How did you choose your username?
by carp on Mar 12, 2009 4:47 PM PDT
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PrintThis is a fun topic that's been wildly popular at Athletics Nation and, according to ragnarok, also at the old TBIOTF (R.I.P.). The goal: describe why you chose your username in sufficient detail.
I chose ‘carp’ because it is an old nickname used during my baseball years. It’s the first four letters of my last name. My father and younger brother also go by that, the latter using the handle on his vmail message machine.
Some of you need little explanation (e.g., HolmoePhobe). But why did the person behind the username choose that name of all possibilities?
Others are named after athletes (e.g., 33SwisherSweet). Did 33SS choose Swisher because Swish bought him a gin & tonic at the local watering hole (or something to that effect)?
Several others have usernames that aren’t obvious (e.g., TwistNHook). Uncovering why these usernames were chosen really drives this game and makes it fun for all.
Enjoy!
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Let the record show that Spazzy and Twist both voted for themselves, so they aren’t technically out-marshawning Rishi and me
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Well, technically, I have one vote, so I am out-marshawning you. ha HA!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 12, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
ok I think maybe it is carp
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 12, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
please stop affiliating me with this punk ass bitch.
by Diante Jackson on Mar 12, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I chose my username because it’s my own name. I am great. I am faster than Tha1 and I can actually get open when I’m double or triple covered. D-J-A-X! I could have been attending Kal but you homos went after that chunky dude from Jersey lol. If I went to Kal I won’t get drafted like your boy Longshore because I wouldn’t have a quarterback who can throw.
Question...
Did you wear 44 while playing basketball at CAL?
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 14, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes!
I purchased a CAL #44 a couple of years ago because it was on sales but NEVER knew who it was. Man, CGB has everything.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 16, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s almost my real name. So I don’t forget what my almost real name is.
And I voted for Hydro, because I miss his smell. And when I think of great analysts, I think of HydroTech. And I miss his musk.
It's spelled "S-H-U-G-A-R-S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-T-E"
Guys, I voted for TwistNHook.
He’s awesome.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions
I chose mine because, were I Indian, I’d want it to be my username. I’ve always had a great infatuation with India and Indian culture, so I’m basically desi.
JAI HO!
Yet you fail harder than I at being desi Mr. President of a Desi Club at Cal
In other words, Go Bears!
He’s definitely Indian.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It's kinda stupid
When I was in 6th grade my teacher wanted to post grades on the wall for everyone to look at so they wouldn’t annoy him. Unfortunately he wasn’t allowed to post the grades under actual names or student ids so he picked three random letters for everyone as our “code name”. Mine funnily enough happened to be ROY. I also happened to usually be at the top of the class (yes I was a nerd) so people used to joke around Roy rules! And it stuck.
And then about 2 and a half years later Super Smash Bros Melee came out and my favorite and best character was Roy. So people just assume my screenname is because of that.
22 is just my favorite number (well technically I like 2 and 22 has 2 2s!)
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Mar 12, 2009 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I love SSB...
BUT for the 64, Mario wins.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 14, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
My colleague Ohio Bear got me hooked on this blog, and after 6 months of lurking I decided to join with a similar-ish name. Since I’m in Columbus, CALumbus Bear made sense. Although I liked Twist’s original guess of me being a driver of a bus with Calums in it (what the heck is a Calum anyway?).
BTW, Ohio Bear gave up this blog for Lent. Yet I have to tell him about all the good stuff because he needs his crack! Then he claims I’m interfering with his relationship with gawd. Ha!
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
GAVE IT UP FOR LENT?!?! Shits fucked up!
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Racis…., er, religiousist!
He said he has big plans on Easter Sunday to catch up on the many weeks he’ll have missed. So expect a slew of postings such as “I think we’ll beat ASU handily in our last game and win the Pac-10 tourney easy!”
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
by CALumbus Bear on Mar 13, 2009 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he’s not better at amusing us with funny posts during this several week period. So that cancels things out.
He’s probably still better at logging in under a different name and holding pretend conversations with himself, tho.
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
by CALumbus Bear on Mar 13, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
cALUM? CAL ALUM!? Solved! You drive CAL Alum’s around.
by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 14, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
My name is Nick
I live in Northern California. Crazy!
I used to be youngbluenick back on TBIOOTF. When SB Nation switched over I figured I should change it cause I had graduated and was turning into and old blue. I figured I’d pick something generic since I occasionally post on McCovey Chronicles and NinersNation, but I don’t do that so much so I kinda wish I had picked something more Cal related. Oh well.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
Never lived outside of Cupertino/SJ till coming to berkeley
Hence the user name
http://mymindgrapes.wordpress.com
I'm from cupertino
Wait I think we had this discussion already. You went to Monta vista right?
In other words, Go Bears!
Anybody wanna guess on mine?
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Well, that was theleast funny guess ever.
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I thought it was that sign that Marshawn did that meant “like family” where you twist your fingers and then hook them around.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Which is why it was the least funny guess ever.
In retribution, you might notice a post off the Rec FanPost section.
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Did you mean Gutter Pirate? Or am I the quintessential pirate in you view?
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utâ‹…ter
2   /ˈʌtər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uht-er] Show IPA
–adjective
1. complete; total; absolute: her utter abandonment to grief.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
But I really am a GutterPirate!
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That’s a private matter between you and your significant other. I hope you told him to get tested.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey Hydro. Get tested!
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I thought he was gone? What’s up with that? Is he still lurking? Huh? Huh?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Im not named TwistNHonk!
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Oh, in that case, your username is a massive typo and you’re too computer illiterate to fix it.
the Maharg is above catch phrases
I believe that yours describes your penis
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by GoldBlooded on Mar 13, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s from School of Rock. Jack Black gives all the kids nicknames. The drummer is Spazzy Mcgee. I don’t play the drums or anything, but I like the ring of it.
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It's immediately clear if you know my name. If you don't know my name, it can still be clear.
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by Maharg on Mar 13, 2009 9:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
So your name is “Clear”, but once I know it I have to change it to “Immediately Clear”? I don’t get it.
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
by CALumbus Bear on Mar 13, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t tell me what I get, Clear.
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
by CALumbus Bear on Mar 13, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
not sure yet…aren’t you supposed to be in the greater SEATAC area? The wife’s got a bunch of honey-do’s for me to do. Actually, the more I think about it, the less likely I think I’ll be able to go. Hopefully Rishi’s not reading this so he won’t get discouraged about marriage.
Free H2O (l) Tech!
Even if I’m in the bay area specifically for that baseball game. And to see you?
the Maharg is above catch phrases
wow…that’s hardcore. I thought we were just friends. This is all happening too fast. I’m afraid of committment. That was a special night we shared together, now…well I’m seeing someone. His name is Freddy. Please try and understand.
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Whats a honey do? Is that a type of melon?
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I'm sure you'll know...
“honey…will you please put the crib together (replete with 16 carriage bolts)?”
“honey…will you please lift the massive 55 gallon fishtank by yourself?”
“honey…will you pick up a couple of laborers from Home Depot on Monument Blvd?”
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I’ve never encountered those in the form of a question.
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You probably have. You may not have noticed, but when people say to you “will you please shut the F up” or “why don’t you blow me,” they’re technically questions. Just hard to catch that voice inflection when they’re screaming at you.
OK, first we FREE HydroTech from Twist's evil grip, then we BIND Hydro to CGB so he continues to make awesome football posts. Got it!
by CALumbus Bear on Mar 13, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
ragnarok (warning - extreme nerd content below)
from Wikipedia:
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (IPA: /ragnarÉ”k/, Old Norse “Final destiny of the gods”2) is a series of major events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and the jötunn Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world resurfaces anew and fertile, the surviving gods meet, and the world is repopulated by two human survivors. Ragnarök is an important event in the Norse canon, and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory.
I first encountered the concept of ‘Ragnarök’ as one of the cards in Rage, a collectible card game based on Werewolf : The Apocalypse. It appealed to me not only in the cool way that all things apocalyptic will appeal to many 13-year-olds, but also because of my Norwegian heritage.
It has long been my username on countless online forums, where it was obscure enough that the username was usually not taken. Indeed, when I signed up for Athletics Nation back in 2005, that was the name I used, as well as on TBIOOTF when that site went live in 2006. I didn’t give much thought to creating a more Cal-oriented username when TwistNHook, Yellow Fever and I started CGB on Blogsome back in 2006; I just thought the blog might be kinda fun, and didn’t take the whole thing too seriously. Then the blog picked up a few readers, some momentum, and it was too late to change my name to something else.
Forced to pick a different name, I’d probably choose ‘PapaPhonez’. There might be a few readers here who get that reference.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Mar 13, 2009 9:51 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I thought you were a giant gorilla.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
33SS chose his name after him and his buddies ran into
Swisher at a local Arizona watering hole and drank with him for 2 hours shooting the shit and talking baseball and about who the biggest pimp on the A’s was, etc.
Swisher was a pretty fun guy to have a few drinks with and shoot the shit. As a result, he’s my favorite player – too bad he’s in NYC now. I’m sure he’ll have a boat load of success with the women on New York. God bless his soul.
Go A’s!
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 13, 2009 11:16 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
ah yes, I had a feeling it might have been a watering hole encounter. He’ll be (relatively) close to his buddy Blanton, too. Maybe we can get Swish back soon…
Free H2O (l) Tech!
Speaking of fat joe, i met him at a watering hole the season after he came up in september.
Mulder was struggling in the deciding game for the AL west crown. Blanton came in and gave up a HR to Alfredo Amezequa. I saw Blanton that next spring and asked him how the eff he could give up a bomb to Amezequa. He went pitch by pitch through that AB – rather impressive. Even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t punch me in the face for asking that question.
It was amazing to me how many people, during the course of my 15 minute convo with him, came up and offered to by him drinks/food. He declined every offer. Man, it must be sweet to be a pro athlete – you have millions (at that point in his career 100’s of thousands) yet people still want to buy you a ton of shit.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 13, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t punch me in the face for asking that question.
Do you have that feeling often?
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Used to quite frequently, as i've matured not so much
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 13, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Simple.
Best Cheer ever invented.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 13, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
RollOnYouBears667 is not a cheer I’ve ever heard.
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When I made an account on ESPN.com, I wanted to just be RollOnYouBears. That name was already taken. So I added a random number. Not wanting to change screen names too frequently, I kept the same one when I made my CGB account.
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 13, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Your excuses appease NOBODY!
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Nothing I do could ever please you. Show more love for your hebrew brethren.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 13, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
How awkward would it be to have a 14 year old high school student and a friend that he dragged along sitting with a bunch of random internet people at a college baseball game? That said, I might be able to make it.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 12:00 AM PDT reply actions
You are 14?!?!?
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Twist could be your father!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve already stated that I’m in high school. The funny thing is that the other “roll on you bears” on this blog (rollonubears) is also 14 and also in high school.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
O'DOYLE RULES
TAKE THAT HIGHSCHOOLER
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by GoldBlooded on Mar 14, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You sure that you can read this blog? We haven’t gotten your parents signature on the release form yet.
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I am a Freshman as well.
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I was immature when I was 12.
I wanted my profile name on NCAA ’05 to be “Butthole.” But I ran out of room. I had a good laugh, and decided to keep the abridged name. A couple months later I signed up at SBN 1.0, and carried it over to 2.0 as I had already become a regular at ATQ. Thus, butthol.
I am, however, in the process of name-changing at SBN to QSouther, which is naturally more generic, but there had to be some growing up to do eventually.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.
I thought it might have been like…Swedish…and you pronounce it “booth-ol” and that means touchdown in Swedish. guess not =(.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 15, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be cool.
I fancy that I reply to others’ arguments with my “re-butthols.” Clever huh?
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.
No recs? Huh. Okay. Clearly we’re still missing some key explanations (TwistNHook, etc) and I think it would help if this didn’t disappear soon.
No, I am NOT Diante Jackson. You are.
Carp, someday – and that day may never come – I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this rec as a gift.
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You made me an offer I could not refuse…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Now there are many post on the recd list. Adding this one might mean we need to remove another…………
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Twist did I ever tell you that I love you?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes but carp is a different person. He might refuse your offer…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
But he didn’t say he can’t refuse it!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
BearBallCarrier
It makes me giggle when I hear that over the PA at games. I imagine the football team playing a game of naked football. Hijinx ensue!
And Maharg, I can’t believe I never figured yours out before. Duh.
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 16, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions
Oh God, now I’m thinking that.
GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD GET IT OUT!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 16, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Chowder
I picked up the nickname my freshman year of college during some drunken shenanigans at Mardis Gras in S.L.O.
They're after our precious bodily fluids
I thought drunken shenanigans=chowda?
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Straight out of high school I attended Cal Poly, eventually I transferred to Cal. Anyway, it was Mardis Gras, and everyone in my dorm was in a celebratory mood, particularly since all the RA’s in my building were out of town for the weekend. Anyway, we were drinking early and often, and eventually made it downtown for the mardis gras parade and barrage of boobies.
One heavily intoxicated friend in my group had broken up with his girlfriend the night before, and was therefore hostile towards everyone. He had been picking fights with anyone all day long, and after the parade we went to an apartment party. He had bumped into someone and took offense and started to pick a fight. We ushered him away from that apartment and into the nearest apartment.
This apartment happened to have a keg, but was occupied by only two people, one guy was wearing a full-length baby-blue feetsy pajama and a red fuzzy russian hat. His friend was wearing a pot on his head, was drinking beer from a pan, and wearing an “I heart airplanes” T-shirt. This person noticed us and asked us who we were, we told him about our friend needing a drink because he broke up with his girlfriend. He was friendly and understanding and let us share his keg on the condition we introduce ourselves. He perfectly articulated everyone’s name, until he got to me. I told him my name, and a puzzled look overcame his face and asked, “Chowder?” Being quite intoxicated everyone ended up busting up laughing as if it was the funniest thing that had ever happened in the history of mankind, and everyone kept repeating it, resulting in bountiful amounts of laughter for the rest of the night. Upon sobering up, it really isn’t that funny. But the next day word had spread throughout my dorm, and I had a new name. A lot of weird things happened that day, the Chowder incident was the most random.
As a side note, how he came up with chowder is beyond me. My name is one syllable, and doesn’t begin with ch, or end in anything resembling der.
They're after our precious bodily fluids
by chowder on Mar 16, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Nice story. Very serendipitous…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
How has this not gotten recs. Awesome.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 16, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
In Bill Mauldin’s World War II collection Up Front, he mentions some of the stories that American soldiers spread around the campfire. One of which, was of a southern soldier that grew up in the Everglades, hunting crocodiles and other swamply creatures.
Well, when this “Swamp Hunter” was drafted and went to war in Europe, he killed Nazis like they were going out of style. He would, “kill an entire platoon of Germans with one clip from his rifle, and pluck grenades off of his flak vest like they were ripe tomatoes.and chuck them right at the kraut’s feet.”
The book is amazing, hence why I carry on the name.
"Today's weather, excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in later for our 5-day forecast!"
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by Swamphunter on Mar 16, 2009 3:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
dballisloose.....
In 7th grade PE class we had to write our first initial and last name on our clothes…..“D.Ball” The 8th graders would pick the teams and would always say “we got D.Ball”….my 7th grade friends started calling me dball in class, in church….pretty much forgetting what my first name really was. Fast forward 20 years and for some reason even new coworkers come up to me and say “hey dball”. I’m like……I just can’t escape the nickname so why not embrace it.
When I run amuck on this board, posting NSFW cheerleader pics, you will surely say “oh damn, dballisloose again!”
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day all Bear fans big and small, short and tall......will have the Nyan in them!
How I got my name.
I guess it all started with my job.
My senior year at Cal, I was looking for a part-time job. My gf at the time, was perusing Caljobs.com or whatever the site is nowadays and saw a job working for Cal Athletics. Specifically, it mentioned working for the football team. I love football. Working for the football team would have been a dream job. I applied. Brought my resume to the interview and was told I was “over-qualified.” Nevertheless, I got the job.
HydroTech is short for “hydro technician” or “hydration technician.” When I chose my name, I figured nobody would figure it out. I suppose the first half of my name gave it away. Oh yeah, and then GiantsFan came along…
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How is one overqualified to be hydrotechnician? “You’ve got the most amazing water pouring techniques we’ve ever seen!??!” “This is some of the greatest Gatorade management of all time!!!”
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That guy in Sideways would've liked HydroTech's pouring skills, I bet.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.
I dont think you are allowed to watch that movie??!?!
ALso, how did you switch your name?
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I got Fast Times at Ridgemont High for my 8th birthday from my parents.
I think they think I can handle Sideways.
Also, Jared at ATQ sent an email to SBN in for me. I decided it was time I moved towards a more generic and respectable moniker.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.
Hey getting the right level of powder/water ratio is tricky sometimes. If you do what the package says, that can be too strong for real athletics. But you don’t want no weaksauce drank, neither.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 16, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Actually, I always watered down the Gatorade because the players would complain it was too sweet if we made it as the instructions said.
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yes. prior to about 1990 full strenght was
perfect if you were working out, but awful if you were not
but then they added sugar to make it an all the time drink, and so if you are working out now it’s too sweet.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Mar 18, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow
You interviewed? It’s a work-study job for me and the other guys who do it. All I ever did was send an email. I had already filled out all my HR paperwork before I even met my supervisor.
How long did you work there? I will likely be HydroTech-ing it up for 3 full semesters, unless I intern with the Giants or something sweet like that spring of my senior year…
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
giantfan5
came about because I am a huge Giants fan, going back long before I came to Cal or started following the Golden Bears. We didn’t have cable when I was a kid, but I remember listening to nearly every game on the radio and getting to make the trip to see a game in person a few times. I only became a bigger fan when I convinced my parents to get DirecTV, and we could see virtually all 162 games. giantfan was a name I picked when I was new to the whole message board/blog thing, some time after I convinced my parents to get DSL (I convinced my parents to get lots of things…). I picked 5 because it is my favorite number, and giantfan was already taken.
On another note, I am thinking of getting a new account with a much better name (pledge name I got at my fraternity).
Thoughts?
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
It's all good as long as you deliver the goods from practice
Slave
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 17, 2009 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, that dude from Oreogn got the mods at Oregon to email the higher ups and the person’s name was changed. Is thissomething that interests you?
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His decision.
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Do you have the power to ban Twist?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 17, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh
Either way, I’ll keep the same pic, at least for a while, and help reduce the confusion with my sig.
Plus, I think the Oregon dude had a pretty good case that his name should be changed from “butthol” to something else. I’ll decide in a bit what I want to to.
Alright, fine, I admit it! "Hydration Technician" really DOES just mean "water boy!"
Hey now.
Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.
Man this brings back memories of opening the AFTERNOON SJ Merc to get the stats updates, before the intertubes, and when Barry was wrecking the league in ’93 and the Giants got hatefucked by the Braves being in the NL West.
FREE HYDROTECH!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 17, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
man, i totally remember going to the opening of the Giants/Braves series at Candlestick in August that year, with the Giants up like 9 games or something in the standings. Of course, the G-men got swept and “collapsed” down the stretch, winning “only” 103 games. it’s been called the ‘last great pennant race’.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
What about in the year 2000 when the As won the AL West on the final day!
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not the same at all. the mariners still got to go to the playoffs.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
BUT THE INDIANS DIDNT.
In my estimation, the only thing better than the Giants getting crushed emotionally is the As getting buoyed emotionally. So, its sort of win-win!
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Really? You’d turn down sex with SI swimsuit models in favor of the A’s getting buoyed emotionally?
FREE HYDROTECH!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 17, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
two-out-of-three is still better than win-or-stay-home. it’s just not the same.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
So, As-Angels 2004 is more to your liking?
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much better, though the a’s, through most of that season, had the backup option of the wild card. the point of the pennant race is that you either win it or you don’t, and there IS no backup option.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
TedfordisGod is pretty obvious. I guess more interesting is that originally my old blog was TedfordisGod.com, then when we moved over to SBN the SBN overlords made us change it, with us coming up with and selecting the ridiculous TBIOOTF, which always really rolled off the tongue. It never made sense to us why they considered that a better name. This blog wouldn’t even exist if we had kept TedfordisGod.com. Or not. True story.
Fire Starkey
I chose my name because Joe Starkey sucks ass on every level as a radio play by play guy. I grew up with him on the radio so I cut him some slack for many years but after years of suffering online in Texas and NEVER knowing what the FUCK was going on in ANY game, I decided to start the “Fire Joe Starkey” campaign. Sadly, he is now too entrenched to ever leave before death which really pisses me off but I have 10+ games on TV now so Joe can kiss my ass.
Fuck you Joe. Do the right thing and retire you shit eating crack baby. I hate you. Asshole.
Joe Starkey...Scholar, Humanitarian, Cal legend, worst radio play by play man of all time.
tell us how you really feel? Since you posted this during normal work hours, I’ll assume you’re sober.
JS: “OHNODBALLISLOOSE! THIS WOULD JUST BE TERRIBLE FOR THE BEARS THIS AFTERNOON. IT CAN’T GET MUCH WORSE. THIS FUMBLE COULD CHANGE THE MOMENTUM OF THIS PROGRAM ENTIRELY. Your thoughts Troy.”
TT: “Actmually Joe they’re ruling he was down before he fumbled.”
JS: “Fair enough. I would hate to see the Pac10 officials miss yet another call”
Despite this, I still <3 Starkey.
No, I am NOT Diante Jackson. You are.
Oh, I’m sober all right. I’d really let Joe have it if I was drunk. RETIRE! PLEASE! DO HUMANITY A FAVOR, JOE!
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by Fire Starkey on Mar 18, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Except that……when dballisloose its always a good thing baby!
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day all Bear fans big and small, short and tall......will have the Nyan in them!
by dballisloose on Mar 19, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Well...
It’s quite simple, really. And I believe a brief discussion of this handle transpired in a prior thread. Simply put, I frequently experience vivid rape fantasy dreams involving our fave backup qb. Just my face repeatedly shoved into his armpits. His meticulously trimmed hairs penetrating my every facial orifice.
Vivid, because the dream is a visceral, teeth grinding experience. Rape, because i’m being forced against my will. Fantasy, well, because my friends, a man can dream. And dreams can come true!
by Face in Brock's Armpits on Mar 25, 2009 12:59 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
It's not a long story...
But I guess it’s longer than you might think. I chose my username when I was regularly reading and commenting on Burnt Orange Nation. In that context, my username was more helpfully descriptive than it is here.
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