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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am Posts: 798 Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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As you may well imagine E. F. Benson isn't my real name. Heres the thing, a list I subscribe to has a new member who chooses to call himself Ben Dover. It's a real world thing and everyone else uses their real name, there are even meetups occasionally. I just can't take this one seriously, every query he posts I view with suspicion, when is his mate Phil going to join and were his parents sadists? Did he go to school in the UK? Should I be rude and ask? </conflicted>
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:04 pm |
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm Posts: 5664 Location: Scotland
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not as bad as eric shaun 
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:08 pm |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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That is possibly what he wants as an ego boost. Just ignore the name and seek meaning from the posts. If the posts have no meaning then ignore everything.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:11 pm |
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okenobi
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm Posts: 4932 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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This sounds sensible to me. Although I can totally understand, as it would frustrate/intrigue me as well. I'm okenobi everywhere and recently signed up for a Lanzarate forum with that name where everybody else is "Jill", "John", "Bob" etc. so I guess I'm the awkward one.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:52 pm |
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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First pcernie, now this. What is the world coming to?
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:10 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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I should probably clarify at this point that JonBWFC isn't actually my real name either. That would have been a seriously weird thing for my parents to have done.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:13 pm |
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm Posts: 5664 Location: Scotland
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? just For everyones info brataccas isint my real name :/
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:14 pm |
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okenobi
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm Posts: 4932 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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Well okenobi isn't my real name. I tend to go by old Ben these days. The clone wars were a long time ago...
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:23 pm |
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm Posts: 1798 Location: Manchester
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steve74 is my real name, just ask my brothers steve73 and steve72 if you don't believe me. I come from a long line of steves.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:30 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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I'm actually called Leeds Underscore Manc, I just use the short version for these forums.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:35 pm |
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onemac
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:14 pm Posts: 1598 Location: Right here...... Right now.......
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I think my name is short-ar$e as that's what they call me at work. I'm just pleased it's hyphenated Al
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:44 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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adidan is my nickname, full name adidan de da de dan dan dan dan dan da de da da dan dan.
Easy to say it to the 'Great Escape' music.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:52 am |
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Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Well my user name is clearly not my real name either. The amnesia is because I have that condition and the 10 is because when I joined the Dennis forums that was the name assigned to me, so I have just carried it on here. I do try and use as many different user names as possible, so that I cannot be traced as that plonker from x404. 
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:57 am |
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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I use Snaptophobic as a nom de plume. It's my Flickr nickname, and my blog and Twitter names. I use it when I don't necessarily feel I need to be identified in a gender specific manner. The name I use here is close to my real name. In my everyday life I go by the name of Heather von Kelvingrove Ponsonby-Smythe Featherstonehaugh the Third. 
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:09 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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Strangely to my friends Veato is my real name!
To most others I'm Phil.
To my mother (particularily if I've done something wrong) I'm "PHILIP!"
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