has anyone asked where your handle comes from

[Streetkid]

My last name is street and I punched in different plays on the word till I found one that wasn't taken already.

[timbacutta]

Mine is a bit of a combination. I actually lived in Bundaberg for 9 years and people would comment, here comes lundy from bundy. Also I have been known to partake in 1 or 2 of bundy's finnest spirit on the odd occassion. So "BundyLundy" just sort of stuck even though I now live elsewhere. Younger broter's call sign is "Barralundi".

Jeff.

[lippa]

LIPPA i's got big friggin lips . we were off fraser aboutr 4 year ago in september, and catching heapas of red throat, aftwer seeing them, and me, the boys made there own conclusion, and it stuck

[major-defect]

Aquired mine while i used to play an online war game.I had a dodgey old computer at the time that used to play up lots,someone said thats a major defect and it stuck.

[aussiefool]

Mine came form swapping isp's years ago and trying to find a used name that was not taken, heck even old user names I had with other isp I could not use so out of desperation one time I said to the young lady one the ph. what about Aussiefool? sure ok so it stuck even my boat is called Aussiefool II
Aussiefool
Andrew

[theoldlegend]

This is like trying to decipher personalised number plates, isn't it? There's generally a bit of a story to them.

Mine came about because just about everything I do around the house turns into a bit of a fiasco, especially when it's a DDD (Designated Drinking Day), so I became known as "The Legend". Some of my major works can be likened a bit to Tim the Toolman from "Home Improvements" or Mike O'Connor from the Courier Mail.

My daughters added the "Old" bit because I was born in the first half of the previous century. They're currently out of the will.

TOL

[mitch_05]

mines just short for my name mitchel and i was born in 1992

mitch

[Grand_Marlin]

Awesome, I always look at the nicks and wonder where they came from....

Well, I am the eldest of four brothers.... all with fishy names...

Grand Marlin - For my love of game fishing, and connotations of anatomy # (well, you did ask !)

Mullet - Get a Mullet up 'Ya ... and yes, it did work with the ladies #

Gurnet - spiky, cynical and not much good for anything..... (look it up - Red Gurnard)

and

Minnow - the youngest and smallest.

Cheers

Pete

[griz066]

Mine comes from the National Lampoon movies every time we as a family go on holiday we seem to have the same kind of luck that sparky and ellen grizwald have >
Rain if anyone is having less than perfect rainfall in their area, invite me for a camping holiday that should do the trick
My darling wife just started calling me Griz, that was taken so Griz066 was next (born 1966)

[spindles]

I got my name at school 55 years ago, they called me spindle shanks (skinny legs) it got shortend later in time.
Spindles.

[Dodgy_Back]

Mine , well you guessed it ,
I've got a dodgy back, that's put me off work but has given me more fishing time.

Mick

[Lucky_Phill]

This is a good read and topic, choppa ! well done. Might have to ' sticky ' it up for a while.

Lucky_Phill.............. probably says it all.

Probably me still being on this Earth due to shear luck rather than good management. When I tell people of the below experiences, they would say, " Jeez you're lucky ". But what about Lotto ? no luck there !

The incidences that came" oh so close" to taking me away were:-

2 x boating ( explosion and shipwreck )
2 x motorcycle ( 1 prang and 1 other )
2 x car ( 1 crash and 1 near miss )
1 x near fatal disease
1 x serious injury

That leaves me with one life left ( 8 / 9 )

Other than that, I feel lucky to be here, be apart of this great country, have the friends I have, to meet the people I have, to share my fishing exploits and to have the love of my family and those I cherrish.

Cheers Phill

[Derek_Bullock]

You have handles. My mummy and daddy gave me mine.

[longtail]

the reason for my 'handle' is that when i signed up i had just finished reading an article on livebaiting longtail tuna by gary howard.

hence 'longtail' was the first thing that came to mind when i had to chose a screenname.


cheers
jason

[bidkev]

From my first rig since coming to Oz. Jeeeez I miss her

kev

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.