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Message: <blockquote data-quote="awayfarer" data-source="post: 3592623" data-attributes="member: 42702">Ditto on the Discworld reference....millenium hand and shrimp!Occasionally there is something in a name that gives you a clue about that person or thing. They say a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, but what if they were called Crapweeds? Now, I grant you that a rose, upon being found by someone who has never seen or smelled one before, will not likely be dubbed as such. But there COULD be some plant out there that gets the name Crapweed, and generally things do end up with names that they deserve.Of course in the case of a person's screen name, it's tougher because presumably no one wants to be the Crapweed. We'll generally go with something closer to positive. Some folks actually might settle on Crapweed as a screen name and that tells you something about them. One could suggest that it just raises questions ("Why such an unflattering name?") but the kinds of questions it raises also tell you something or at least suggest things in a certain direction.Personally, I tend to get a bit of a vibe from the combo of a persons name and avatar. I think it's tougher to make an educated guess without a pic.</blockquote>