Explain your name...

[Stuartt]

Pastry was my nickname at school because it rhymed with my surname and now nearly 40yrs later, my daughter is called Pastry at school

Not because you like cakes and pies then ?

Stuart

 

[Pastry]

Pastry was my nickname at school because it rhymed with my surname and now nearly 40yrs later, my daughter is called Pastry at school

Not because you like cakes and pies then ?

Stuart

No Stuart, thats just a coincidence

 

[Zoomer]

I guy I worked with called me Zoom because I was always quick at doing things. Bit boring really

 

[Clarkie]

Well my surname is Clarke.....I've always been known as Clarkie - as is my brother and lots of other members of my family - gets a bit confusing sometimes :?

 

[Double Zero]

Double Zero the number on Dick Dastardly's car The Mean Machine

 

[Anonymous]

I'm Greg. Born in 81...

 

[blackabbot]

Played keyboards in "The Black Abbots" from 1990 till 2000

 

[Jerakeen]

I'm a big Terry Pratchett fan and Jerakeen is one of the elephants holding up the Discworld

 

[bz4kev]

Mine is bmw z4 kev my name

 

[ProfCJJ]

Bit mundane for me, CJJ are my initials and I’m a Professor of Bioengineering - bit boring but I have so many usernames and logins for this that and the other these days I try to maintain a “tame” generic username throughout

Incidentally the private plate on my new (to me) Z4 E89 is: X3WKA- pretty innocuous- any Maltese people in the house? They can translate

 

[wonkydonkey]

Had a brainsplurge when registering and just typed the first thing that came into my brain.

 

[Marekdawg]

Marek being my name the Dawg was a school nickname - Being from Zimbabwe and going to an English school, everyone took their turn to attempt the accent or use the slang :headbang: :lol: but dawg / dawgy stuck. from 'Howzit Dawg'

 

[w1ndsurfnut]

Self explanatory I guess. I'm nuts about windsurfing.

 

[MakesMeSmile]

My Z4 makes me smile. Simple.

[ref]ProfCJJ[/ref], my parents are Maltese (Father from St Julians and Mother from Msida).
My Father says it means thorn or possibly fish bone or someone who may get in trouble easily :rofl:
What's your connection to Malta?

 

[Lazza]

I’m Lawrence... known by friends as Lazza.

 

[ProfCJJ]

My Z4 makes me smile. Simple.

[ref]ProfCJJ[/ref], my parents are Maltese (Father from St Julians and Mother from Msida).
My Father says it means Thorn or possibly fish bone or someone who may get in trouble easily :rofl:
What's your connection to Malta?

I’m Maltese born (father British/ RAF) although left Malta 1993 and in uk since 1998.

XEWKA indeed means Thorn as in “Thorn in my side” (also used for fish bone yes).

The car and plate are the response to a very long and painful divorce ....

 

[Bottom]

This was my user name on MX5 forums, I had an MX5 RS...

 

[idej_z4]

Pastry was my nickname at school because it rhymed with my surname and now nearly 40yrs later, my daughter is called Pastry at school

Not because you like cakes and pies then ?

Stuart

I soooo wanted it to be because you made pies!!!!

 

[Manfred]

I have a 4 foot penguin called Manfred, so I borrowed his name.

 

[Z4C_er]

Mine's just a silly iteration of when the Germans refer to the 5 series as the '5er' or 7 series as '7er' etc.