FReeper names explained

My curiousity | Now | Yours truly

[Come get it]

Some FReepers have nicks that are obvious in their origin, others don't. I've seen several that probably have interesting stories behind them.

I thought it would be cool to see where FReepers get their handles from. If you don't like this topic, DON'T POST HERE! No one forces you to read this. I'm sure other people may be interested. If I'm the only one, let me know so I can crawl away in shame.

[JakeSladder]

Aaaarrgh...Mad Jack Bonney here... handle is a shortened version of the movie title Jacob's Ladder..

[Pagey]

PAGEY is the nickname for Jimmy Page,Ace Guitar Player.
Only his bandmates---Percy,Bonzo,Jonesey,Peter Grant and people in the 'inner clique' would ever consider addressing the man by that name.
Capable of writing music that can make you stomp your feet OR bring you to tears.

Until you've met/spoken the man,like I was lucky to do for a few minutes a couple of years ago,I don't expect anyone to understand.I love music.It has had a great impact on my life.From Guitar to the Piano.Funny how things change.

[Pistias]

LOL!

[Atticus]

I am a lawyer and of course "Atticus" refers to Atticus Finch of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." I began lurking here occasionally in late 1997/early 1998 when Freerepublic was primarily a forum for the discussion of the Whitewater scandal. After the Lewinsky story broke, I became hooked. During the Lewinsky investigation, Ken Starr made a speech in which he invoked Atticus Finch. Clinton's sleaze-bag lawyer, David Kendall, responded by authoring a New York Times op-ed piece titled "To Distort a Mockingbird," which was published on June 4, 1998. The idea of loser Kendall debating Ken Starr over who was more faithful to the ideal of Atticus Finch enraged me and I adopted Atticus as my screen name when I officially signed up a few weeks later.

[KirkandBurke]

Yes! And word is that an Aussie producer is working on "A Scanner Darkly."(from 1998) Screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman [Being John Malkovich, Human Nature, Adaptation(in production)] Unfortunately, the project has disappeared from radar. Still working? Shelved?

[Come get it]

Thank you for your service to our country, soldier.

[Come get it]

Could it be "Only White Kid", "Only Want Kudos"...

Wait, I think I know, "Obi-Wan Kinobe".

[DrNo]

Is your last name Reynolds?

Were you a linebacker for San Francisco?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Story was he got his name "hacksaw," by sawing a car in half with one!

[OWK]

One Who Knows

A rough Turkish translation for the name of the cynic philosopher Diogenes (whose boyhood home of Sinop, Turkey I lived in for a couple of years)

[Come get it]

Veeerry eenterestink! Isn't another FReeper named Diogenes?

[OWK]

Isn't another FReeper named Diogenes?

I think there's one called Diogenes, and a few with a take-off of the name Diogenes as well.

[BibChr]

Hebrew for "brother of understanding".

Er... wouldn't that be ahbinah (or 'achbinah)?

Dan

[Lurking Libertarian]

yup.

[DrNo]

Do you think Utopia was satire? I can't believe it was a serious argument for the society described.

What think you?

[stevio]

Mine came from when my wife and I were dating. Steve = Stevio and Jill = Jilliette, ya know, the Romeo & Juliet thing. Ahhhh, young love.

[Ahban]

Well, I must not have understood!

[BibChr]

LOL! Good answer.

Dan