[Argh]

Now that someone's dredged this thread up again:

I'll try to make the actual story of the screen name short: when I first got on the Internet in 1998, I used to sign on in places as Arglebargle IV. In Harvard Lampoon's satire of Tolkien called Bored of the Rings, this was in a footnote early on about a king: "Either Arglebargle IV or somebody else". I'd read the book in 1970 but always remembered this, so I used it as a screen name. But everyone and their sisters asked for explanations, which I very quickly got tired of giving, so I shortened it to Argh.

Miss Hair, Ruthie, just in case I never told you this before.

[HairOfTheDog]

It would probably surprise you to know I have never read "Bored of the Rings" though I know a lot of Tolkien fans who thought it was hilarious and recommended it. I just have never seen a copy when I was shopping around!

[Ferret Fawcet]

It's been years since I've read any Stephen King but I could swear there was some reference to "Arglebargle" in one of his short stories... maybe "Road Work"?