posted February 11, 2000 12:22 AM            

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I'm getting real sick of 'Twig the Wonder Kid' but I don't wanna go back to initiate stage and lose my 'privileges'.

Does anyone fancy swapping code names for a while?

I'll even throw in Rex the Wonder Dog if you want.

posted February 11, 2000 02:13 AM            

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I got sick of Broad Arrow Jack about a week after I chose it, but have resigned myself to my fate.

I wish I'd just gone under my real name...

posted February 11, 2000 02:50 PM            

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Have to say I no longer register people's names as words with meanings other than identifying that person.

Well, obviously, that's not true until I've seen the name a few times - but '70sman', for example, is just symbols designating that person - it never occurs to me any more that it could mean a man from the 70s - or in his 70s.

Although some people choose fascinating aliases.

posted February 11, 2000 03:19 PM            

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And, whether we like it or not, an alias does integrate with us in strange ways. Not that I want to get into any "magic name" discussions.

Anybody remember the bugs bunny episode where a whole lot of hats are blowing through the air, and they keep landing on Bugs and Elmer's heads, chainging their personalities instantly?

OG

posted February 11, 2000 03:28 PM            

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I kinda like Twig.
The codename stops meaning what it says after a while, yeah. (which makes it like a sigil, no?)

Ganesha will always be Ganesh to me, though.

And Cochese -- go look up stuff on your "real" namesake, Cochise, the chief of the Apaches (the Chiricahua Apache, I think). He was a badass, but a wise badass. I camped once in Cochise's Stronghold, a rock formation near the Mexico border in Arizona. It was really impressive - a natural fort made from sandstone, where the Apache kept US forces at bay for quite some time, I think. Cochise told Geronimo what to do.

posted February 11, 2000 06:52 PM            

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Is that a yes sandfarmer? I'm serious about this, I fancy swapping fiction suits with somebody, anybody, if only to see if any non-super's notice. We can swap back after a month. Somebody email me and we'll exchange passwords.

Thanks for your kind words grant. I must say I'm surprised no-one has raised me on the origins of the name yet because it has previously been used twice before as pseudonyms for people much more famous than me (both of which just happen to have been discussed on the Nexus in the last month or two)

Oh yeah sf, I gotta apologise for the fleetingness of my enthusiasm for contributing to your site. Circumstances seem to change real quick in Wonder World. The site's looking pretty good by the way.

posted February 12, 2000 12:07 AM            

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A day late and a dollar short, but:

Mistah Cameron Stewart a/k/a Broad Arrow Jack said: "I wish I'd just gone under my real name..."

*Tom, Nick, grant, jaybabcock and I all settle back with smug little grins, nodding*

posted February 12, 2000 01:13 AM            

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Mister Fear, I demand you produce some identification to prove your real name is Jack Fear.

If it is, then you have the coolest name I;ve ever heard.

Or you're joking.

posted February 12, 2000 10:44 AM            

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Just to clear things up:
I'm NOT from the 70s
I'm CERTAINLY NOT in my 70s
I DON'T even like the 70s much.

It's an on and off nick name I've had due to hair and love of Dazed & Confused and the Ramones. I used it the first time I visitted a chatroom, and liked it.

posted February 12, 2000 01:20 PM            

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Mistah Stewart:
My given name is John Vincent Feerick. My family's called me "Jack" since infancy. "Fear" was a tag I picked up in college by a beloved roommate who could NEVER remember my last name--"Feer... something." I was struck by it: it's convenient, easy to remember.

When I have to leave my name at the door in a restaurant, it's the name I use. When I play music, it's under that name. When I write, it's under that name. It's the name I use when I'm first introduced to someone in a non-business context. Many people know me by no other name.

That makes it my real name, as far as I'm concerned.

posted February 14, 2000 12:13 AM            

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'Non-super'? Ick.

Um, Twig? You're turning all Nietsche on me.

[This message has been edited by Nick (edited February 14, 2000).]

posted February 14, 2000 07:49 PM            

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Jack, that is just too fucking cool. Whenever people attempt to remember my given name, I always end up with some derivation of that goddamned Tom Hanks character.

(For those of you too lazy to check my profile, my surname is "Gumprich")

(Which is why I call myself "Johnny Seven".)

posted February 15, 2000 07:45 PM            

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Nick - I always read it as a kind of Big Gay Al style 'super'.

I'm going off to sulk now because no-one will play with me.

posted March 14, 2000 10:28 PM         

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I actively enjoy batting for the other team.

[This message has been edited by Ganesha (edited March 14, 2000).]

posted March 14, 2000 11:49 PM         

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GA: not big, not clever...

(Okay, but a BIT funny nonetheless.)

posted March 15, 2000 06:05 PM            

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Who, me?

(hey, this questions thing is fun already!)

posted March 15, 2000 06:24 PM         

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Spoilsport.

Statement! One-love to BAJ!

Also, it only really works with two people.

Two-love!