I used to be so Amused
At Napoleon in rags
And the language that he used ;-)

The Smiths song i was listening to the moment i signed up to the forum

Registered just after readng the book.

I wanted to send a message in a hurry and it was the best I could do at short notice. As we all know, the song wasn't written by the Stones, so there was less chance of someone else using it already.

In another life I was Evening Son but some computer-related problem arose and, when I tried to post, I was informed that it was another user's name!

"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

In the wind some mournful melody

I can read it like the back of my hand.

Chris Fountain is my screen name whereas League Office is my real name. Cannot recollect why I chose CF.

Dwight Yorke.

You got the Sun, You got the Moon,
and you've got
The Rolling Stones

My favourite Miles Davis album!!!

By borosilo at 2009-10-14

for Doug Sahm...Sir Douglas Quintet

Silver Dagger comes from the Simon and Garfunkel song A Simple Desultory Philippic and in it Paul Simon sings "I been Mick Jaggered and Silver Daggered". It's a piss take of a Bob Dylan protest song. Silver Dagger is also an American folk ballad that's been covered by Dylan, Joan Baez, The Eagles and Roger McGuinn.

It was Brian Jones' stage name in the early days. He thought it sounded like the name of a "real" Delta bluesman ala Elmore James.

mariannerl.. because there is already "the" Marianne (my real name) in the stones world. The time I registred on IORR, in 2003, I did not even have pc at home and I did not expect that I will live hours a day in the internet stones world...

But I don't use mariannerl on other boards. My nickname on my own board (stonestreff) is Mrs M and I usually use this name on all other boards. "Mrs" because one member of a certain board always called me Mrs.. there were not many ladies on board .. thats why.

In 1978 I had a group of mates who were all Led Zeppelin fans. I was into the Stones and the Who. That summer, I turned them all onto Some Girls, which they loved, and they started calling me Tatters. It's not an internet name that I made up. It's my ACTUAL nickname. Has been for 31 years.

Cool. Do folks at work also refer to you as tatters?

When I began here I used to work (and sometimes post) in an office overlooking Richmond Green. I got made redundant and I don't work there any more, so really I should pick another one, but I'll save that for the day I get banned. (Bound to happen sooner or later!)

(Bound to happen sooner or later!)

Oeps.........I wander what you have in mind?

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Couldn't think of anything at the time so just used my first name and the 1st letter of my surname. Boring I know but you asked.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

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Cool. Do folks at work also refer to you as tatters?

No, mostly just friends that have known me for a long time. It's like if your name is Nick, and everyone calls you Nick, but a friend who's known you since you were 12 still calls you Nicky, because that's what everyone called you when you were 12.

Well, it's a great Beatles song, who doesn't know that, right? It's suppose to be the name of a roller coaster or giant slide at an amusement park in Blackpool, England (have never been there). The rest of the HS story is suppose to be that McCartney had just read an interview with the Who's Pete Townshend and he was going on and on about how the Who had just recorded the loudest, nastiest, raunchiest, out-of-control, piece of music EVER (I Can See For Miles) so Macca put the magazine down and said, "Oh yeah Pete?"..... Not for long. And HS does out do I Can See For Miles IMHO.... I don't know why I picked it, very superficial reasons I'm sure (playing in the background at the moment or something).

The best user name EVER on IORR was "some stupid with a flare gun" (lyrics from the 70's Deep Purple hit "Smoke on the Water" ) Who thinks of brilliant stuff like that? I 'm serious, what a great user name !!!

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The best user name EVER on IORR was "some stupid with a flare gun" (lyrics from the 70's Deep Purple hit "Smoke on the Water" ) Who thinks of brilliant stuff like that? I 'm serious, what a great user name !!!

That IS a good one!

My first live Stones show was '81 and after the very first song... Well, you know.

Years ago I tried to find a user name for eBay. Since I sold & bought mainly Stones stuff I tried something related to the Stones. I tried many names but I always got the answer that this name already existed. Finally I tried this shortened (& unpronounceable) modification of Midnight Rambler - and it worked! Later I used that name also for other Stones related sites, like IORR and others.

I like a lot of names here, but I hate names with only numbers and I prefer simple names so I can easely remember them and picture an imaginary image

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It's suppose to be the name of a roller coaster or giant slide at an amusement park in Blackpool, England

It's a large spiral slide that can be found at most funfairs in the UK not just Blackpool.
You climb the stairs, which are inside the structure, and once at the top you take a hessian or coconut mat which you sit on and then slide down the slide.


When I get to the bottom
I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and turn
and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again

[www.phrases.org.uk]


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-12-06 18:14 by Deltics.

I was going for Virgin as in the record company and without any spell check I screwed up.

Funny Deltics, for all those years I always though a Helter Skelter was an old attraction on a fair were they ride on a motorcycle in a round cage (don't know how they called that one?)

The one you posted is not kown in my country

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Mine came from the movie Blazing Saddles. I also own the screen name of Lapetomane which you have to google to understand that one. Very much tongue in cheek names.

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I was going for Virgin as in the record company and without any spell check I screwed up.

I just assumed you were a Thunderbirds fan.....