Best TUG Screen Name/Best TUG Subject Header...Vote Now!

[Carol C]

1) humuhumu nukunukuapua'a has to be the best alias ever, anywhere...if only I could pronounce it!

2) "RCI causes hemmoroids"...nuff said!

 

[Passepartout]

[Deleted.]

 

[pjrose]

I vote for Passepartout's SN AND post above ^^. I like the gopher (groundhog? prairie dog? - remember when Jim briefly put up his pic, and I asked for the gopher back?)

Also the ---Deleted--- thread we posted on for ages a few months ago.....darn, I don't even remember what it was about, but we had fun. However, it got [deleted].
http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153950

 

[humuhumu nukunukuapua'a]

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is EASY!

Carol C,

Thanks for your comment on my TUG name.

Yes it is extremely cumbersome, but since I chose it over ten years ago, I just never got around to picking anything else. It is spelled as two words here at TUG because when it was ONE looong word, it caused a bit of a problem in the forums, by stretching ALL name boxes (on the left side of a page) too far to the right...and I believe that limited the space block for actual discussion thread. I modified it upon special request.

For those who might wonder, it means (in Hawaiian) "fish with a pig's nose;" the Humuhumunukuapua's is generally regarded as the Hawaii state fish. I came up with the name early in my love affair with Maui and snorkeling.

Pronounciation is actually easy, if one does it slowly and breaks it down into separate components: humu humu nuku nuku a pu a a (all four of the letter A are spoken as "ah").

Okay, all together now: humuhumunukunukuapua'a

Like my name, I am otherwise still weird!

 

[pjrose]

Oh yeah, humu... HAS to be the best name.

But I see only three of the letter a...

 

[puppymommo]

Maybe I should have used DD baptismal name (she was born and baptized in Hawaii).

Kapapalinalahilahiokapualokeokalaniopupukeaikalamalie

 

[Htoo0]

Yeah, mine's easy by comparison. (H2O)

I too, would vote for the [Deleted] thread.

 

[Talent312]

2) "RCI causes hemmoroids"

IMHO, that thread missed the point...
It's more accurate to say, "TUG causes..." from all the sitting on our behinds we do while reading+posting.

 

[Don]

When we went to HI, I saw a tee shite that said, "Humuhumunuk... Whatever!". I would have bought it if it was in my size. But if you still can't pronounce it just say Picasso Triggerfish.

 

[Passepartout]

Thanks PJ- and others who've asked.

Here's the scoop on where I found and subsequently 'borrowed' my screen name: From Wikipedia:

Jean Passepartout is a character in Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. He is the French valet to the novel's English protagonist, Phileas Fogg. His name translates literally to "Goes-Everywhere", but means "skeleton key" in French.

At the beginning of the novel, Passepartout has just been hired by Phileas Fogg after Fogg's previous valet failed to meet his exacting standards. Passepartout, who has lived an irregular and well-travelled life, is looking forward to a restful employment, as Fogg is known for his regular habits which never take him farther afield than the Reform Club.

Ironically, on Passepartout's first day at work, Fogg makes a bet with his friends at the Club that he can circumnavigate the world in no more than eighty days and Passepartout is obliged to accompany him. In addition to the wager, the valet has an additional incentive to complete the journey quickly: He left a gaslight burning in his room and the resulting expense of wasted gas will be docked from his salary.

In the journey, Passepartout plays a critical role in Fogg's adventures, such as rescuing Aouda from a forced sati, and makes friends with the pursuing detective, Mr. Fix. Passepartout discovers that Fix suspects Fogg of robbing a bank, but decides to keep that information to himself, since his employer seemed to have a busy enough agenda without having to deal with that worry. Unfortunately, Passepartout realizes too late that this means Fogg does not have the opportunity to discuss the allegation with the detective and prove his innocence before returning to Britain and being arrested on the spot by Fix. Finally, when the group arrives in London seemingly too late, it is Passepartout who discovers his employer actually still has time to complete his journey and win his wager.

The character of Passepartout serves several purposes in the narrative — as a point-of-view character for Verne's French readers, and as comic relief, both in his reactions to the strange places and events he encounters, and in a tendency to get trapped, abducted, or, on at least one occasion, left behind.

As some here know, in 'real' life, I accompany my exceptionally talented wife through life's journeys. And pay my share of the gas bill.

Jim

 

[humuhumu nukunukuapua'a]

I demand a RECOUNT

Oh yeah, humu... HAS to be the best name.

But I see only three of the letter a...

___________

A big OOPS on my count of A's:
I definitely need to re-learn my numbers...like 1 - 2 - 3.