The naming of Geoff

[booyalab]

As I'm writing this, Geoff is 4 posts away from 1,000! ...and songbird doesn't even have a name yet!! edit: (or wait...*looks at songbird's naming thread* maybe she does)


anyways....Geoff's name:

[mgb]

Something about Indra.

[songbird36]

Geoff has asked me to choose his name.

Diplomacy must feature in there. His other interests are cooking, photography, and travel.

He's a pretty well balanced kinda guy...dammit.

[booyalab]

Geoff has asked me to choose his name.

Diplomacy must feature in there. His other interests are cooking, photography, and travel.

He's a pretty well balanced kinda guy...dammit.

something about sitting on a fence...wood....butt splinters...

welcome to my brain

(btw, not trying to steal your job.....argh! yes I am D: )

[songbird36]

something about sitting on a fence...wood....butt splinters...

welcome to my brain

(btw, not trying to steal your job.....argh! yes I am D: )

Are you bored luv?

Where's the irrepressable Zedo today when we need him?

[booyalab]

Are you bored luv?

Where's the irrepressable Zedo today when we need him?

not bored...just giving you ideas, since geoff is a fence sitter

oh, he also likes cheese.

I tossed him aside like an old shoe.

[booyalab]

ok yeah I'm bored.

[mgb]

One of his flame warrior hats is Diplomat. And he really is, maybe we could figure that in.

[CreativeChaos]

Gee! I'm glad I don't have this one. He's so tame, compared to the rest of ya's. :huh:

[songbird36]

not bored...just giving you ideas, since geoff is a fence sitter

oh, he also likes cheese.

I tossed him aside like an old shoe.

'Bout bloody time..lol

OK how about:

"La Fromage de Diplomat"?

[booyalab]

Gee! I'm glad I don't have this one. He's so tame, compared to the rest of ya's. :huh:
she means boring. *tries to start a fight*

[booyalab]

'Bout bloody time..lol

OK how about:

"La Fromage de Diplomat"?

thats cute

[mgb]

From the Flame Warrior description:

eminently reasonable mediation


Maybe "Eminently Reasonable Mediator".

Sounds kind of British...

[songbird36]

Or:

La photographique fromage de diplomat

[Eileen]

The Amiable Atheist!

[booyalab]

how about Guadalupe Rainbow

[CreativeChaos]

Or:

La photographique fromage de diplomat

Yeah! But...what's with the French!

[songbird36]

Yeah! But...what's with the French!

It'll piss him off 'cos he's a Brit

[booyalab]

Yeah! But...what's with the French!

Because Geoff wants to be French

[CreativeChaos]

Because Geoff wants to be French


Ooooo.... L'Amour! :wub:

[songbird36]

Le monsieur diplomatique qui photograph les bleus fromages...

[CreativeChaos]

Okay, Poopy! :blush:

*sigh* I guess it's time for me to find an English-French Dictionary on-line.

[songbird36]

L'homme diplomatique et amoreuse qui photograph les bleues fromages

[booyalab]

L'homme diplomatique et amoureuse qui photograph les poisson de bleues fromages

[songbird36]

Hmm now I think we're onto something here.

Wonder if it would all fit in to the space?

[Eileen]

It's a pity that my stereotypical French laugh is not conveyable over the internet.

[booyalab]

It's a pity that my stereotypical French laugh is not conveyable over the internet.
haha that was great timing though *can imagine it*

[songbird36]

Geoff's gonna wet his little pink panties when he sees this

:lol:

[booyalab]

L'homme diplomatique avec echarde de buche dans sa cul et amoureuse qui photograph les poisson de bleues fromages

fix my grammar if necessary, lol

[songbird36]

Tres bien ma cherie, mais peut etre:

"L'homme diplomatique qui chercher la femme gastronomique et photogenique"?

:lol:

[Boneca]

Where are the French-speakers when you need them? Even I can see that your grammar is horrible. (And that goes for both of you!)

[booyalab]

Where are the French-speakers when you need them? Even I can see that your grammar is horrible. (And that goes for both of you!)
then quit bitching and fix it (thats what I asked!)

[songbird36]

Tant pis, je suis desolee Boneca.

Tu es un vilain...

[Boneca]

then quit bitching and fix it (thats what I asked!)Well, your sentence didn't even make sense, so I don't know what to say. Photographing fish of blue cheese? :blink:

It should be "qui cherche" in songbird's post anyway. Et je sais bien que je ne suis pas très gentille, mais je m'en ai appris de toi. ;)

Edit; I don't even know if that is proper French, but it was a nice punchline nonetheless.

[songbird36]

Well, your sentence didn't even make sense, so I don't know what to say. Photographing fish of blue cheese? :blink:

It should be "qui cherche" in songbird's post anyway. Et je sais bien que je ne suis pas très gentille, mais je m'en ai appris de toi. ;)

Mais est ce que tu as des idees pour l'appellation de Geoff?

ou peut etre pas?

[Boneca]

No, I don't really have any ideas, I just felt like bitching. I'm going to bed now. :)

[booyalab]

SOMEBODY FIX IT THEN!!!! and yes...the fish are made of blue cheese
and he has a wood splinter in his ass, cuz he is always on the goddamn fence

[songbird36]

No, I don't really have any ideas, I just felt like bitching. I'm going to bed now. :)

J'espere que tu avais des bonnes reves, mon "bitchy" ami -

:lol:

[songbird36]

SOMEBODY FIX IT THEN!!!! and yes...the fish are made of blue cheese
and he has a wood splinter in his ass, cuz he is always on the goddamn fence

I think Boneca failed to appreciate the intellectual subtlety of your proposed appellation....

[Geoff]

If you think I am going to be named in French...

S'encule Monsieurs et Madames Les Grenouilles!!

*Bzzt* Let's start again.

Seeing as we dont seem to be getting anywhere, here, let's see if I can clarify - no I am not especially enamoured of cheese, although I do like good food generally. Photography is my main hobby. I absolutely love travel. I am British, try and work that in, my favourite quotes are probably from Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett or Blackadder (all British). I am heavily sarcastic, but I seem to have restrained that too much.. up to date. It's quite amusing when I have strongly held opinions but because I am not stubborn and bloody minded and actually listen to what people have to say that gets recognised on here as being boring and tame.

So, fuck you all!

(Doing well, arent we)

-Geoff

[Dunearhp]

How about Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite

[Geoff]

How about Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite

Now that I like!

-Geoff

[Lee]

Splendidly polite knight of the realm

[songbird36]

Splendidly polite knight of the realm

You wish you were the aforementioned..

and legal..

**regresses with Claver to dark "hide all" tunics of 15th century**

[Lee]

You wish you were the aforementioned..

and legal..

**regresses with Claver to dark "hide all" tunics of 15th century**

I might be missing something because...huh?

[songbird36]

If I were feeling more charitable I might attempt to educate you

[Lee]

If I were feeling more charitable I might attempt to educate you

Thanks

[songbird36]

Thanks

Spoken like a true Essex 'gal...

[Lee]

Spoken like a true Essex 'gal...

This says nothing other than that you can read my location. :p

[Sugaraddict2702]

L'homme diplomatique et amoreuse qui photograph les bleues fromages

it should be amoureux, since Geoff is male, photographe needs that e and it's les fromages bleus.

[Sugaraddict2702]

Mais est ce que tu as des idees pour l'appellation de Geoff?

ou peut etre pas?

est-ce que
idées
peut-être

French needs accents

[jimkopelli]

I'm gonna have to second Wowbagger.

[songbird36]

it should be amoureux, since Geoff is male, photographe needs that e and it's les fromages bleus.

Hey thanks for the grammar corrections Sugar!

Boo and I are just French speaking wannabes - we have no idea what we're doing

:lol:

[Lee]

Slightly off topic but I was just wondering.....has Geoff been the quickest poster to reach 1,000? I don't feel like he's been around very long and already 1,000.

Has Geoff set a record?

[mgb]

Slightly off topic but I was just wondering.....has Geoff been the quickest poster to reach 1,000? I don't feel like he's been around very long and already 1,000.

Has Geoff set a record?

I think Zedo might have done it as fast.

I have a weird question, this might not be the place...I have Geoff at 962 posts. Is mine lower than other peoples, because it seems to be judging by the posts.

[cjs55]

CC may have been the fastest.

[melancholeric]

No, it's 962 for me too.

I think CC hit 1000 faster than Zedo. Atleast she had higher posts / day average, so it should have been faster. Unless Zedo decreased or CC increased after hitting the mark.

Of course, you could always check the registration dates and the dates of the naming threads if you really are that interested.

Edit: crosspost with cjs55. Great minds think alike.

[mgb]

No, it's 962 for me too.

I think CC hit 1000 faster than Zedo. Atleast she had higher posts / day average, so it should have been faster. Unless Zedo decreased or CC increased after hitting the mark.

Of course, you could always check the registration dates and the dates of the naming threads if you really are that interested.

I think CC was hovering around 17 0r 18 and then just shot up to 25 by posting emoticons over and over. Plus, her naming thread added a ton of posts.

In fact, we should start moving these goddamned naming threads into the playground so no one gets more posts for trying to figure out their name, or saying no for 50 posts.

[CreativeChaos]

Okay, *sigh* FOR THE RECORD

CC joined 12-26-04 and reached 1000 posts at 2-15-05 Thats 51 days.


Geof joined 01-12-05 and is presently holding 964? Today is 02-52-05 That's 44 days. If he'll hurry up, silly and post his usual 20 per day. He WILL make a record.

STOP THAT GEOFF!!! NO more posting for you for another 7 DAYS!!!

[CreativeChaos]

I think Zedo might have done it as fast.

I have a weird question, this might not be the place...I have Geoff at 962 posts. Is mine lower than other peoples, because it seems to be judging by the posts.

Yeah! It seems that his posts are going up at all? He has either totally stopped posting, or... I just said yesterday? that if he posts his normal 20 posts per day he would reach 1000. I am going to go find that post. Just a sec...

Edit:http://forums.intpcentral.com/showpost.php?p=66441&postcount=8

See? I put the number of posts on purpose. It was 960 yesterday, and he has ONLY posted FOUR! He can easily beat me. :cry:

[Geoff]

Yeah! It seems that his posts are going up at all? He has either totally stopped posting, or... I just said yesterday? that if he posts his normal 20 posts per day he would reach 1000. I am going to go find that post. Just a sec...

Edit:http://forums.intpcentral.com/showpost.php?p=66441&postcount=8

See? I put the number of posts on purpose. It was 960 yesterday, and he has ONLY posted FOUR! He can easily beat me. :cry:

Well, funnily enough I do spend some of each day at work and dont normally post. You know, I do try and do a days work...

And what happened to the name ideas. Fascinating though my 1000 post speed might turn out to be.

Wheel out your knightly suggestions, tweaked for pratchett, adams or blackadder.

Sir Geoff the <<insert name???>> works..
And I love the Wowbagger quote, stroke of genius. Particularly as Wowbagger in HHGTG endlessly insults people. Its a neat twist.

Some more ideas first though please.

Oh and CC... are you upset about quality or quantity?

-Geoff

[mgb]

Yeah! It seems that his posts are going up at all? He has either totally stopped posting, or... I just said yesterday? that if he posts his normal 20 posts per day he would reach 1000. I am going to go find that post. Just a sec...

Edit:http://forums.intpcentral.com/showpost.php?p=66441&postcount=8

See? I put the number of posts on purpose. It was 960 yesterday, and he has ONLY posted FOUR! He can easily beat me. :cry:

When you put that though, I had him somewhere in the 950s or so. I don't know if people just aren't being exact, or if there is a bug in the system or a bug in my system.

[Lee]

Sir Geoffrey Megapixel of the accountancy firm

Sir Geoffrey of the cunning plans

[CreativeChaos]

Oh and CC... are you upset about quality or quantity?


NOOOO! :cry:

[songbird36]

Sir Geoff the <<insert name???>> works..
And I love the Wowbagger quote, stroke of genius. Particularly as Wowbagger in HHGTG endlessly insults people. Its a neat twist.

Some more ideas first though please.

Oh and CC... are you upset about quality or quantity?

-Geoff

You don't like the French ideas then, I take it?

[CreativeChaos]

I think CC was hovering around 17 0r 18 and then just shot up to 25 by posting emoticons over and over. Plus, her naming thread added a ton of posts.

In fact, we should start moving these goddamned naming threads into the playground so no one gets more posts for trying to figure out their name, or saying no for 50 posts.

JUST FOR THE RECORD!!!! :rant:


CCs naming thread was going for TWO days, got 170 responses and 1,899 views

EZ's naming thread was going for FIVE days, got 107 responses and 1,816 views

SONGBIRDS naming thread was going for EIGHT days got 162 responses and 1,583 views.

Don't accuse ME of hanging AROuND. :rant: I got NAMED FASTER THAN ANY of them!!!! :rant:

Edit: AND I reached 1000 posts, BEFORE my naming thread! :angry:

[Lee]

Anyways as I admittedly started this tangent can I end it please....this is Geoff's naming thread.

so stop it NOW :mad:

Thank you :thumbup:

:rofl:

[Lee]

Heres a collection of some of the suggestion so far excluding some of the french ones....sorry but I don't think Geoff will appreciate them properly (although he is free to prove me otherwise).

Eminently Reasonable Mediator
The Amiable Atheist!
Guadalupe Rainbow
La photographique fromage de diplomat
Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite
Splendidly polite knight of the realm
Sir Geoffrey Megapixel of the accountancy firm
Sir Geoffrey of the cunning plans

[CreativeChaos]

The Refined Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Lore

The Chilvorous Most Noble Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Feudal Lore.

The Chilvorous Noblist Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Feudality.

Dubbed "The Chilvorous .....

[Geoff]

Heres a collection of some of the suggestion so far excluding some of the french ones....sorry but I don't think Geoff will appreciate them properly (although he is free to prove me otherwise).

Eminently Reasonable Mediator
The Amiable Atheist!
Guadalupe Rainbow
La photographique fromage de diplomat
Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite
Splendidly polite knight of the realm
Sir Geoffrey Megapixel of the accountancy firm
Sir Geoffrey of the cunning plans

We are beginning to make progress here. Thanks all. Still looking for some cute ideas like the Wowbagger one (which is my favourite so far). Although I do like the heraldic angle too.

-Geoff

[jimkopelli]

Booya also has a HG2G reference in her title... hmm...

And amid all this fuss of CC and songbird and mgbradsh... we've still neglected to inflict one on file cabinet.

I'm also pretty sure I took the least amount of time to name.
Oh well.

[Geoff]

Booya also has a HG2G reference in her title... hmm...

And amid all this fuss of CC and songbird and mgbradsh... we've still neglected to inflict one on file cabinet.

I'm also pretty sure I took the least amount of time to name.
Oh well.

But HGGTG is such a classic piece of humour for an INTP crowd. And it is British, as am I. I grew up to this stuff.

-Geoff

[songbird36]

Sir Geoffrey Wowbagger, Knight of the Realm?

[Geoff]

Hmm, I am not too keen on the full version of my name. you'll need to find a version without the 'rey.

-Geoff

[songbird36]

What does "wowbagger" mean anyway, for the uninitiated?

[Lee]

Hmm, I am not too keen on the full version of my name. you'll need to find a version without the 'rey.

-Geoff

Oh well lucky your not totally in charge then ;P.......Geoffrey

[Geoff]

Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged is a being in the hitchhikers guide books who is cursed with immortality. Because he therefore has no purpose in his endless life he decided he is going to insult every living being in the universe one by one in alphabetical order.

Which is why Wowbagger the infinitely polite was a cute reversal - a wordplay Douglas would have enjoyed had he still been with us (may he be on a higher plane, saying "Oh no not again" somewhere).

-Geoff

[songbird36]

Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged is a being in the hitchhikers guide books who is cursed with immortality. Because he therefore has no purpose in his endless life he decided he is going to insult every living being in the universe one by one in alphabetical order.

Which is why Wowbagger the infinitely polite was a cute reversal - a wordplay Douglas would have enjoyed had he still been with us (may he be on a higher plane, saying "Oh no not again" somewhere).

-Geoff

Oh a very clever suggestion then - I like it. Geoff how about:

"Sir Geoff Wowbagger, the Infinitely Polite"? or
"Sir Geoff, Infinitely Polite Wowbagger of the Realm"?

Would be good to try and tie all the suggestions together and come up with something now.

[Geoff]

Well the thread is less than a day old, let's give people who may even have not been near the computer a chance to offer a suggestion, but I think we are getting there :)

-Geoff

[mgb]

Booya also has a HG2G reference in her title... hmm...

And amid all this fuss of CC and songbird and mgbradsh... we've still neglected to inflict one on file cabinet.

I'm also pretty sure I took the least amount of time to name.
Oh well.

Mine took 2 days and 15 posts. The thread itself has more, but I picked mine after 15. Which incedentally was followed by 5 posts from CC.

[songbird36]

Geoff has asked me to keep this thread open for a while in case anyone has some inspirational or magic mushroom induced naming suggestion that is going to blow our collective socks off...

[jimkopelli]

Mine took 2 days and 15 posts. The thread itself has more, but I picked mine after 15. Which incedentally was followed by 5 posts from CC.
Mine was a parasitic part of someone elses thread, and it took maybe five posts.

Go me.

[songbird36]

Mine was a parasitic part of someone elses thread, and it took maybe five posts.

Go me.

Sure you're not really an INTJ Jim?

I have my suspicions...

[jimkopelli]

?

I have tested as that occasionally... I'm borderline, but more often P than J.

[songbird36]

?

I have tested as that occasionally... I'm borderline, but more often P than J.

I was razzing ya. INTJs would tend to want to wrap up the naming process more quickly.

I *will* accept that as a type distinction :lol:

[jimkopelli]

Razzing, sure... but I was very slighty miffed that I got named after my "one big contribution"... as if it was all that I'd ever done on here... it's not even that big a part of the forum for me.
Oh well.
I support the option for rename at 2000... and now that naming threads won't count, nobody should (there, see? a "should") complain about length anymore.

[songbird36]

I have some good (non-nasty) ideas for Zedo's 2000 naming, but I think I should stay well clear of his naming thread after all the history there.

But maybe his one should be revived now?

[jimkopelli]

I'm pretty sure someone (boo) mentioned that both he and mgbradsh wanted to keep theirs.

[Star]

How about Sir Frumious Bandersnatch. It sounds vaguely British and means nothing, so you wouldn't be taking any kind of stand. 8O

[Sugaraddict2702]

Hey thanks for the grammar corrections Sugar!

Boo and I are just French speaking wannabes - we have no idea what we're doing

:lol:

no problem,
besides, your french is not that bad actually, just needs an accent here and there (but I assume those are not standard on your keyboard?)

[songbird36]

no problem,
besides, your french is not that bad actually, just needs an accent here and there (but I assume those are not standard on your keyboard?)

No - I'd love you to teach me!

[Miss Anthropic]

Sir Gabalot....I mean he just joined in January didn't he?

[Geoff]

Sir Gabalot....I mean he just joined in January didn't he?

Ah, that's quite cute. Actually I havent (at the time of writing this) reached 1000 posts, so leaving the thread for extra ideas for a day or too more won't hurt!

Some good ideas here guys!

Edit : My number of posts is actually 30 less than it was yesterday. I suppose someone must have deleted some threads? :lol:
Ahh I see, naming threads moved to the playground. Good idea.

-Geoff

[Geoff]

How about Sir Frumious Bandersnatch. It sounds vaguely British and means nothing, so you wouldn't be taking any kind of stand. 8O

I like that too.. good theme and Bandersnatch is Edward Lear isnt it?

They are a band though too, who I have never heard of. Hmm.

-Geoff

[Sugaraddict2702]

No - I'd love you to teach me!

the use of accents or the use of your keyboard? ;P

I don't know which type of keyboard you use, but I'm using AZERTY, which has é, è, ç, à, ... standard on it. Don't know about QUERTY though?

as far as using them in French is concerned, some of them are easy because they indicate how to pronounce a word, but others you just have to learn by heart.. took me 8 years and I still forget loads of them.

[Clara]

About keyboards - no, annoyingly, not all keyboards have the accents built in accents :banghead: - lol

[Geoff]

About keyboards - no, annoyingly, not all keyboards have the accents built in accents :banghead: - lol

My keyboard is entirely British, it has a £ and no accents at all. Et voilá.

Its quite easy when you know the control/shift key combinations. I do this a lot because I have a big client with a French parent company, and dont wish to be rude to the people their by turning an é into an e unnecessarily.

-Geoff

[PonderBee]

hmmmmmmmm ..... what do you think of Sir Roger?

[PonderBee]

................ Sir Rogerlot! :whistle:

[Shai Gar]

i am 9 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 8 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 6 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 5 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 4 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 3 posts away from my own custom name

[Shai Gar]

i am 2 posts away from my own custom name

[songbird36]

i am 2 posts away from my own custom name


Want me to do yours? I'm quite happy to accept the honour and step up to the plate...

[Geoff]

i am 2 posts away from my own custom name

Stop acting like an arse on my naming thread. Particularly when you are posting on a thread that doesnt increase your post count (dimwit!)

-Geoff

[Miss Anthropic]

Yeah, well, Shai Gar finally gleened his 1000 posts by squandering posts on your naming thread. Hijacking I guess. I like Sir Gabalot. It sounds a bit like Sir Lancelot but it really seems to fit.....he has all kinds of intput that isn't too controversial, it just adds to the mix. Of course I'm biased, because its MY suggestion.

[Geoff]

Yeah, well, Shai Gar finally gleened his 1000 posts by squandering posts on your naming thread. Hijacking I guess. I like Sir Gabalot. It sounds a bit like Sir Lancelot but it really seems to fit.....he has all kinds of intput that isn't too controversial, it just adds to the mix. Of course I'm biased, because its MY suggestion.

Ok, so what do we have

Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite
Sir Gabalot
Sir Rogerlot
Sir Frumious Bandersnatch
Sir Geoff Wowbagger, the Infinitely Polite
Sir Geoff, Infinitely Polite Wowbagger of the Realm
Sir Geoffrey Megapixel of the accountancy firm
Sir Geoffrey of the cunning plans
Eminently Reasonable Mediator
The Amiable Atheist!
Guadalupe Rainbow
La photographique fromage de diplomat
Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite
Splendidly polite knight of the realm
Sir Geoffrey Megapixel of the accountancy firm
Sir Geoffrey of the cunning plans
The Refined Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Lore
The Chivalrous Most Noble Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Feudal Lore.
The Chivalrous Noblist Wowbagger, Sir Geoff of Feudality.

Anymore suggestions anyone? How about a photography angle (Pratchett has the Twoflower character, remember).

I like 1, 4 and 6.
I actually quite like the last two but they are a bit wordy.

-Geoff

[songbird36]

Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite has a flow to it that the others do not.

(In my humble opinion)

[Geoff]

Wowbagger the Infinitely Polite has a flow to it that the others do not.

(In my humble opinion)

Yep, I'd go with that.. I would also be quite happy to be infinitely prolonged!

-Geoff

[jimkopelli]

Third the motion. Geoff, send it in.