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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:24 pm

M'Kay..So a few people have been asking me what my user name is all about..It's a pretty funny story actually, how I heard it..Now, despite the fact it is actually a woman's name (e.g Nick Faldo's caddy), I know the cultural references differ on what a Fanny is..And that is the reason the phrase stuck with me all these years..

Basically I was in Portugal on holiday/vacation..Chilling by the hotel pool downing some gargle/alcohol..This American man stood up and went over to the diving board and shouted out to everyone.."Hey who wants to see a Fanny Plunge" (obviously he meant a bomb dive)..My gargle was sprayed all over my mot/girlfriend and the rest is history, as they say.. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:01 pm

So, for a moment you thought your cover was blown, or did you just jump around yelling "YIPPEE I'M FAMOUS!"? Laughing

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:12 pm

FP Why do I have this strange urge to check my teeth to make sure there are no short and curlies when I read your posts? Shocked

My username comes from an adaptation of the old Scottish headgear. Not that I'm Scottish,and not that I like berets. Laughing

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:20 pm

Buck Turgidson was character played by the late great George C Scott in the movie Dr Strangelove, seemed appropriate with my Airforce background & my continued fighting of the Cold War even though its over Laughing

Not much happening in The War Room these days Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:40 pm

I have posted this before but besides being the daughter of Zeus and goddess of the hunt she/he is also a 13 year old boy who is the arch enemy of the fairies.

In the 1st book by Eion Colfer he stole the fairies gold. In one of the other books he actually helps the fairies so he is not such a bad guy.

I love fairies but I am evil when I'm on the hunt.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:51 pm

Many people have a misconception about my name. It does not mean I have pants on my face... it means my face is made out of pants.

whew:

Master Baiter Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 123 Location: UK

My name is derived from a little known, hard to find anime, the first one that introduced me to a new obsession (this was of course before the days of 419Eater).

I changed it slightly for security reasons (Blue has been altered to Azure) as I have used the former a lot on the internet and don't want any pee'd off scammer turning up at my Uni or karate club...

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:24 pm

I'm a Dalek. And I'm Gold. Really. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:34 pm

I have a lon... Wink

Rodus Longus, like Bigus Dickus from Monty Python's Life of Brian

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:09 pm

I lifted the most common name of a dead foreigner that I encountered from all of the scam letters that I've gotten. Barry Kelly has died in plane crashes and numerous auto accidents along the Sagbama Expressway, and in different years too. He was most recently killed in the great tsunami disaster a couple of years back.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:27 pm

ive been here for nearly 11 months and im still loading. come on already! Mad

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

^^^ I think of you every time I get a slow web page. Wink

Theoretically it should have been Thrud, but I couldn't bother researching it. Anyway, I like the onamatapaeic finality. (I can't be bothered to check the spelling of that either.)

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:46 pm

Almost: onomatapoeic

from Greek "onomata" = "name" and "poeo" = "to make" > "which makes the name" > "sounds like." Wink

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Thrud, we can fix that- we have the technology Very Happy

Fanny, are you sure he was American and not Canadian? I've never heard that phrase associated with a 'cannonball'.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:26 am

Erm, I'm not entirely sure..My geographical locating skills from accents is not up to scratch..But you seem confident in your knowledge of "Cannonballesque" colloquialisms, so I'll take your word for it.. Wink

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:30 am

My forum name is my RL name. My parents didn't want a child, and they already had the last name Jundys. My dad's name is Ricardo, so the actual pronunciation of my name should be "Hyoo Yundies".

@Tommo - About once a week, I drive by a place in Woodland, WA, a Tam-O-Shanter Park. Just thought you'd be interested. Let me know if you want a pic.

Master Baiter Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 143

@TSnerd & Fanny

It's "Cannonball" in Canada too. I believe "Fanny" is more often used in Britain than anywhere.

My handle is self explanatory....I am my handle, and I'm dead sexy!

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:09 am

My username is from the Russian for falcon - sort of a family emblem - and unrelated to my avatar.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:46 am

Hugh Jundys wrote:

@Tommo - About once a week, I drive by a place in Woodland, WA, a Tam-O-Shanter Park. Just thought you'd be interested. Let me know if you want a pic.

That would be nice. As long as it's not full of winos and Rab C. Nesbitt lookalikes. Shocked

Me sister and family live in Perth, WA. They used to live just outside Aberdeen, Scotland.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:41 am

Mine's a hilarious uni nickname. My main sidekick was called Dennis and so I acquired the name Gnasher. UK "Beano" readers will understand.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:55 am

Charlie Muggins was a character in a carry on film.......

Any other fans of the films will also recognise the quote in my sig Embarassed

A film buff i ain't Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:56 am

my username is obvious.
tis quite humourus.

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:01 pm

I used to in charge of fried bread at the Imperial Hotel.

Non Brits may not be aware of Coronation Street, though everyone I met in New Zealand had, go Google!

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:05 pm

Roy,

You are a very nice and decent man...and so is your wife. Shocked

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:06 pm

A character from the Aussie tv sitcom of the late 1970s/early 1980s: Kingswood Country (and the later show, Bullpit! where he was in an old folks home).