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Offline Toky

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« on: May 13, 2011, 08:35:38 AM »
I am intrigued by a few of your names, e.g usedbustickets!!! I'd love to know the origin of some of them if you'd care to share.
Mine is blagged from my late father-in-law who was called Toky after a well known footballer many years ago.



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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 11:13:38 AM »
There was a thread of this ilk a few years ago Rosemary.  
I've did a quick search but can't find it.  Perhaps it's been archived.
Me, being new to forums I didn't think to have a name other than my own:P

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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 12:15:11 PM »
I can't find it either now.

Mine comes from my surname (Campbell) and the popular (at the time I got it) kid's TV show Supergran. Supergran's "arch enemy" was The Scunner Campbell and my friends thought it such a wheeze to give me the name. My friends from that time still call me Scunner. If they call me Keith, I know something serious has happened or they want to borrow something  ;)

Usedbustickets will be interesting; personally I wonder about many user names on here, none more so than Slartibartfast :D

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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 12:58:48 PM »
Mine is very boring really.   Mr Pookie was born and bred in Rhodesia (not Zimbabwe  ;)), and the day I met him he started calling me Pookie.  I have been Pookie ever since and am now known by no other name !   A pookie is an african bush baby that has enormous eyes  (I'm told they are adorable  ;):D)

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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2011, 13:09:39 PM »
31 Jan 2009 STEVErx and 12 March 2007 puma both 8 pages but only able to see first post so....

My user name comes from the part of the UK I have the pleasure of living in.

(Lord of the Rings is another whole story :))

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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2011, 13:22:53 PM »
I believe Slartibartfast is a character from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy !

IanK  

(clearly a lot of though went ito selecting my user name)

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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2011, 14:26:47 PM »
kanga as in short for kangaroo
as i lived in adelaide australia for
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2011, 14:35:40 PM »
Know Idea???  ;)where mine comes from or what year I was Born:D:D
« Last Edit: May 13, 2011, 14:36:14 PM by calvin 1949 »

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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2011, 14:52:39 PM »
mine is in memory of a sweet little grey smoke Devon Rex cat that I had the pleasure of owning many years ago and,of course The glamour cat from Andrew Lloyd Webers musical Cats.......Lol!

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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2011, 14:54:20 PM »
quote:
Originally posted by pookie

Mine is very boring really.   Mr Pookie was born and bred in Rhodesia (not Zimbabwe  ;)), and the day I met him he started calling me Pookie.  I have been Pookie ever since and am now known by no other name !   A pookie is an african bush baby that has enormous eyes  (I'm told they are adorable  ;):D)

http://www.patrickmavros.com/newsevents/pookie_watch_01.php ;):D




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