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CharlesS · 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Person Man

Well, allow me to fabricate a story for you.

"besson" comes from the French director Luc Besson, and the "3c" is... well, all I can think of is the "3C highway" in Ohio, so called because State Route 3 connects Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati together (hence 3 C's).

3C is the number 60 in hexadecimal, so I'm guessing it has something to do with that.

edit: 3C is also the ASCII code for the character '<'.

Jawbone54 · Nov 30, 2009, 01:20 PM

I already explained "jawbone" in another thread, but for those who didn't see, it was just something my friends threw out there. I asked them why they started calling me that, and one said, "Jawbone of an ass." It stuck, for some stupid reason. Yeah, it's a biblical reference, but at the time there was nothing Christian about it.

54 was my basketball number during my last three years of high school. It was kind of the unofficial point guard number on our team, so I followed suit.

Jawbone54 · Nov 30, 2009, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

heh.

I am an Andi. The pandi comes from a Doctor Who reference to a british children's show.

And not to mention it's catchy as crap. Your handle is fun to say aloud at your work desk with people around.

Jawbone54 · Nov 30, 2009, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

The name...the lifestyle. (shifuimam)

I've always wondered. Mystery solved.

andi*pandi · Nov 30, 2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by abbaZaba

Wisakedjak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Very cool btw.

andi*pandi · Nov 30, 2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

And not to mention it's catchy as crap. Your handle is fun to say aloud at your work desk with people around.

I do not tend to do that, but thanks.

Buckaroo · Nov 30, 2009, 02:50 PM

From the movie Red October:

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [Ramius comments in Russian to Borodin that Mancuso is a "buckaroo".

Ryan laughs] Whats so funny?

Jack Ryan: Ah, the Captain seems to think youre some kind of...
cowboy.

Jawbone54 · Nov 30, 2009, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Buckaroo

From the movie Red October:

Capt. Bart Mancuso: [Ramius comments in Russian to Borodin that Mancuso is a "buckaroo".

Ryan laughs] Whats so funny?

Jack Ryan: Ah, the Captain seems to think youre some kind of...
cowboy.

turtle777 · Nov 30, 2009, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

Very cool btw.

Note to self: create Wikipedia entry for turtle777.

-t

Person Man · Nov 30, 2009, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

3C is the number 60 in hexadecimal, so I'm guessing it has something to do with that.

edit: 3C is also the ASCII code for the character '<'.

hmm... besson60 and besson< just don't have the same ring.

Person Man · Nov 30, 2009, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Note to self: create Wikipedia entry for turtle777.

-t

Post it to the German Wikipedia. "Schildkröte777?"

MrsLarry · Nov 30, 2009, 04:01 PM

I've been called MrsLarry since the day after I met my husband, whose friends call him Larry (or Cousin Larry). It's not his name. Not even close.

osiris · Nov 30, 2009, 04:12 PM

I came up with my nick because I don't like to wear underwear.

besson3c · Nov 30, 2009, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by iMOTOR

Is that you, Abe?

If I'm not Abe does that mean I can just ignore this?

No, that would be rude. I could be Abe though.

besson3c · Nov 30, 2009, 04:15 PM

You guys are going to have to butter me up to get me to agree to share the origins of my nickname, since it's none of your business.

You can start by playing virtual scrabble with me, as I'm really quite the scrabble addict and can never find enough human beings to play against...

I will give you your tiles completely randomly, you just tell me what tiles to lay down. I will go first by playing "washing". Opponent #1, your tiles are:

z a x q a a q

Jawbone54 · Nov 30, 2009, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by MrsLarry

...whose friends call him Larry (or Cousin Larry). It's not his name. Not even close.

That's the best kind of nickname.

turtle777 · Nov 30, 2009, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

I will give you your tiles completely randomly, you just tell me what tiles to lay down. I will go first by playing "washing". Opponent #1, your tiles are:

z a x q a a q

Oh, fun, see what I got:

y s o r c w u e

-t

besson3c · Nov 30, 2009, 04:52 PM

In scrabble you have to play the tiles you have been given. You can also take a turn to exchange your tiles for new ones.

turtle777 · Nov 30, 2009, 04:58 PM

[for my answer, please re-arrange the letters that I gave you above]

-t

besson3c · Nov 30, 2009, 05:14 PM

You are playing Scrabble wrong. I don't know where you got this idea of how to play, but those are not the rules.

Railroader · Nov 30, 2009, 08:01 PM

I wanted to be confused with another member on here. [/lie]

My high school was located in a town built by the railroad industry and the school was nicknamed the "Railroaders". Hence, I was a "Railroader", but not a railroader. No, I have never worked on a railroad.

Cold Warrior · Nov 30, 2009, 09:00 PM

Mine comes from a recognition of Russia's ability to manipulate, block and counter US foreign policy throughout much of Eurasia. That ability was dormant in the 90's during post-Soviet chaos, but I see that dormancy as the exception not the norm. So the old warriors of the Cold War were right, and the Russians need to be countered, so that no larger continental entity form to challenge US hegemony.

Dry, I know, but it is what it is.

Doofy · Nov 30, 2009, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

Mine comes from a recognition of Russia's ability to manipulate, block and counter US foreign policy throughout much of Eurasia. That ability was dormant in the 90's during post-Soviet chaos, but I see that dormancy as the exception not the norm. So the old warriors of the Cold War were right, and the Russians need to be countered, so that no larger continental entity form to challenge US hegemony.

Dry, I know, but it is what it is.

To be frank, I believe that needs to be followed with a nice video of a T-90.
YouTube - Russian T90 / T80 The World's Most Powerful Tank / now in YOU-TUBE

wolfen · Nov 30, 2009, 11:46 PM

I've lost track of how many times this has been a thread topic, and how many times we've explained it.

Book...movie...grandparents' last name is wolf..."-en" signifying "of the wolves" in my americanized german mind...plus "wolfen" novel's theme = native americans transforming into wolves that viciously defend holy ground/spiritual truth. I was kind of a bit of a self-righteous a**hole when I created the nick. Elsewhere on the Internet I'm known by a different name, now, but here I maintain that old nick. I'm mostly harmless.

besson3c · Nov 30, 2009, 11:59 PM

A simple Google search for "what is besson3c" brings up the following explanation as the very first hit:

Fuzzy Wombat • View topic - All about besson3c: the perverted cubeoid cult!

boy8cookie · Dec 1, 2009, 03:17 AM

Obv.

auto_immune · Feb 20, 2010, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

What is your reynolds number?

( sorry for the very very late reply - just now noticed this post)

Laminar · Feb 20, 2010, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by auto_immune

What is your reynolds number?

I thought protocol was swapping pics first.

Railroader · Feb 20, 2010, 12:10 PM

a/s/l?

dcmacdaddy · Feb 20, 2010, 12:32 PM

Aww, what the heck. I haven't posted this on here in a couple years now.

dc is both my initials and where I lived (for 14 years) when I acquired the nick.

macdaddy is a nickname from around 1996 or 1997 when I was fixing all the mac computers in my office at work and everyone thought I was some kind of boy genius because of it. A good-looking woman in the office called me macdaddy, I appended the dc, and have been dcmacaddy ever since.

NOTE: If you do a google search on dcmacdaddy almost all the references point to me except for Twitter and MySpace. The dcmacdaddy on Twitter is a big leather queen in San Francisco.

Dork. · Feb 20, 2010, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

A simple Google search for "what is besson3c" brings up the following explanation as the very first hit:

Fuzzy Wombat • View topic - All about besson3c: the perverted cubeoid cult!

Hah! I had forgotten about that.

What ever happened to Fuzzy Wombat &bull, anyway?

subego · Feb 20, 2010, 01:50 PM

@ Oisìn...

Since we're here, how do you pronounce your nick?

In my head it's been "WAH-zahn".

MacinTommy · Feb 20, 2010, 02:00 PM

I think you guys are smart enough to finger mine out.

Ghoser777 · Feb 20, 2010, 02:00 PM

My last name has always been difficult to pronounce (for some reason). My high school cross country coach was trying to pronounce it, but he gave up and just decided to call me "gardenhoser" instead. He got the idea from the movie "Rookie of the Year". I've based most of my user names on ghoser ever since. I'm sure I picked 777 for religious reasons.

Oisín · Feb 20, 2010, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by subego

@ Oisìn...

Since we're here, how do you pronounce your nick?

In my head it's been "WAH-zahn".

Your head is WRONGWRONGWRONG!

It’s ‘uh-SHEEN’. Rhymes exactly with ‘machine’, the only difference is the m not being there.

auto_immune · Feb 20, 2010, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

I thought protocol was swapping pics first.

Not sure if your reply makes any real sense, my guess is no.

How do you know if you are truly laminar (vs. turbulent) if you
don't know your reynolds number?

Railroader · Feb 21, 2010, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Your head is WRONGWRONGWRONG!

It’s ‘uh-SHEEN’. Rhymes exactly with ‘machine’, the only difference is the m not being there.

This totally blows my mind. I have been calling you oy-sin for years now. sorry.

subego · Feb 21, 2010, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Your head is WRONGWRONGWRONG!

Is that metric wrong, or imperial wrong?

ShortcutToMoncton · Feb 21, 2010, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by auto_immune

How do you know if you are truly laminar (vs. turbulent) if you
don't know your reynolds number?

Hahaha great stuff

seanc · Feb 21, 2010, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

This totally blows my mind. I have been calling you oy-sin for years now. sorry.

Me too!

Spheric Harlot · Feb 21, 2010, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Your head is WRONGWRONGWRONG!

It’s ‘uh-SHEEN’. Rhymes exactly with ‘machine’, the only difference is the m not being there.

Wow.

What's with the bone-headed spelling then?

Oisín · Feb 21, 2010, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

Wow.

What's with the bone-headed spelling then?

‘Bone-headed’ describes Gaelic orthography quite well. Example: bhfuighfidh and mhaoth rhyme—they’re both pronounced ‘wee’.

Originally Posted by subego

Is that metric wrong, or imperial wrong?

Empirically wrong.

Spheric Harlot · Feb 21, 2010, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

‘Bone-headed’ describes Gaelic orthography quite well. Example: bhfuighfidh and mhaoth rhyme—they’re both pronounced ‘wee’.

Dork. · Feb 21, 2010, 06:39 PM

And Gaelic is pronouned "Gay-Lick". That must mean something....

dcmacdaddy · Feb 21, 2010, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Your head is WRONGWRONGWRONG!

It’s ‘uh-SHEEN’. Rhymes exactly with ‘machine’, the only difference is the m not being there.

Originally Posted by Railroader

This totally blows my mind. I have been calling you oy-sin for years now. sorry.

Originally Posted by seanc

Me too!

Me three. Sorry uh-SHEEN.

ghporter · Feb 21, 2010, 10:29 PM

Yours truly is withholding comment on how he internally has pronounced anyone's nick at any time...

But I recall Oisín mentioning the pronunciation quite some time ago.

Much of my heritage is Celtic; I don't know if I could ever learn any Celtic language though; I've tried to learn simple languages like Spanish several times and just haven't gotten them to stick.

Oisín · Feb 22, 2010, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

This totally blows my mind. I have been calling you oy-sin for years now. sorry.

Originally Posted by seanc

Me too!

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Me three. Sorry uh-SHEEN.

Well, I trust you’ve all now seen the error of your ways and shall henceforth remain firmly on the path of rectitude.

kylef · Feb 22, 2010, 07:40 AM

kyle flanigan

magic.

SpaceMonkey · Feb 22, 2010, 10:34 AM

Space. Monkey.

subego · Feb 22, 2010, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by kylef

kyle flanigan

magic.

Great.

I've been pronouncing your nick as "KAI-leff"

Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!