What is the story behind your avatar? - Page 9

theducks · 08-11-2011, 11:50 AM

My current Avatar loves to help me see the computer screen

while using Calibre.
She is a Calico Siamese mix (the vet coined Cali-mese) and is quite capable of calling in the reinforcements (the other 3 'mese' cats and the Corgi) if I spend too much attention to the screen

Pablo · 08-11-2011, 11:52 AM

I had no avatar at the beginning, I didn't think it was important, and anyway, I couldn't decide what to put there. But one day in my local newspaper I found this marvelous photograph of my favourite series (Get Smart) two main characters and just knew the search was over!

wannabee · 08-11-2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajax

Now to see how many people are going

with the new image.

Now that's a great avatar. Where ever did you get it.

beppe · 08-11-2011, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

My name comes from my pet name for my husband...Pookeybear. We spent one of our first days as a couple making fun of other couples that give eachother pet names. Pookeybear was the one he hated most. Naturally I started to call him that from that day on (6 years ago this past August 5th ) We worked at a towing company together at the time, I was his dispatcher. I would call him on the radio as Pookeybear and it caught on pretty fast, so everybody started calling him that, even over the loudspeaker in the yard

My avatar I got from the HBO show A Game of Thrones. They are Northern Inuit dogs and are used as the direwolves. A soon as I saw them I fell in love.

Dangerous female

You must be either very pretty, or your husband ... whatever.

beppe · 08-11-2011, 05:06 PM

I got fed up with that meek E.M. Forster face under the turban. I just saw this Sankt Göran och draken in Stockholm and I think it fits my personality better. (Pretending to do a dangerous dragon, while really they are both playing it out). Also Giorgio is my 3rd registered name. My dear auntie, Giorgina, was accompanying my grand father when he went to register me (my father was abroad at that time) and she convinced him to call me like herself. Another dangerous female, but always benevolent with me. So I got the two grandfathers' name, one very Catholic grandmother that gives that cute Maria in second slot and the fancy Giorgio to end the procession. Amen.

jgaiser · 08-11-2011, 07:17 PM

It's amusing so see that so many of those avatars have changed from the start of the thread and no longer match the descriptions.

Mine... How often do you see a cat riding on a Great Pyrenees? Gina, the Pyrenees, loved little animals and she and BatGirl were best of buddys. Both gone now and the original full-sized photo was lost in the great harddrive disaster, but I'm glad this little one still exists.

melmac · 08-11-2011, 10:00 PM

Avatars were the first thing I noticed when I joined this forum, I am a bit of a forum jukie and have been a member of many but this one definetly has the most clever and interesting Avatars of any forum I've been too. I've never used an Avatar in the past but you have all inspired me to start looking for one

JSWolf · 08-11-2011, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melmac

Avatars were the first thing I noticed when I joined this forum, I am a bit of a forum jukie and have been a member of many but this one definetly has the most clever and interesting Avatars of any forum I've been too. I've never used an Avatar in the past but you have all inspired me to start looking for one

Given that your nick is melmac, go for a picture of ALF.

melmac · 08-11-2011, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Given that your nick is melmac, go for a picture of ALF.

HA! "Melmac was the name of my planet. It's also what it was made out of"

Joybells · 08-12-2011, 12:01 AM

currently a frog on a green leaf, inspired by the story of the chicken that goes to the library and says "bk, bk, bk", is issued with a book, disappears out the front door and returns the book half an hour later, with the cry "bk, bk, bk".

This goes on for a while, being issued books and returning them within half an hour, as the "bk, bk, bk" gets more and more despairing.

Eventually the librarian follows the chicken after issuing the latest book, and finds that the chicken is going into the park, down to the pond, and presenting the book to a large frog on a lilypad, who leafs through it for a couple of seconds and croaks "reddit, reddit, reddit". LOLOL just tickled my fancy.

jleliekelly · 08-12-2011, 12:21 AM

I own 2 vw's currently and numerous ones in the past..the usual term is it's a "VW" so my avatar is vee (v) and dub (beginning sound of the w)
Voila! The vee dub life it is.

carld · 08-12-2011, 12:25 AM

I don't have an Avatar, and I have all the Avatar's turned off. So I guess that would make mine a stick in the mud, if I actually had one.

TimW · 08-12-2011, 12:41 AM

My avatar is Hunter S. Thompson, Doctor of Journalism, Champion of the Doomed. His Gonzo spirit lives on.

Latinandgreek · 08-12-2011, 01:19 AM

I like this thread

My avatar was a quiz question here...

William F · 08-12-2011, 01:59 AM

I be flyin' the colors of Pirosophy matey. Heave to or prepare to be questioned soundly.

08-12-2011, 12:41 AM	#133
TimW Wizard Posts: 1,022 Karma: 6824104 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Southeastern Kentucky Device: KK3G, KPW1, Sony PRST1, Sony PRS350, iPod Touch 5G	My avatar is Hunter S. Thompson, Doctor of Journalism, Champion of the Doomed. His Gonzo spirit lives on. Last edited by TimW; 08-12-2011 at 12:46 AM. Reason: word swap

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08-11-2011, 11:50 AM	#121
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	My current Avatar loves to help me see the computer screen while using Calibre. She is a Calico Siamese mix (the vet coined Cali-mese) and is quite capable of calling in the reinforcements (the other 3 'mese' cats and the Corgi) if I spend too much attention to the screen

08-11-2011, 11:52 AM	#122
Pablo Guru Posts: 974 Karma: 4999999 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rosario, Argentina Device: SONY PRS-T2, Kindle Paperwhite 11th gen	I had no avatar at the beginning, I didn't think it was important, and anyway, I couldn't decide what to put there. But one day in my local newspaper I found this marvelous photograph of my favourite series (Get Smart) two main characters and just knew the search was over!

08-11-2011, 05:06 PM	#125
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	I got fed up with that meek E.M. Forster face under the turban. I just saw this Sankt Göran och draken in Stockholm and I think it fits my personality better. (Pretending to do a dangerous dragon, while really they are both playing it out). Also Giorgio is my 3rd registered name. My dear auntie, Giorgina, was accompanying my grand father when he went to register me (my father was abroad at that time) and she convinced him to call me like herself. Another dangerous female, but always benevolent with me. So I got the two grandfathers' name, one very Catholic grandmother that gives that cute Maria in second slot and the fancy Giorgio to end the procession. Amen.

08-11-2011, 07:17 PM	#126
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	It's amusing so see that so many of those avatars have changed from the start of the thread and no longer match the descriptions. Mine... How often do you see a cat riding on a Great Pyrenees? Gina, the Pyrenees, loved little animals and she and BatGirl were best of buddys. Both gone now and the original full-sized photo was lost in the great harddrive disaster, but I'm glad this little one still exists.

08-11-2011, 10:00 PM	#127
melmac Wizard Posts: 1,399 Karma: 5573651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Perth AU Device: Sony PRS650, Sony T3, Kobo Forma	Avatars were the first thing I noticed when I joined this forum, I am a bit of a forum jukie and have been a member of many but this one definetly has the most clever and interesting Avatars of any forum I've been too. I've never used an Avatar in the past but you have all inspired me to start looking for one

08-12-2011, 12:01 AM	#130
Joybells reddit, reddit, reddit Posts: 184 Karma: 405760 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz Device: Kobo Touch	currently a frog on a green leaf, inspired by the story of the chicken that goes to the library and says "bk, bk, bk", is issued with a book, disappears out the front door and returns the book half an hour later, with the cry "bk, bk, bk". This goes on for a while, being issued books and returning them within half an hour, as the "bk, bk, bk" gets more and more despairing. Eventually the librarian follows the chicken after issuing the latest book, and finds that the chicken is going into the park, down to the pond, and presenting the book to a large frog on a lilypad, who leafs through it for a couple of seconds and croaks "reddit, reddit, reddit". LOLOL just tickled my fancy.

08-12-2011, 12:21 AM	#131
jleliekelly i'm getting there. Posts: 179 Karma: 488150 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Device: Sony prs-600, MOTOROLA PHOTON & Toshiba Thrive	I own 2 vw's currently and numerous ones in the past..the usual term is it's a "VW" so my avatar is vee (v) and dub (beginning sound of the w) Voila! The vee dub life it is.

08-12-2011, 12:25 AM	#132
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I don't have an Avatar, and I have all the Avatar's turned off. So I guess that would make mine a stick in the mud, if I actually had one.

08-12-2011, 01:19 AM	#134
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	I like this thread My avatar was a quiz question here...

08-12-2011, 01:59 AM	#135
William F Pirosopher Posts: 55 Karma: 166972 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: kindle, pc	I be flyin' the colors of Pirosophy matey. Heave to or prepare to be questioned soundly.