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NICOS
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
Wow cool. I never knew that.Good old IORR. As educational as ever.Quote
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HelterSkelter
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
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headly123
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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parislocksmith
I registered at IORR on a Saturday, recovering from shock. The previous night I had returned to the flat in Paris where I was living only to find that the craftsmen who had been refurbishing my flat had locked me out. In the early hours of the morning a man with, let's just say, a liberal attitude toward personal hygiene arrived and opened the door by drilling through the lock, thus destroying not only the door but also (forever) my relationship with the neighbours. My screen name is a humble homage to this brutal man.
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Buddy Young
Don't know if this has been discussed before, but I was wondering why you guys picked your particular forum name and (in some less obvious cases) what does it mean?
I picked the name Buddy Young because my real name is Boudewijn de Jong. With a little fantasy Buddy Young could be the international translation for my real name :-)
And for example, there's another Dutch user on the board called 'slasausjes', which means salad sauces. Always wondered why he chose that name haha.
Let me know!
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HelterSkelter
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 !!!