(AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA)
It is time once again to talk about funny Second Life ® names. And as before, I want to start out by discussing my own name, so that no one is tempted to IM me and tell me that I am a Pootyhead for pointing fun at THEIR name; though I must remind them that THEY picked out their weird/funny/strange/clever/bizarre/did-I-mention-strange name, not ME! But in the quest for fairness I will point the finger at myself first.
So why did I pick out a name like MARCOPHOTO UPSHAW? Well, you may remember that I am a Vampire. I have centuries under my belt. I was sucking Indian blood in America before the white man came. He has been cumming ever since, but that is another joke for another blog (see: The British Are Cumming, The British Are Cumming.) My name originally was Marco Polo. Have you heard of me, in grade school perhaps? I was one of the first Europeans to travel to the mysterious Orient. I wrote a book called the Life and Times of Marco Polo.
But what a name...Marco Polo. I would have had to endure constant ribbing in Second Life ® with such a name. So, when it came to picking a name for myself in Second Life ® I decided to have a little fun with it. Since photography was my hobby, I chose mix it up a little.. Marco--Polo....Marco--Photo.....Marco--Polo...Marco--Photo.....yeah, that works great! And my family hails from England, so I picked a nice English-sounding name, Upshaw. Marcophoto Upshaw. Perfect.
So now, back to YOUR name. What was YOUR excuse? Hmmmm I can't hear you. Nothing to say in your defense, ok then. Let's get to work.
There are sooooo many strange names in SL, ranging from cute-and-pretty, to seriously deranged. My blog may get a bit racy at times, but I try to steer clear of the seriously pornographic and deranged material. So I will limit the discussion of names to the cute and funny and rhyming and so forth.
Here are a few of my favorite--Names. They are all real, look them up.
In the Category of Funny Names:
CanYouHearMe Snoring.... whose partner in SL is:
Denied Flatley.... then there's:
TieMeUpWith Twine... clever! I love clever names like these first three, where the first name is clearly tied in with the last name. I call them "perfect statement" names.
Speedy Gonzalez... you have to be quick to get this one.
Sovery Short... for some reason this one took me a while to figure out *thunks his wooden skull* so-very-short; as in height challenged; duh; another good "perfect statement" name.
Murgatroid Mincemeat.... I don't know why this strikes me as funny, but I smile every time I look at it. Maybe it is the semi-rhyming nature of her name. Closely connected to her, and is probably her cousin, is:
milDREAD Fitzgerald...
scuzzlebut Dezno.... What is a scuzzlebut? Is it the same as a furrybutt? A velvety butt? I don't know but it is funny. Closely--and disgustingly--related to the butt theme is:
Poopie Prunes..... my gosh how would you like your name to be constantly associated with THAT?
Sassy Snoodle.... it doesn't really SAY anything, but I always smile when I see this name.
Jinnywitha Cleanslate..Ha Ha, very good! I can just picture her in my mind's eye, stearing at that name, "cleanslate, cleanslate," thinking "I can do something with that.....cleanslate, OH! I KNOW!"
GetYour Jolles....this one is not quite "dead on" as in GetYour Jollies, but it is close,
Other clever "Perfect Statement" names include:
Infinite Infinity... nicely done.
nevaeh Shippe... hmmm...are you related to a certain unethical business person I know, who never shipped the $500 script I paid for?
BigRed Haystack... a red haystack? What kind of hay are you growing on your farm fella?
Walkfor DeCuir... walk-for-the-cure....presumably the cure for cancer.....and this one which is closely related:
WalkOneMileForA Camel.... which is a brand of cigarettes, and the use of which leads to the above name. Other clever "perfect statement" names include"
Wontsum Magic... and
Ywaittil Tomorrow...yes indeed, why wait?
Havoc Major... interesting, because the SL viewer is called Havok 4, and when it was implemented it definitely caused Major Havoc to the entire grid.
Sky2 Graves...this one is a bit obscure, until you think about what happens if you jump out of an airplane without a parachute...you go from the sky-to-a ...grave. Yes, it is a bit morbid, but very clever.
Some names...well I just shake my head over and think, "Why would anyone call themselves THAT!" Some examples of these are "Number Names" such as:
15241353 Ansar... why would anybody pick a name like that? How would you shorten it? "Don't call me 15241353...just call me 15241!" Sheesh! How about, "Hey there 15!" or "Yo, Numbers!"
Similar to this would be:
Chd321 Andel... what are they gonna call you, "Hey Chd!"???
Or:
N4pp0 Sommer... Again, what shall we call you? "Heeeeey N4!" Very strange names.
Other Number Names make a little more sense to me, names like:
5times Magic... or
256Bit String... which is really a "perfect statement" name, refering to 256 bits in a string of code.
I have a couple dozen other CATEGORIES of names, with a few hundred names total, but for today, I think I will move toward the close of this blog by listing some of my favorite Rhyming names, such as:
JUGAL Snoodle...
myri Bury...
Nookie Schnook...
ramalama Mimulus...
Deictic Revnik...
Supremius Maximus...
VeryTeri Dovgal...
And my all time Rhyming Name favorite:
Twirlin Merlin
Finally, I will leave you today, with one last funny name:
NedaO Pinion...? No, not really, when I want your opinion I will give it to you.
I have to leave you now and get back to writing my second book. My first book was titled, "The Life and Times of Marco Polo." The one I am writing now is a sequel...an update on my Marco adventures. Rather than calling it something cheesy like "The Life and Times of Marco Polo 2," I want to give it a snappy name. I think I will call it "The Second Life ® and Times of Marco Photo." Look for it on your bookshelves soon.
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Did you like this post? If you did, would you take a minute and leave a comment for me below? Your kind words keep me inspired! Thank you! --Marco
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