure upon you.

Either smallest to largest, or largest to smallest - these are the only sensible formats.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:07

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It’s Latin for “I broke it” or “I dismantled it”*. Comes from a blog I wrote for a while entitled “Veni Vidi Distraxi”: I came, I saw, I pulled apart.

The changing bit that hangs off the end just chronicles what’s gone wrong recently on my race car.

* Also, because the Romans were a nation of shopkeepers “I retailed it”

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:09

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I was thinking of a band name and I liked fractals at the time (still do) and I wanted a following word to alliterate.

Blondude > not for canada - australian in disguise 01/27/2016 at 19:09

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I don’t recognize the name Chris534, I recognize For Canada.

You made the right choice.

HammerheadFistpunch > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:09

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Its a funny story really; The year was 1948 a year after the “crash” in roswell which was a wakeup call to american leaders that our planet wasn’t as safe as had been previously thought having only narrowly defeating the invaders using sophisticated teleportation technology accidentally stumbled on during the Philadelphia project.

With recently renewed determination and vigor project hammerhead was restarted into using cosmic rays, in conjunction with nuclear energy, to infuse life with superhuman properties. The goal was to develop a race of supermen to protect the earth from alien invaders. The project had been shevled after the close of the war with little progress being made but hope was renewed in the spring of 1946 when it was found that the test had some viability when used on inferior life. The trouble, as I understand, was that the process worked TOO well, much to the dismay of the early program testers...

Anyway, after experimenting resetting the machinery after a lower primate experiment had failed to produce the desired results I stumbled into the test chamber, chasing after an errant crumb of bread, rye if I remember, discarded by a technician.

well the rest is history, after several tours of duty under the code name “furry fist” I retired to enjoy the quite life with a nice book, some work on the cars and cool glass of fruit punch...a personal favorite of mine. So there you have it, nothing special but its who I am.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:09

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My first name is Logan and my dad gave me the nickname of steno (pronounced with a long e) when I was really young. Put the two together and boom, my username for anything I don’t use steno546 for. The last part sort of changes with events.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:10

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I stole my avatar from Dwhite (yeah sorry about that. Not changing it though), and just chose a reasonably long username because I really wanted my name to match my avatar.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:11

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It’s an awesome GIF wouldn’t change it for anything.

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/27/2016 at 19:11

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Wrong. Write it the way you say it. November 11th, 2016.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:12

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I got mine from the car I learned to drive in. I love it. It’s a 2008 Mazda 2 Sport in light blue. Colombian spec. The “Blesses the rains down in Africa” is from the 1982 hit song “Africa” by Toto. It still stands as my favorite song.

Here it is in all of its glory.

Pardon the finger.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/27/2016 at 19:12

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I’ve been waiting for you to change it so I can use it.

Subtle hint - right there.

Blondude > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/27/2016 at 19:12

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Also a Shit Talk Extraordinaire

Jack Does Cars > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:13

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MY NAME IS JACK AND I DOES CARS

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:14

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Ooh look shiney...

Tohru > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:16

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I just use my real name.

TheJWT > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:16

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I added the word “The” to the letters J, W, and T.

Baeromez > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:16

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It’s an anagram of my last name. Like Voldemort.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > HammerheadFistpunch 01/27/2016 at 19:17

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I thought you just went around punching sharks. -2 on the awesome scale, HHFP.

RallyWrench > HammerheadFistpunch 01/27/2016 at 19:17

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I knew it!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/27/2016 at 19:18

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Is that a 130? Consider me suitably distracted.

PushToStart > Your boy, BJR 01/27/2016 at 19:18

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that first part actually seems entirely beleivable though

HammerheadFistpunch > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:18

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Oh no, that's more a hobby

Takuro Spirit > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:19

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Long answer? Read these:

Short answer? In book 4, Wizard and Glass, the protagonists of the story visit a VERSION of Topeka Kansas (one might find familiar in a book called The Stand) via a railway, and in the parking lot of the train station is a bunch of cars the native New Yorkers recognize (Chevrolets, Chryslers, etc) and a... Takuro Spirit. Cementing the realization that they are not “home”.

Svend > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:20

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My name is Sven and I like spending time cleaning cars to relax.

My other forum names are along the lines of ‘Sven’, such as:

mazda616 > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:20

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It was “mazda308" because I drove a 2008 Mazda3. Now it is “mazda616" because I drive a 2016 Mazda6. I know, I'm creative.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:20

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The “save the integras” part is because i sadly wrecked mine years ago; the “dreams about a 300zx” is self explanatory

RallyWrench > TheHondaBro 01/27/2016 at 19:21

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But do you own any white sunglasses or v-neck shirts to justify the suffix?

Needmoargarage > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:22

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I’m afraid I lack the creativity that some of you possess. My user name is simply an answer to one of my more annoying problems in life.

‘Moar’ instead of ‘more’ because of internetspeak and it was taken on another site. It stuck when somebody once asked me what an argarage is.

spanfucker retire bitch > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:22

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As a bait name for those who just can’t stand people who drive automatics.

I’ve literally been called a faggot homosexual before just because of my name. It’s basically like a mosquito zapper.

RallyWrench > Brickman 01/27/2016 at 19:22

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And here I thought you liked Volvos.

Ike > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:23

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Ike cause that's what people call me

TheHondaBro > RallyWrench 01/27/2016 at 19:23

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I do own a v-neck.

RallyWrench > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:25

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First initial, last name. Sometimes gains a descriptor about my cars or ones I want.

RallyWrench > TheHondaBro 01/27/2016 at 19:26

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SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:26

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There was someone, then I did a thing, and it happened

RX > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:27

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It was RXEight. I had an RX-8, 2004-2014. The engine lost compression.

f86sabre > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:28

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When I was at Purdue in the early 90s I picked f86sabre as my log in. I’ve always liked the aircraft. Just cool looking, but basic enough that the pilots still really flew it.

My avatar pic is from the staging of a Saturn V rocket. It was one of the early Apollo test flights. Apollo is about the coolest thing humans have done.

For Sweden > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:28

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I honor those that made the perfection that is the first-generation Volvo S80

For Sweden > not for canada - australian in disguise 01/27/2016 at 19:29

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meh

Manny05x > ttyymmnn 01/27/2016 at 19:30

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Haha I so got this joke.

Manny05x > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:33

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My middle name is Manuel shorten it to Manny and random numbers.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:33

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Not only is it a 130, it’s a 130 on Portals...

certified cool guy > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:36

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I drive a Metris

Brian, The Life of > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:36

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My name is Brian. Posting to Oppo is my Life.

Or ... I’m a big Monty Python fan.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:37

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Owned a G-body, played Half-Life. Put two and two together, and it kinda stuck.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:38

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Svart Smart: Svart is the Swedish word for black (as in the color of my car), and Smart is the marque of my car. And the words rhyme, so... Yeah.

scoob > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:39

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I just picked a car I used a lot in an NFS game many years ago, which was a Subaru STI, one of my dream (see: practical) DD’s, and brilliantly came up with ScoobSTI.

Then everyone thought I actually owned one, so I just cut it off to Scoob.

And I earned a PhD. in sarcasm. And I graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Brickman > RallyWrench 01/27/2016 at 19:41

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I like Volvo too :)

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/27/2016 at 19:41

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This is all I think of when I see your username:

Essex is a county in England well known for orange people.

BJ > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 01/27/2016 at 19:43

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Wrong! Write it the way you format it so that it can be sorted by code: 20161107.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/27/2016 at 19:43

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That tickles my pickle. I really want a 130 pickup.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 01/27/2016 at 19:44

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The eleventh of November, twenty sixteen.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:45

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Same, top on my list of wants.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/27/2016 at 19:45

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The only way is Essex.

AM3R shamefully returns > Blondude 01/27/2016 at 19:48

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I played lacrosse in high school, and if you had long hair you were basically a lacrosse God. I grew my hair out sophomore year and I swear that was the reason I was getting playing time on varsity haha. To this day I wish I could grow my hair out like that again without looking homeless :(

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 01/27/2016 at 19:50

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Indeed. Probably the main reason I’m so happy living up North in the countryside.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Jdrentarol 01/27/2016 at 19:51

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Rentarol sounds like a prescription drug.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 01/27/2016 at 19:52

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One day... and hopefully soon, because they were rare enough as it was even before JLR canned production.

Blondude > AM3R shamefully returns 01/27/2016 at 19:55

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I played freshman year. I was the worst one on the frosh/soph team, everyone else (except my one friend since elementary school who also played) were douchebags, and I stopped playing after that year.

I learned a lot about weed though.

Mercedes Streeter > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:55

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The first half of my name is my new real life name. It’ll probably be a long time before I can get my legal name/gender switched.

And the second half if because I know everything about smarts inside and out. :)

Saracen > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 19:59

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“Saracen” because I am of middle eastern descent. And I thought it sounded cool. So it became my handle for stuff like CS and Unreal Tournament, etc..

the subtitle change a few times, I’ve kept the current one the longest because I was defending the manual in a rather staunch manner and I was called one of the those douche elitist manual lovers. I replied “hey, I like that. It’s got a nice ring to it!”

Milky > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 20:00

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It is my nickname and the wrong way to spell my last name.

FlimFlamMan > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 20:02

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Can I call you Juju?

TractorPillow > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 20:02

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It's my dogs names. tractor and pillow. I thought it sounded funny together

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > EL_ULY 01/27/2016 at 20:05

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mine dates back to the early dayz of teh internetz. I needed a 1337 haxor name for my warez trading IRC persona... I love the movie Jaws, and it sounds more edgy with a “z”, and I was using an EDU account on a Vax/Ultrix system, so of course I needed to add an X! After I had major jaw surgery to correct a congenital underbite (or as I like to call it " Jay Leno Chin"), the handle was even more appropriate. Gawker ate my original account years ago so I had to make a new one with “2" appended to it.