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but a bramble is such a worthwhile wild plant. Yes it is prickly, but the reward for tolerating the scratches!!! Wahey - bramble jelly!

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I live in a rambling old cottage with a large, yes you guessed it... cottage garden. No surprises there. I love the fact the garden can look a tangled mess with terracotta pots and flowering weeds in the beds and it all looks themed....when actually its a just a mess. As long as there are enough rambling roses and foxgloves you can get away with most things.

Mines boring too, my full name is Michelle, and although I was fairly savy not to use real names when registering on forums, I was not imaginative enough to think of another name entirely!!

However, strangely enough no one ever calls me shelle in real life, all through school, college and work no one has ever shortened my name.

Very interesting reading everyone elses reasons for their user names

My Grape name is Tracey. My real name is Tracey, and because this is the only forum I've joined I didn't realise that you could call your self another name. I thought about joining again and calling myself a cool name. But sadly, even with the help of OH and kids we couldn't come up with anything. Pathetic I know.

Would it be anything to do with a rugby club outing and a certain individual going "Wee, wee, wee, all the way home"?

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Mine is from when I started internet dating [and then promptly found the man of my dreams - only tried it for a joke].
My first name starts with A and so I looked in the philosophy dictionary for something beginning with Z; Zazen means enlightenment and I added 999 - so it really means emergency enlightenment; I found it mildly amusing because a - I enlighten nobody and b - I dawdle about in a world of my own spouting innane rubbish.

I've used it ever since.

I acquired the name Bubblewrap about 6 years ago while doing security.
I have a genetic skin disorder which causes syst like lumps to appear I have the lumps all over me but luckily non on my face mylong hair and beard cover a lot.
My body is covered in lumps so.................
The disorder
Neurofibromatosis, - Google Image Search

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My husband's name is Zaz and mine is Jane - so when people say Zaz 'n' Jane, can I tell people that it means that I am a source of enlightenment to them, as in Enlightenment Jane? Perhaps I should change my nickname to that - sadly, it does rather make me think of my dad, who used to call me Calamity Jane, so perhaps I'd better not go down that road...

Mine is very boring as well - my name is Jane Clare; mum called me Janey Clare, dad called me Chocolatey Clare (when he wasn't calling me Calamity Jane of course). I went on another forum many years ago and it said "nickname" and Chocolatey Clare was the only one I could think of BUT THERE WAS SOMEONE ALREADY CALLED THAT!!!!! Shock Horror!! So I abbreviated it to ChocClare.

I love the stars, so when I joined my first forum some years ago, I chose Sirius. I've stuck with it over the years and usually use it no matter what I'm doing. Not particularly exciting, I know!! I don't mind anyone knowing that my name is Gillian, you can call me either

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When I went to secondary school there were 5 Janes in my year. All the others had middle names so were called Jane (middle name). I don't have a middle name so they used my last initial instead. This was slightly complicated by the fact that two of the others had the same last initial. So I was called JanieB. When some of my friends started learning German it was changed to YanieB, and some of them still call me that.

When I married, my husband had the same last initial so my nickname stayed the same.

Since getting an allotment last year, I appear as Lottieholder on other fora. I don't know if it's possible to change my nickname on this site but Lottieholder seems more appropriate somehow.

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My name is Sarah but I always get called Sarz (rhymes with stairs) by the OH, family & friends (except my big sis who calls me SeeRaw...?!) and Wix is my surname spelled wrong! Not very imaginitive, but I'm called Mopsy on my Harry Potter forum & I can't get used to being called something that isn't my name

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

Blimey, some interesting stuff here.

Nothing so interesting for me I'm afraid. I used The Doctor when signing up because it popped in my head!

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I came, I saw, I stuck around.

Go to Australia... See what a router (or rooter) is over there...)

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Cut your engines, cool your wings,
You've taken me home...

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I live in a village called Dane End and as I am a bit empty headed with regards to gardening I must be a bit of a dolly, ergo Dane End Dolly.

Sad but true!!!!!!

Makes rooting powder interesting dosen't it?(ground up Viagra?)

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Indeed BW - it is in fact connected. In Oz to go routing about is to go and have pleasures of the flesh... And it is such a PC country as well. A load of bad puns I know but there we are.

PS - sorry for the off the topic digression.

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Well, Minty ?????. A shortened version of Distinctly Minty which was part of an TV advert in the 70s/80s for Foxes glacier mints i think which incidently was a favourite of mine.
But some do say i pay a resemblence to Minty from Eastenders(apart from the fact i have a mohican and am far better looking..... splutter, splutter, cough, giggle.)
Thanks Minty X

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I'm called Chrissie, or Christina, depends who I'm talking to And I'm a carpenter Chrissie the chippy.... would have been my company name if I'd have started one....

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