Questions you always wanted to ask DUers but thought they were to silly to ask

[Blue_Tires]

we can have fun with this, i think...

1. Why does someone named Hypnotoad have a Bender avatar?

2. Why is Priyanka a lioness?

3. Who is that in the photo of RadioLady's sig?

i'll write more if i think of them....

[madinmaryland]

1. What are blue tires?

[Blue_Tires]

6. here you go

‘Blue tires’ is a reference to the “Gran Turismo” racing video game series…In the game, cold or fresh tires are blue on the on-screen indicator…Before I joined DU, I was using this name on a GT forum, and since it is such a weirdly unique username, I’ve carried it over to other forums as well (my first five or six username requests on DU were rejected, and I was getting frustrated.)

[ChoralScholar]

18. Kick ass! Gran Turismo nearly got me flunked out of college!!!

[Pierre.Suave]

27. That is an awesome game

It is the only reason I own a playstation, as well as the only reason I will buy a PS3 when GT5 comes out.

[TZ]

15. What is it....

about Maryland that makes you so mad?:P

[Blue_Tires]

21. if i had to guess

he has known the horror in living in a state governed by a couple of the all-time smarmy pieces of GOP shit: Robert Ehrlich and Michael Steele (and yes, i was living in Maryland during those dark days as well...)

[madinmaryland]

26. Nice post, Kitler! BTW, my sn is "madinmaryland" and not

madatmaryland or madtowardsmaryland!

:hi:

Anyway, I picked my sn in May 2004, as the swiftboater liars were ramping up their attacks on John Kerry. Needless to say I was really pissed and had just moved to maryland. Hence the name.

On edit: I assume yours has to do with terrapins (Maryland). turtlensue = terrapins result/ensue?

[TZ]

30. Thats a pretty good guess but actually wrong...

Its my old cat, Turtle (a tortoishell):


N' Sue (Susan is my given name)

Its always fun to hear the origin of cryptic screen names...:hi:

[madinmaryland]

38. Egads...

Of course its wrong.

BTW..

My ex is "sue" and my SIL is "susan"

"hi"

Also, my wife is still my wife

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. i am a lioness because i am a leo, when i was a go go dancer i picked lioness as my name

so there you go~

[Rising Phoenix]

3. always wondered

I won't be calling myself a crab anytime soon though

[DarkTirade]

5. At least you got the tasty one with the shell...

I've got the one with the nasty stinger at the other end. :P

On the other hand, mine isn't a slang term for a certain venerial problem... hmm.

[qnr]

34. Yeah, a Go-Go dancer named Crabs wouldn't go over well, one would think :) n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

37. This is barely related to anything at all, but I felt like posting it...

[Blue_Tires]

8. interesting

sadly, i cannot run around calling myself 'the virgin'

lol

[Writer]

12. When and where were you a go-go dancer?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

32. years ago . i used to go go dance in nyc

[rug]

4. What is an Elad?

[DS1]

7. I suspect it's a backwards Dale

there's lots of people with backwards names here.

Nick Danger, for example.

[ChoralScholar]

20. I think someone asked that once, and that wasn't the case... EOM

[Left Is Write]

35. It's code for The Prince Of Darkness.

[Blue_Tires]

9. ttt...let's find some answers

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. THere was an episode of Futurama with Hypnotoad...

And Dave likes him some Futurama...so, there you go. :evilgrin:
Duckie

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. I've been wondering if you are, in fact, a yellow rubber duckie.

I'm just interested. It's all good, yay or nay.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. I am not , but I do enjoy them.

I am just a girl who lives in Oklahoma...
Duckie

[Haole Girl]

23. Hey Duckie

:hi:

[Orsino]

24. I finally saw a snippet of that a few nights ago, and was illuminated.

It all makes sense now. The pyramids, JFK, 9/11. Everything is one. With robots.

[Deja Q]

25. Bender is great! Oh, Bender is great! Bender Bender Bender Bender Bender...

[Deja Q]

28. That and because, to chang my name to "BenderTheLovableRascal"

takes up too many letters. :evilgrin:

[Ptah]

14. Will lost ever be found?

does Whoa_Nelly ever say whoa, nellie?

What is CaliforniaPeggy's real name?

Why does Shine shine?

Does Wetzelbill walk backwards?


Can't even spell California. :blush:

[LostinVA]

16. I am -- and I hope Lost-n-NJ is,too

[Ptah]

17. Being found is a good thing.

:thumbsup:

I hope you have many anniversaries.

[LostinVA]

19. That's very, very sweet

[IronLionZion]

29. ainrofilac

is California spelled backwards. I suppose your name is Peter?

[Lethe]

36. Ptah is the creator of the universe

"Opener of the Ways"

He created the Egyptian gods, and his eyes reflect the universe.

edit: i didn't even google it either....it was courtesy of Gary Gygax

[Ptah]

45. You are correct, ikhor.

I used to think he was the god of craftsmanship.

It's so hard keeping the family tree straight.

http://touregypt.net/featurestories/sokar.htm

"However, Sokar was associated with the Memphite god Ptah as the
synchronistic Ptah-Sokar even before Sokar's association with Osiris.
This was perhaps an easy link because Ptah too was a god of craftsmanship.
In fact, Sokar took Ptah's consort, Sekhmet as his own.
In this form, Ptah-Sokar associates the wealth of the soil and its power of growth."

[Ptah]

44. Nah, my name is not Peter.

An Egyptian deity or I misspelled Path.



:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear Ptah...

Now, sweetie...

You do too know what my real name is!

Silly!

:hug:

[Ptah]

42. Silly, silly, silly.

That's me.



:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

33. I say, "Whoa!"

And used to say Whoa Nelly! when I was a kid.

It was from the "Whoa, Nelly!" as heard on 1950s TV "Roy Rogers Show".

Rogers, sidekick, Pat Brady, would drive the jeep named "Nelly Belle", and would yell, "Whoa Nelly!"
I also remember watching old movies back then too, and seeing Brady riding a stubborn mule he called Nelly.
He was always saying "Whoa, Nelly!" to her.
I always thought it was a fun thing to say ;)


http://petcaretips.net/roy_rogers_trigger.html


Hey, Ptah! :hi: :loveya:

[Ptah]

43. "They'll believe me, citizen."

Great link in your sig!

:applause:

I had forgotten that it was from Roy Rogers.

[chknltl]

40. Whoa_Nelly once told me that....

Who-Nelly is a phrase heard often in Oklahoma. It may have started on the earliest of Roy Rogers shows with a mule named Nellie. It is also often attributed to a jeep from the same show named Nelly Belle
c

[skinnyjeans]

22. What Ho

Does anyone miss the crickets?

[TrogL]

39. WTF is this "Nice post, Hitler" thing?

:wtf:

[Blue_Tires]

41. it's a spinoff of Godwin's Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

[Hatchling]

46. Is there a FAQ for Du "isms"?

I don't understand the crickets chirping reference.

[Blue_Tires]

47. there used to be one (more of a wiki than a faq)

but i can't seem to find it right now...maybe someone else knows where it is...

and the crickets chirping thing is not specific only to DU...it just derisive way of saying there is silence (i.e., so quiet that you can only hear crickets chirping) when you would expect people to speak up or whatever

[Blue_Tires]

48. final kick n/t