What's the origin behind your screen name?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 30, 2009 7:26 PM EDT
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I'll start off...
I was once reading about Penn State football during the Rip Engle era. Specifically the feats of strength performed by one Lenny Moore during the mid-50s. And, long story short, Moore's nickname was the Reading Rambler. I removed the space and it is now my screen name. I'm not from Reading.
Some names I'm curious about:
- Screen Name 20
- FG Dreadnought
- The JuggerNitt
- Run Up The Score
- mikeissurreal
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Oh come on!!!
The first one’s easy… 1 through 19 were either already taken or got banned in various venues.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
What about you?
I’m assuming you’re the love child of Lee Harvey Oswald (leeharver) and Matt Senneca (4).
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 30, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Sensuous asking...
2/3 of my real name and my birthday
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 30, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I already used that joke...
somewhere,. Probably not on here, most likely on one of the sites I got booted from.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 30, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Since you asked
My screen name is the initials of one of my favorite blogs. Can you believe “Mike” was already taken?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I could believe that
The single names with no additional letters always go first. What I don’t believe is that SBN didn’t ban this other Mike guy to make room for you.
I know
Unfortunately, baseball rules the roost in SBNation, and I believe another baseball blogger picked up the name Mike before they ever converted BSD over to the new system.
It’s just another case of the man keeping us down.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Surprisingly enough, with so many people having my first name...
it was still available.
/sarcasm
One of the very few times I like my name is when I need an id for a web site.
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
My online ancestry
I came up with my name when I thought of “Happy Valley” and the hardcore partying reputation of PSU. Oh, and it’s also the name of this really awesome blog that I read on a daily basis…You should check it out, I have the address below.
http://www.happyhourvalley.com/
My name and the school I go to.
But samesies down below.
NittanyWhiteOut.com. Arguably the second best Penn State blog I know of.
by Devon Edwards on Jul 30, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Not creative
Year I graduated and the team mascot. The lack of creativity is probably why I never get my name on any of your love/hate/make love to polls, because my posts are usually 100% awesome.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Who the hell are you?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 30, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
More importantly
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 30, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Some delusional nutjob.
Nice guy, though.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 30, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
And you were correct
Luckily you avoided the ban hammer
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 30, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
That's not true
but we probably would’ve never heard from you b/c every post would’ve been incomplete.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 30, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Not every post...
just the ones that mattered.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions
my alma matter and hopeful profession.
hooray.
"Welcome to Tangares base. You’re just in time for the dance party. I’ve arranged a dancing partner for you. DANCE TO THE DEATH!"
wxman being the abbreviated version of "weatherman"
"Welcome to Tangares base. You’re just in time for the dance party. I’ve arranged a dancing partner for you. DANCE TO THE DEATH!"
Disappointing, that.
I thought it was short for WaxMan, and your were expecting to open a shop specializing in the Brazilian Style.
Alas.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 30, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
seriously disappointing
and what play would be called on a third and five?
Ben and Alex... first commits for 2024
I thought he just liked those wax juice things you could get when you are a kid.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Do they still make them?
What were we thinking as kids? Horrible juice inside a wax test tube kinda thing. Weirdest freakin’ candy.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
They did kind of taste like crap
And the wax bottles was just unnecessary IMO, plus the wax itself tasted like shit. Almost reminds me of those flavored sugar water (mainly sugar, not much water) drinks that came in the barrel shaped bottles. I could never find one that I liked, they were all equally nasty.
Hugs?
Bite your tongue, they’re great. We’ve talked our g/f’s into bringing hugs and oranges to our softball games…and since then the results on the field have been a great success.
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 1, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
simply awesome!
"...goon-a-la-goun-ga...gung-ga-la-gun-ga...he said; there will be no money exchanged..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Jul 31, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
THIS could have been you!
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 30, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Thought the same thing
and searched on monster.com for any openings.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 30, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
If you should desire me be the WaxMan, then I shall be
the WaxMan.
"Welcome to Tangares base. You’re just in time for the dance party. I’ve arranged a dancing partner for you. DANCE TO THE DEATH!"
Sold!
Now we just need to convert Old Baconway.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 7:10 AM EDT up reply actions
For some reason your name
reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer gets the wrong personalized license plates.
It does kinda rhyme with wxman.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Uh, this was/is my name on Deadspin, and it was all I could come up with that was witty, being the Bills fan I am.
I’ve tried to shorten it to K-Gun here and elsewhere, but here someone already took it.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jul 30, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
I'm originally from the 717
and my screen name is the vehicle of choice ’round those parts
I bleed Blue and White.
on the blog before sbn I was psu1993
I entered it as my name for BSD on SBN when Mike changed over but for some reason it dropped my 1993, so now I am plain old PSU.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
When I was but a wee-un,
I was relatively fast, in a Whitebread Country Boy kind of way. My buddy’s older brother labeled me when I was about ten, and it’s stuck ever since (although I’m known by friends as simply Streak). Used to sign HS homework and tests with just a lightning bolt-style scribble, and teachers would simply pass them back out, saying “Bob, Jerry, Streak, Tom…..”.
Has a kind of stupid ring to it.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 30, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions
That is awesome
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 30, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Old School.
Love it.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Went to PSU
and am Boss. Also, live in Boston/from area.
Mine's location based as well
Pa – First 24 years of my life
Oh – Lived two years in Columbus (Cool town, obnoxious fans)
Wi – Living in Wausau, WI for going on five years
I lurked on the site for a few months following football, but stayed and signed up because it gives me my PA fix (e.g. Sheetz v. Wawa). Like most people from PA when people ask me where I’m from I say “PA” instead of saying Pennsylvania.
heh, I never really thought about the PA thing like that
and I’m trying to think of any other state where people go pretty much solely by the abbreviation like that.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 3, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Mine is actually stupid
I signed up for cbssportsline a couple years ago to reply to one of the CFB threads on there figuring I’d probably only use it once. So I came up with a generic name using my favorite number. After a while of visiting cbs and commenting daily I found BSD (I forget how, but I think it was a google search – and most likely involved “naked softball girls”). I lurked for a while before joining (pre-SBN) and for some reason decided to keep my name.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 30, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions
Naked soft ball girls
A HA! The mystery is solved! It was you all along. You know you don’t need to keep doing the same search just to find BSD, you can add the site as a favorite, that way your search term doesn’t show up in the “You Found Us” every week.
You know what, you're probably right
that’s a silly way to keep logging on to this site anyway…
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 1, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I like tailgating
I like to think we bring our parking lot effort to a higher level of mastery. ‘Shogun’ seemed like a good title that you don’t see a lot of other poeple opting for. Powerful. Elegant. Violent. Historical. Fearless.
So, there you have it.
by Tailgate Shogun on Jul 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
Tailgate Maestro would have been a good one too
well, maybe not “violent” if that’s what you’re aiming for
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 7:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Sheesh
Disregard the interesting X above, please.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 7:16 AM EDT up reply actions
No, but it'll certainly do.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you wear a katana at your side while you tailgate?
That would be awesome. That plus large amounts of alcohol: what could go wrong? I think I’ve seen an Military store on Beaver Ave. that sells them a few buildings down on the left when you turn onto Beaver from Atherton. I have no idea how much.
I really expected your
screen name to populate a whole cottage industry of Japanese warriors like:
Liquor Ninja
Samauri Griller
Hoagie Ronin
Buffalo Wing Bushido
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
High School and College Mascots
I went to Manheim Central, hence the “baron.” I also went to Penn State (surprise), hence the “lion.” And no, I am neither Zug nor Dakota…
So Horse N Buggy, here’s a shout out to the old 717.
Phil
LOL
as I was scrolling past this pic I didn’t yet see the “Woo Woo!” part and already thought, "man, that’s like the Amish Bubb Rubb and Lil’ Sis
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 3, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
mine is stupider then Screen Name 20's..
its just random letters, that I put together
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State." - Chris Carter
Impressive
It must be hard to remember your login every time you clear your cookies. How many times have you requested your login emailed to yourself?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Middle Name +
How many Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers I can eat from Wendy’s in under 15 minutes.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
That would lead to an epic twosie
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jul 31, 2009 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
86?
Dear Zug, man… tell me you purge at some point in that process.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 8:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I love the jr bacon cheeseburger
but they definitely started skimping on the bacon…it’s basically one small slice now.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 31, 2009 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep you all got me
It was a farce the whole time….the 86 is actually….wait for it….
My birth year! and our last NC!
The 86 cheeseburgers sounded more interesting.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
If you want to be technical
we won that NC in 87 (the year of my birth), but the 86 season none the less.
That is one reason why I liek baseball
If I say the 86 season, there is no confusion. I always go with the regular season number when referring to a cfb season.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
Yeah I hear you
I always get confused about that too, someone will say something like ‘87 national championship, and then I wonder if they mean ours from the 86 season or the next year’s NC.
Became sort-of a nickname
when one friend tried to tell others, “___rney confirmed it” and instead said, “confirmy ___rned it.”
I'm from Milroy..
in the 717 parts.. and my friends used to call me boozer for some habits I may or may not have had or still do have.. maybe.. sort of.. well, barely..
"Victory without honor is an unseasoned dish. It might fill you up, but it won't taste good" - Joe Paterno
I am the nonsexual entity willed to life
by the members of BSD.
I am crisp, salty and delicious and I know I could totally get JTot to sleep with me.
It is!
am crisp, salty and delicious and I know I could totally get JTot to sleep with me.
That’s not saying much…
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 31, 2009 6:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Your name is waaay cooler
when you buy that extra vowel.
I vote you keep it.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions
You middle initial wouldn't be 'A', would it?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn. Oh well.
On the brighter side, Brett Conway’s middle initial is ‘A’, so maybe we can salvage this idea after all.
Incidentally, I always figured your name was a reference to that B. Conway…
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, just a fellow PSU Alum.
That idea came up before somewhere on here too. I don’t remember where though.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
I think I originally asked
if your name was baconway related, or if your name was B(rett?) Conway
Really can’t go wrong either way.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 3, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You were an extra in 300 and your name is Dan?
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
If you were the Spartan that designed the land grant trophy, and your name is Dan
I vote you be banned for life.
I'm JP
I went through a post-baccalaureate hard/grunge phase, which when juxtaposed with my Bad Amish 717 background and deep knowledge of old-school rap, earned me the interjected ‘tothemotherphuquing’ from my new Philly friends. Powerful. Inelegant. (barely) Violent. (non) Historical. (definitely) Fearless.
- shortened here to jtothep to meet the ‘pseudo-family blog’ demographic
- shortened further to jtot by rahpsu and profligated as amusing by TME
And I would totally sleep with baconway6.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
couldn't help mahself
jtot just comes off as awesome. as for TME… well, yanno… I just didn’t want to be confused with the less than mighty Eriks out there
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Aug 2, 2009 1:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Spats - although this isn't the best example, but...
Penn State kind of led the spatted shoes movement in the 80’s. I always liked the look.
It was also another one of Lenny Moore's nicknames
Are you related to Rambler?
So do we have a Sputnik and Lightning Lenny as well?
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
Because.....
Rudy was offsides. The game was over, it was like 24-3 ND vs Georgia Tech I think. Less than a minutes to go in the fourth, they put in this slap nuts….and they blitz with like 30 seconds to go?? and he comes up with a sack.. sort of. And somehow this is a touching feel-good story? Its more like ND padding the stats and showing up their opponent. Plus I grew up in NEPA and was in the minority as a PSU fan as most people shoved ND down my throat.
by RudyWasOffsides on Jul 31, 2009 9:48 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Actually, Rudy was only credited for 1/2 a sack. JL was credited for the other 1/2
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 31, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
For the record
I despise that movie. Congrats, you were a bench warmer at ND and got to play one meaningless snap, and we’re supposed to think you’re a hero? Did anyone even think before they made a movie about a walk-on bench warmer with one snap? Yeah, humble origins, blah, blah, OMG IRISH, blah, blah. I guess what I’m really trying to say is:
Suck it Rudy.
Wasn't his part in the movie
played by a moncheechee?
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Simspons Episode
Best. Episode. Ever.
PSU references in pop culture always pick me up. On a related note, back in my bachelor days I saw a funny PSU reference in a Skinemax special. In an effort to contrive some kind of a plot around a bunch of T & A shots, there were folks who wrote in to a “Love Expert” for advice. In the words of Maude Lebowski, “The story is ludicrous… You can imagine where it goes from here.” Anyhow, the letter starts off something like:
“My husband and I are very adventurous. We’ve rafted in Costa Rica, swam with sharks in Tahiti, and scaled Mount Nittany. But lately our love life has become boring.”
Hilarious. Mount Nittany is a “hike” or even “stroll” – not a “scale.” Proof positive there are Penn Staters in the soft porn production biz, officially infiltrating USC turf.
Bacon is almost as great as being a Penn Stater
Soft core porn?
I’d sooner think that’s UCLA territory.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure you can imagine which porn biz USC is in...
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
"It's a pretty standard sex tape...
…there’s a golden shower at the end."
That quote may not be exact, but it’s pretty close to the description I read of a video starring everybody’s favorite Hypeman-winning USC running back.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
That quote may not be exact, but it’s pretty close to the description I “read” of a video starring everybody’s favorite Hypeman-winning USC running back.
Fixed it for you.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 31, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Abbreviation for former handle + my football number
R = city I’m from
N = Nit
F = Fan
18 = my # from playing days
Ah, so we do have a PSU player that reads this blog!
Stay out of trouble Navorro, we’re counting on you this year!
Oh, wait, you said “from my playing days” in the past tense so are you Askari Adams, Troy Drayton, or Andrew Guman?
I'm back...
…and to a rather appropriate topic for me because several people have asked about the origin of my screen name before.
But quick aside first….
If you’ve been wondering where yours truly has been for the last week, I’ve been sitting next to the computer, reading the Post-Gazette’s PBC blog hitting refresh over and over to keep up with all these freakin’ trades the Pirates have been making.
But anyway, the screen name. When I was a young young’n, I had an eraser shaped as a gingerbread man that one of my friends had given me as a cheap Christmas gift. I named him Mr. Fugi, and from that moment in the 3rd grade on, he became my lucky charm. He went everywhere. In about 6th grade, I began keeping a photo log of his travels, and an online identity was born.
the “24” is the hick in me. I’m a Jeff Gordon fan…so maybe that doesn’t quite make me a hick because those ones have an “88” tattooed to their arm, but you get my drift.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
NASCAR died when Davey Allison died. FACT.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
NASCAR is dead!?
Finally a sport wasting millions of gallons of gas, and millions of hours of people’s time just so some hicks can drive around in ovals for 7 hours is finally gone! WOO WOOOO!
Cue the reaming by NASCAR fans….now.
(To defend myself, I just don’t see the appeal, but whatever floats your boat as far as I’m concerned is fine with me)
It used to be awesome
Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVmpj-civ3w
When it was actually racing, not the follow-the-leader garbage it is now. Plus the COT is ugly as shit.
Oh, and Dawson, sadly they’re not really hicks anymore. Most of the tracks are outside of the south and most of the drivers are from places like San Diego and Ilinois – i.e. Yankees.
At least the hicks were awesome daredevil drivers.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 1, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I needed to rant...
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 1, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm getting my country folk definitions confused
but can’t a hick be from anywhere where as a redneck is usually from the south? I didn’t mean they all come from the south when I said hick.
Yeah, BUT...
Jeff Gordon is no hick. Neither is Johnson or the Busch brothers. Love of auto racing doesn’t mean you’re a hick.
(Most Southern hicks are probably pissed off at NASCAR for the lack of Southern races (I.e. leaving 4 dates at Rockingham and Wilkesboro in N.C. and one date at Darlington in S.C. In exchange, NASCAR goes to boring tracks like California and New Hampshire (Yankee country!)))
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 1, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m guess I’m saying that NASCAR was much more exciting when it was run by hicks. Example: the ’79 Daytona 500 (First televised NASCAR race). Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison crash each other while battling for the lead, Richard Petty takes the win. But more importantly, Allison and Yarborough jumped out of their cars and got in a fight. That was the first time NASCAR was exposed to the rest of the country and people loved it.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Aug 1, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it died,...
maybe just baby threw up in its mouth, when they added Toyota.
I don’t follow racing, but for some reason can still name 25 drivers Why?
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Hey there. How are you doing?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by Adam Bittner on Jul 31, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey
Two can play the gay picture game.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by Adam Bittner on Jul 31, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Do we really want to play that game though?
I really don’t need another image of The Emu burned into my mind.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
pictures can be fun
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
isnt that the guy who threw the shoe in austin powers?
"I was looking for four things. Honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness and a man of character. Joe Paterno has all of that." - Derrick Williams
by Stately NOVA Lion on Jul 31, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
the town...
…where I currently live (Huntington Beach) and the year I knelt before the Altar of Zug and signed on to BSD.
First initial.
Last Name.
Favorite Number.
Riveting, I know… but it is pretty exciting that We have such an elite player at #17 right now, and that makes me wanting a #17 jersey somewhat more justified now.
"The only cohesive passing game in the whole damn conference was in Happy Valley." -Rivalry Esq.
fail.
this screen name actually has my area code (which includes my favorite number)
"The only cohesive passing game in the whole damn conference was in Happy Valley." -Rivalry Esq.
AWWWW YEAH
717 in the house! Bitches better recognize Shoo Fly Pie!
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 31, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
717 doesn't own the market on Shoe Fly Pie
and sweet bologna. The 610 got that junk on lock as well!
fair enough...
but the 717 does it best.
"The only cohesive passing game in the whole damn conference was in Happy Valley." -Rivalry Esq.
Bitch, please
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Could not have said it any better
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 31, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
717 is the home of the "Plain" PA Dutch
610 is the home of the “Fancy” PA Dutch so take your black suit wearin, buggy ridin punk a— out of here! :-)
BOOOO
717. We used to rule 3/4s of PA before the damn commies restructured the are codes.
717 We Never Sleep.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Aug 1, 2009 5:23 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Consider yourself rec'd sir.
"The only cohesive passing game in the whole damn conference was in Happy Valley." -Rivalry Esq.
I used to roll
the 717 until I traded up, like 4 whole numbers to the 757.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Thats cool, as long as you remember your roots.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
first initial, last name, grad date
just your typical internet screen name, but not as generic as Screen Name 20
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
first initial, last name, favorite number
because f’in new guy just hurts in the pants…
who was the last great PSU player to wear 16?
"They stalk their prey to within two or three great leaps and then launch a lightning-fast charge, striking their prey. Victims are most often killed by suffocation with a prolonged bite..."--Hinterland Who's Who
Gelzheiser
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Blue. White . Life.
Sort of a play on words: played off of “it’s black and white” …and that’s Life for me…“except” for women…it’s all gray ( & no ’Rambler…not dating @ Shady Pines! )
Have been a PSU fan since I was 10 / 1980…and painted-up my first backyard football helmet to be “PSU!” …and yes, we played backyard, tackle football with helmets sometimes in NEPA!
“C O M E TA P E N N S C H T A A A T E! ! !”
"...goon-a-la-goun-ga...gung-ga-la-gun-ga...he said; there will be no money exchanged..."
..."hear"
they have sand too? ( is that true? )
"...goon-a-la-goun-ga...gung-ga-la-gun-ga...he said; there will be no money exchanged..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Jul 31, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That's merely an ashtray's worth.
Barely worth mentioning.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 31, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you raise
camels for the Bedouin peoples?
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
I had a friend in college whose dad was from Egypt.
Do you know him?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 31, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, I know an egyptian guy named Wally....do you know him?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 31, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a nickname I deviated it from this guy...
I substituted my own name (Hook = shortened last name). I dropped the a because I didn’t like the sound of HookaMania.
"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams
Don't know why
but I always thought you were from Texas, and the hook part of your name was derived from that “Hook ’em” thing they do.
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jul 31, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
F. G. Dreadnougth
Comes from a conversation and the reply from the commander of the USS NJ of the coast of Vietnam in the late 1960’s. A small navy boat was patrolling the coast and encountered the NJ and continued to ask for ID. The commanders orders were to refrain from answering any ID requests. The officer on duty finally woke the commander and told him the situation. The patrol boat commander said they would open fire on the NJ unless they ID"ed themselves. The name comes from the commanders reply. Not an exact quote but:: This is the BB 64 , the battleship USS New Jersey, fear god, dread nought, fire when ready….. To no surprise the patrol boat didn’t fire but did crap their pants.
The original British battleship was called a Dreadnought as in the biblical passage:
Fear God Dread Nought
I may have the USS NJ’s BB number wrong but I just typed this off the cuff, I didn’t look back to get the exact info.
by FG Dreadnought on Jul 31, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That is sweeet
+1
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Warning-amateur historian alert
Apologies, my favorite period of history is from 1897-1914 (I know, I’m strange). Jackie Fisher was the First Sea Lord of the British Royal Navy during this time. He was instrumental in modernizing the strategy, tactics, structure, and fleet of the British Empire, including the development of the first all-big-gun battleship (HMS Dreadnought), the destroyer, and the battlecruiser. He was also a socialite, wit, charmer, and a great dancer. For his contributions, he was made a baron around 1910. One of the cool things about becoming a baron is that you get to make your own coat of arms. He chose the pun, "Fear God and Dread Nought" to be inscribed on his coat of arms both to be witty and to reference his great creation. There was no previous reference to this term beforehand.
Who do you most blame for starting WW1?
Von Moltke or the Austrians?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't see what's strange about interest in 1897-1914
Truly fascinating years, those. Japan and America started their rise to power. And of course one could spend days talking about the poltics of the “Great Powers” of Europe at that time.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 31, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
my father actually served on the NJ
before it got de-commisioned.
MCPO.
Meadville, PA born and raised.
by mikeissurreal on Aug 1, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
WTF, patrol boat
is it really that hard to recognize an American Battleship? I suppose they could have thought it was some commie ploy, or a hijacked ship, but seirously? And did the patrol boat really think they’d be able to do ANYTHING against a battleship, even if it was hostile?
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 3, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
If you never saw the movie 2gether...
…I’d be wasting my time.
"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."
-Tony Hunt
That made for MTV boy band movie?
I’m afraid I did see that.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
The question is, then- do you know your calculus?
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Aug 2, 2009 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Mine is unoriginal
Like half of the people on here, I am a lawyer:
Well
K = my first initial
M = my last initial
blue for Psu.
I been using this handle from 2001 when I started posting on sports messageboards/blogs, namely, the old Phila Eagle messageboards. I’m still on there if there are any Birds fans here who post on the EMB.
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
Im from Hawaii
ive been a die hard Penn Stan fan my whole life. My dad went there way back when and i grew watching the games with him, kick offs at 6 am.
We are not normal...WE are Legends...We are PENN STATE!
by hawaiipennstatefan on Jul 31, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions
because i'm special
Bleeding blue and white and black and gold.
Because I'm Jesse?
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
Yeah
I was suprised too.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
although I think you've already mentioned the obvious story
there is a little period at the end of your name there.
Sorta like you are making the statement “I am Jesse.”
And no exclamation marks, because you did it the Penn State way: nothing flashy
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 3, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't planning on doing this since mine is self explainatory
but seeing as how some other self explanatory names were explained, what the hell.
Dawson is my last name (and so help me Zug, if one of you mentions Dawson’s freaking Creek I’ll flag your post)
PSU is my school (Portland State University representin’ WOO WOOO)
and 10 is for 2010, my tentative year of graduation from our fine university.
I don't wanna wait...
…for our lives to be over. I want to know right now, what will it be?
"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."
-Tony Hunt
You need to go sit on a dock and think about what you’ve done.
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Aug 2, 2009 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Crashing Through the Ice
I mean, you did taunt us….
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
You really want Tom Cruise's sloppy seconds?
Then again, I bet there’d be zero chance of her talking back any more, so that may be a plus for you…
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
I believe mine is the lamest
PS = Fav CFB team
Uncle = BSD’s Uncle
1981 = Year gaduated high school
Settle it on the field!
The included family relation
is a hallmark of Mike’s family. I find it entertaining. Its an automatic identifier.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
Gradulations on gaduating HS
j/k
At least there’s more of a story to your name. Mine = I’m a Nittany Lion living in NJ. Woo woo
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
By request
I signed up just before the 2008 season. Our team looked pretty stacked (on both offense and defense. A Penn State rarity), and I likened it to one of the “Create-a-team” options from the NCAA football video game series. The best option, with a strong offense AND defense is the “Juggernaut”. Make the oh-so-witty transition to “The JuggerNitt”, and MS Paint (otherwise known as a workingman’s photoshop) Marvel Comic’s “The Juggernaut”s Helmet onto our own unstoppable force (Rolls Royster), and you get the origin of my icon, as well.
rahpsu92...
initinals, school, year or gradulations.
I’ve handed out plenty of nicknames in my time, but never was lucky enough to have one bestowed upon me (doucheabag doen’t count).
Since my initials are a lame victory cheer why not combine it with the old alma mater and why not use it for everything. I’ve used it ever since graduation. Sometimes uppercase, sometime lower, sometime mixed. Screen names, passwords, e-mal addresses, license plates, boat names, NATO launch codes. Try it out, you might get lucky.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
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