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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

MattP ("Creationist Museum") is not MattB ("Anyone see Big Love" and "Mormon Meadows Massacre")

Although I like them both and really enjoy their posts, each of them. [Smile]

I only realized this morning that we had two different posters recently join [or rather, in the case of MattB, start posting a lot -- he joined in 2000!] with:

1. Similar forum names
2. Both Mormon (I think)
3. Both quite articulate
4. Both quite intelligent

If y'all already figured this out, or if there was a prior discussion about it, then my apologies. I've been out of the loop lately.

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Also:
FlyingCow .................... is not MightyCow
Blayne Bradley ("BB") ... is not BlackBlade ("BB")
MattP ........................... is not MattB ................... is not MattD ("BB") .... is not MattR ("Mr. King")
Javert ........................... is not Javert Hugo
Flaming Toad on a Stick . is not "some other long username that begins with an F-word (though not the F-word)"
Eduardo_Sauron ........... is not Eduardo St. Elmo
Mr. Funny ...................... is not Mr. Squicky

[ June 20, 2007, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

(MattB did not join recently. His registration date is Aug 2000. But yes, MattP confused me initially, and it's probably good to get the clarification out there.)

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

I was in the midst of correcting myself already, but thank you. Much better to be accurate. [Smile]

Yeah, I realized it when someone said "welcome to Hatrack" to MattP, and I checked join dates.

Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :

quote:
2. Both Mormon (I think)

That would really surprise me. In fact it was MattP's posts in religious threads that made me do a double-take and realize he wasn't MattB.

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

I'd also like to add, again, for the record, that FlyingCow and MightyCow are entirely different people.

We get confused for each other enough that I figure this is as good a place as any to offer another reminder. [Big Grin]

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese:
Yeah, I realized it when someone said "welcome to Hatrack" to MattP, and I checked join dates.

I felt alittle self concious about having an indepth debate with somebody I had never properly greeted or who was not already a veteran of the site. [Wink]

edit: Also referring to Blayne Bradley as "BB" is not a good idea, as I retain that moniker exclusively for myself.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Someday, these users will combine to become SuperCow and MattPBBT!

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Unfortunately, dude, we've been calling Blayne BB since before you registered. So good luck with that.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

MattP seems to post more than MattB. I knew MattP wasn't MattB, but my brain kept wanting to fight with me, and congratulate MattP on a short film I'm pretty sure he had nothing to do with. *scrambled brain*

Um, Flying Cow... YOU are Matt also, yes or no?

*holds head to keep brains from asploding*

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

It was nice of you, BlackBlade!

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JennaDean, I will let MattP speak for himself. He does quite well at that, and I don't know the man a'tall myself.

However, I can tell you this is what made me think he was Mormon:

quote:
[from the "Creationist Museum," page 17]

I also attend Sacrament Meeting with my wife every week, help out in the nursery and with boy scouts, and participate in all the ward activities except temple days.

Of course, what level and content of faith and practice is necessary to be considered a true Mormon might well differ, depending on who you are asking. It's not a discussion I can add much to myself, as an outsider. But I think he still identifies as a member of the LDS Church.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ElJay:
Unfortunately, dude, we've been calling Blayne BB since before you registered. So good luck with that.

Was Blayne on hatrack under some sort of other name? I believe I registered before he did.

edit: Although I can understand why the mistake was made, now that you are informed you have a duty to repent.

I will accept "bb" as a valid way to address Blayne. [Big Grin]

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

BlackBlade = Jul 2005
Blayne Bradley = Aug 2005

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I look forward to using as many confusing nicknames for other people as possible. I am moving into the Chaotic Good arc of my personality parabola.

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"Good" because I am resisting creating a "MattD" forum account. *whistles innocently

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Yes, he was here under at least one other name, I think two.

quote:
Although I can understand why the mistake was made, now that you are informed you have a duty to repent.

Dream on.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ElJay:
Yes, he was here under at least one other name, I think two.

Agreed.

quote:
Dream on.

Also agreed. [Wink]

Posted by MattD (Member # 10588) on :

I am frail. A frail, weak human being. Alas!

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Edited to add:

Please, feel free to call me "BB." [Big Grin]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

This is not the first time.

MattB is Matt Bowman. Here in Virginia, there is a Matt Bowen, who was also 1) Mormon, 2) in the same ward, 3) getting a PhD in something religion-related, and 4) acquainted with all of the same people. When I first moved here, I had a horrifying conversation with a girl whom I had never heard of who claimed to have never heard of me, despite her hanging out with Matt every day. Bowman and Bowen met recently, and I was hoping for some sort of matter/antimatter explosion.

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

I was under the name Sid Meier before that though and Im pretty sure everyone knew my name then.

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

quote:
Um, Flying Cow... YOU are Matt also, yes or no?

Yes, Olivia, I'm also a Matt... but I'd be a MattR. [Smile]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Now I want to register the name anti-MattR

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by MattR (Member # 10589) on :

Hiya, folks.

*shyly

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I go by "Mr. King", myself.

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(PS: If anyone legitimately wants these names, they are yours. I am just playing. --CT)

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

I never realized that there was a MightyCow / FlyingCow confusion. Clearly, being mighty and having the power of flight are very different.

I think we both have the power... to move you.

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

quote:
Originally posted by BannaOj:
Now I want to register the name anti-MattR

AJ wins.

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

Speaking of similar names, didn't kat have an alt name of "JavertHugo"?

Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :

Hey, that's right. I'd forgotten about this alt.

Banna, you're brilliant. I got it on the third try.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

(added to list)

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

Copyright infringement!!!!!!!

*quickly hides every copy of "Les Miserables" so he can claim the name*

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

I always get Flaming Toad on a Stick confused with some other long username that begins with an F-word (though not the F-word).

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Dream on.

Oh I will.

Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :

Eduardo_Sauron and Eduardo St. Elmo. I got those two confused for the longest time.

--Mel

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Dream until your dreams come true.

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Edited to add: (added FToaS (to be updated later) and the Eduardos to the list)

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

I've accidentally mixed Mr. Funny with Mr. Squicky at first glance.

AJ

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

Aren't there several people with "kat"-like names? I remember seeing some posts and being confused.

Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :

[Frown]

I was first.

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

There's katharina and Katarain.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

And KrankyKat.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

quote:
Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
There's katharina and Katarain.

Yeah, I get those two confused in my head frequently.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

I'm not Trevor.

--Enigmatic

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Remember the Saxons and the Mighty Phallus of Doom?

Hmm. That almost sounds like a good Chick lit title.

Posted by HolyCow (Member # 10590) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:
I never realized that there was a MightyCow / FlyingCow confusion. Clearly, being mighty and having the power of flight are very different.

I think we both have the power... to move you.

I do believe that the HolyCow trumps both the MightyCow and the FlyingCow.

Got Moo?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:
I never realized that there was a MightyCow / FlyingCow confusion. Clearly, being mighty and having the power of flight are very different.

I think we both have the power... to move you.

Don't you mean "moooove"?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
Originally posted by pooka:
Remember the Saxons and the Mighty Phallus of Doom?

Hmm. That almost sounds like a good Chick lit title.

Well, it would get taught in Women's Studies, that's for sure...

Posted by OmniCow (Member # 10591) on :

quote:
Originally posted by HolyCow:

quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:
I never realized that there was a MightyCow / FlyingCow confusion. Clearly, being mighty and having the power of flight are very different.

I think we both have the power... to move you.
I do believe that the HolyCow trumps both the MightyCow and the FlyingCow.

Got Moo?

I'm afraid I find this blatant braggary of base bovines, belittling.

Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:

quote:
Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
There's katharina and Katarain.
Yeah, I get those two confused in my head frequently.

Oddly enough, I don't have any trouble distinguishing those two, because one "k" is capitalized and the other isn't. The ones that get me are the profusion of lower-case "k" names (katharina, ketchupqueen, kmbboots, etc).

The BBs and VariousCows often trip me up as well.

Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :

Uh, yeah. I used MattP at Ornery, so I used the same name here. I really need something more creative. Any suggestions?

Oh, and I'm not LDS but my wife is.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

Bunch of copy cows!

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

That's what I thought when you signed up. [Razz]

I began to understand Storm Saxon and saxon75's pain. There have been quite a few times someone's responded to me about something Mighty's said. [Grumble]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Didn't Blayne have a couple of other screennames, like Reticulum and Advent something?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Actually, has Katarain posted recently?

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

No I am fairly certain I was TomDavidson before.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

quote:
Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
Didn't Blayne have a couple of other screennames, like Reticulum and Advent something?

Nah, while I'm fairly certain that those two were the same person, Blayne wasn't a part of that.

I don't think that Blayne's ever tried to fool people with an alt, actually; not his style.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Do you remember what the other suspected username of that person was?

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
No I am fairly certain I was TomDavidson before.

You must be confused. You're thinking of katharina/BannaOj.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

<edit> Oh, dagnabbit, I thought I was still logged in as Javert Hugo.

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

Hee hee hee....

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

quote:
Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
Do you remember what the other suspected username of that person was?

Well, I remember being suspicious of cherios do ender (or something like that) and Steve Rogers, but I don't know that I ever saw anyone else express that suspicion.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

See this is why I simply take every single user name as an individual regardless of their alt status. I'm sure everyone on hatrack is really the same person using various usernames to produce the illusion for me that this is a vibrant forum of many different voices.

Frankly I prefer the illusion to reality.

Whoever you are don't stop, I won't speak of reality again!

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

I have enough to talk about with one user name. If I bothered to make any more, I'd never get anything done.

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

quote:
I'm sure everyone on hatrack is really the same person using various usernames to produce the illusion for me that this is a vibrant forum of many different voices.

Funny, I thought BlackBlade signed up *after* Cedrios had gone... [Razz]

Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :

"MattB is Matt Bowman. Here in Virginia, there is a Matt Bowen, who was also 1) Mormon, 2) in the same ward, 3) getting a PhD in something religion-related, and 4) acquainted with all of the same people."

I once met a guy at EMF (Eastern Music Festival) who had my same first name, was born the same year, one day after me, was attending that summer to play percussion (as was I), also practiced martial arts, and was my same height and weight.

I also used to compete in a lot of local martial arts tournaments, and there was a guy my age, my belt rank, and with the same exact first and last name (except for one letter) who often showed up as well. Needless to say, it was annoying.

"Bowman and Bowen met recently, and I was hoping for some sort of matter/antimatter explosion."

Wouldn't that have left you "footloose and fiance-free"? [ROFL]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
Do you remember what the other suspected username of that person was?

Yes, but BandoComando has since proven his innocence -- at least to my satisfaction. [Wink]

Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :

quote:
Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
I always get Flaming Toad on a Stick confused with some other long username that begins with an F-word (though not the F-word).

The Flying Dracula Hair, perhaps?

Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :

For a while I got starLisa and Lisa mixed up.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

There has been another SN that we thought was Adventiculum.

Vadon, are you making a funny?

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Vadon:
For a while I got starLisa and Lisa mixed up.

Jokes on you, they are the same person.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Tatiana is not to be confused with ak, aka, or ana kata. People get them mixed up all the time.

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick:

quote:
Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
I always get Flaming Toad on a Stick confused with some other long username that begins with an F-word (though not the F-word).
The Flying Dracula Hair, perhaps?

Yes, I believe that is the one.

Also, Dan_frank and Dan_Raven

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Tatiana:
Tatiana is not to be confused with ak, aka, or ana kata. People get them mixed up all the time.

Um, what was your previous screen name?

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

Those were all her as well, mph.

I was Olivetta, for a time, but am sometimes confused with Ophelia, who is not me. [Big Grin]

Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :

quote:
Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
Also, Dan_frank and Dan_Raven

!!

That explains the inexplicable personality shifts I was noticing.

--Mel

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

quote:
Those were all her as well, mph.

Ah. Such jokes aren't so fun when you don't know when people are joking.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I'm sorry for leaving you out of the in joke, Porter. I thought you knew.

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Schweet! I made the list!

I don't recall anyone ever mixing up myself and Squicky, though. Other than in their heads, perhaps.

Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :

*Head hit desk*

Great, I finally notice it's two different usernames only to find it's the same person.

I'm not trying to make a funny...

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Are you trying to make a squicky? [Razz]