Should I abbreviate my user name?

[WOM]

Everyone else does.

WOM

That's it. That's all. Clean and tidy.

Cast your vote. Just a yes or no, please.

I'll tally the votes after ten have been cast, or there have been 50 thread views.

[mafu]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

I predict a draw

[matt j]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

WOM is (or was) a music store in downtown Frankfurt. It was the first place I knew of where you could go and listen to music before you bought it.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

This is beginning as badly as my Madoff thread.

Quit raking muck and vote.

[Brandenburger Toro]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

WOMB - Worn Old Motor Bike

[My Name Is Ian]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

My username has got longer since I joined.

I vote "WOM". This is how I read it, anyway.

[beak]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

wrnldmtrbk

[EIM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

I wish I wasn't just EIM. I wish I was Eric's Inner Monologue once more. But sadly, like the man from Delmonte's grumpy brother, the board says "NO!" to punctuation in user names. So EIM it is.

[Wolf2]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

Keep WornOldMotorbike.

Actually, change it completely and then you'll feel all warm inside when people still all you WOM years from now, mystifying the newbies.

Bit like I imagine EIM does.

[Wolf2]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

You could be The Inner Monologue of Eric, couldn't you?

[EIM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

It wouldn't be the same.

I vote WOM keeps his name as is. It's got gravitas.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

So, at 50 thread views we have:

WOM - 1
WOMB - 1
wrnldmtrbk - 1
Keep it as-is - 2

So, I'll keep it as is.

But, be prepared to undergo this agonizing process again in another three years.

Thank you for participating in democracy.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

"WOM" is like the sound Joshua made while it was searching for NORAD's launch codes in "War Games".

I'd keep it.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

Polling on this topic has been disabled.

[EIM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

How apt.

I mean, it hasn't been great. But disabled? Bit harsh maybe.

[Bruno]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

I think you should change your name temporarily.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

Fck tht.

[My Name Is Ian]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

Not too shabby.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

We should have a day where we all change our user names to our real first names. We could call it Chris-mas.

[willie1foot]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

And OTF chooses the status quo in a landslide.

I turned up and the polling booth was closed. Hrrmmmph.

[WOM]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

I was going to propose I Am WOM and Hear Me Roar, but didn't think I was reddy for it.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

We should have a day where we all change our user names to our real first names. We could call it Chris-mas.

Tradition used to be that everyone would change their user name to be something that fitted with the hosts of the big summer football tournament that was ongoing that year.

There won't be one of those in 2009, so we'll have to wait until South Africa in 2010, when I shall probably become Rogin the Afrikaan Fan.

[Cavalry Trouser Tips]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

Oh no, everyone is changing their name again. We need an explanatory thread for that kind of thing.

[West End Zuma]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

WOM sounds like a bastard clone of a corporate merger. WornOldMotorBike has character and individuality. Gravitas indeed. It's a name that's been places, seen things and had real experiences. It's a comrade that's been through thick and thin with you. It's a name that deserves a portrait of its own, like Van Gogh's boots.

[Gangster Octopus]

Should I abbreviate my user name?

'Course you could try similar names. Get specific:

Shagged BSA
Knackered Triumph
Fucked Enfield