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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.

Mar-31-2006 05:35

Well, Serges is a name I have been using for online handles, RPG characters, and as a pen name for about 12 years now. It's just my "other" name, so to speak.

Originally it came from a character in a book named Sergei Rovjenko. I used it in my first pen-and-paper RPG, and my fellow gamers would just call me "Serge" for short. My second RPG characted then got named "Serge". I transferred it as a multi-player game handle, but one game wouldn't take a name shorter than 6 characters, so I added the S to make Serges. And I really liked it, and it's stuck in my mind ever since.

By the way, one of my pet peeves is when people abbreviate it to "Serge" now... :)

Mar-31-2006 05:36

*waits for the barrage of people to reply just to call me "Serge"...* :)

Mar-31-2006 06:28

*catching Charlie before he falls to the ground*Well that makes 2 of you it would seem from the way you tried to help him I think you meant SUPPOSED. Hope I don't get a contact buzz!! Wait a minute almost had me, I hope I do get a contact buzz!!!

Mar-31-2006 06:29

*catching Charlie before he falls to the ground*Well that makes 2 of you it would seem from the way you tried to help him I think you meant SUPPOSED. Hope I don't get a contact buzz!! Wait a minute almost had me, I hope I do get a contact buzz!!!

Mar-31-2006 06:35

*LAUGHING OUT LOUD*Thinking to myself COOL already got the BUZZ , Thinking to myself COOL already got the BUZZ!!!*falling to the floor giggling before losing conscienceness from passing out*

Mar-31-2006 17:16

I chose my name, because I wanted one that was unique, realistic, but not a boring one. I hope I was right :)

Apr-1-2006 15:23

I love Phantom of the Opera and My favorite song from it is Angel Of Music, (which I also sang in a school function) so I just chose that :)

Apr-1-2006 18:00

Oh my gosh! So totally love that song. Fabulous movie. Talk to me and Madame Giry, and cfm about PotO.

Apr-2-2006 21:45

My creative dectective name came from my favorite detective from my favorite mystery series.

Apr-3-2006 13:24

Mine is in honor of my grandmother who was a mystery nut. :) Della, her name and Devine because it sounded good together.