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May-26-2005 05:26
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Some of us have interesting reasons to pick a detective name. What is yours?

jstkdn which some people don't realize right away stands for JuST KiDding! It is something I tend to say a lot in real life after a lot of sentences. A good friend of mine in the US had jstkdn as a license plate of her car, so I wasn't that inventive myself.

My previous other agent was PM, which stands for Project/Program Manager, my profession in real life.

My only detective that I currently play with is freelancermountaineer. Only because Freelancer was taken. Sidney Bristow in the Alias series uses two call signs freelancer and mountaineer.

Nov-24-2007 21:24

My name is my RL name :D yes I know it is so origanal. Wait, your saying it isnt? Oh crap... Still RL NAMES FO LIfe

Nov-25-2007 23:02

Mine is not to original. Being an EMR (Emergency Medical Responder) the nickname 'Doc' kinda got stuck to me by my paramedic father. It's not used very often but I figured I could create a viable background with it. Since 'Doc' had already been taken here I just threw in my last name, Ross, to ensure that I could keep it.

Dec-6-2007 20:12

Waaaay back in the day I wrote a few short stories based around my alter-ego of Jesse Dean Hunter. The shorts weren't anything special, and I don't really know where the name came from. I actually can't even say why it occurred to me to use it here. I had actually typed in my usual nonsensical screen name and erased it and used this one on a whim.

Dec-7-2007 00:24

I dunno where the name came from either, but honestly my first reaction is to think you might have been under the influence of Jimmy Dean sausages. Or if you're a vegan, Jimmy *Bean*. Or another delightful breakfast protein. Jimmy eggs or whatever.

heh. Jimmy is a funny word.

Dec-14-2007 17:18

Guansun is my Chinese name translated literally.

Dec-18-2007 18:11

Teerawk is my gangsta name, so I decided to carry it over to my fictional detective, seeing as his background is ex-burglar. :P So, yeah. Not too creative, but oh well.

Dec-20-2007 19:04

I love the store Hollister, one of my favorite numbers is 45, and I think it is cool to have the word,"Detective" in front of your name, since that is what this whole website is about.

Dec-27-2007 01:43

Norway, never been, knew a friend, picked part of the name, grabbed alst name from google. Sounds fun and makes me want to go to Norway every time i log in....to think i was only an hour away when i was in Belgium for a year...

Dec-28-2007 21:17

It just sounded like a good name for a detective, errrr gumshoe. It has a nice ring to it, don't ya think? I like Razberry zingers...teehee

Feb-1-2008 22:51

Sure - so long as the meaning involves army clothes and something personal that happened in a tent, a long time ago. Is that de meaning?