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Does anyone have an interesting origin story to go with their nation's name? Mine's not too interesting, it's just my gaming & forum screen name with 's Legacy taped onto the end to make it sound more country like :(

Does anyone have an interesting origin story to go with their nation's name? Mine's not too interesting, it's just my gaming & forum screen name with 's Legacy taped onto the end to make it sound more country like :(


Not really. I was reading a book a few years ago and the sign of Isis was an eye but as isis was gone i became isiseye


My old nation was called after a most noble warrior...........

Defender of my family against a rat invasion....


My Cat Meko!

I couldn't so I didn't.

LOL!

At least your name stands out!

A nickname given to me by friends during a drug fueled haze.

LOL!

At least your name stands out!
You should see my flag-
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg



It's been a while since I pimped my flag.

You should see my flag-
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg



It's been a while since I pimped my flag.


I like it! :D

You should see my flag-
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg



It's been a while since I pimped my flag.
Aw, man, I was just thinking about starting a thread about favourite flags, because I do, in fact, still consider yours the best I've seen yet.

Now you went and spoiled it all. :(

Aw, man, I was just thinking about starting a thread about favourite flags, because I do, in fact, still consider yours the best I've seen yet.

Now you went and spoiled it all. :(
That's me-pullin' the trigger too early...it would be a little embarrassing anyway.

People have some kick ass elaborate flags, mines just a one note joke.

Not really. 'Kaz' is a diminutive of my first name. 'Caper' is a frivolous escapade, which is exactly what NS became for me. Not that I don't enjoy being here, not that I don't get some intellectual stimulation and/or a laugh from being here - but I simply don't do much IRL of merit!

That's me-pullin' the trigger too early...it would be a little embarrassing anyway.

People have some kick ass elaborate flags, mines just a one note joke.
Sure, just go on to insult my sense of humour now, on top of it. http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif

Does anyone have an interesting origin story to go with their nation's name? Mine's not too interesting, it's just my gaming & forum screen name with 's Legacy taped onto the end to make it sound more country like :(
Interesting?
Hmm, it is my Fortified town.:)

Aw, man, I was just thinking about starting a thread about favourite flags, because I do, in fact, still consider yours the best I've seen yet.

Now you went and spoiled it all. :(
Lies!

Komyunizumu is Japanese for Communism. And cause i like Japanese and Communism, I put 2 and 2 together.

Sure, just go on to insult my sense of humour now, on top of it. http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad021.gif
It's a trap, get an axe!

It's a trap, get an axe!
And confusing me, to boot, ye olde bastard. *logs off in tears*

And confusing me, to boot, ye olde bastard. *logs off in tears*
We've been over this, when I make a reference you don't get that represents time in your youth doing something useful rather than absorbing television and movies as if I was supposed to get super powers from the rays.

As I was backpacking through Europe one summer, I became thirsty and tired..

After walking several miles, I came across a vineyard and felt like exploring the grounds. As I reached the west side of the rows and rows of vibrant grapes on vines; I had found a little cottage and a little old lady sitting on a bench.

She waved me over and offered me all types of foods and wines that her family has made. Whilst sitting in her kitchen, I noticed a bottle covered in dust, laying in the cupbard. She saw me looking at the bottle and started telling me about it, its history.

The bottle of wine had been the last thing her late husband had ever created. As she wiped a tear from her eye she picked up the bottle, and dusted off the label.

On the label said "IL Ruffino"; she insisted I take it with me on my journey, I couldn't say no to such a nice lady..


And that is how I got my nations name.

.. that, or it was the old empty wine bottle I found at my nana's house..

And confusing me, to boot, ye olde bastard. *logs off in tears*
OMG, YOU KILLED KENNY YOU BASTARD!:mad:

Wait wrong thread...
OMG SHE REALLY DID IT!:(

As I was backpacking through Europe one summer, I became thirsty and tired..

After walking several miles, I came across a vineyard and felt like exploring the grounds. As I reached the west side of the rows and rows of vibrant grapes on vines; I had found a little cottage and a little old lady sitting on a bench.

She waved me over and offered me all types of foods and wines that her family has made. Whilst sitting in her kitchen, I noticed a bottle covered in dust, laying in the cupbard. She saw me looking at the bottle and started telling me about it, its history.

The bottle of wine had been the last thing her late husband had ever created. As she wiped a tear from her eye she picked up the bottle, and dusted off the label.

On the label said "IL Ruffino"; she insisted I take it with me on my journey, I couldn't say no to such a nice lady..


And that is how I got my nations name.

.. that, or it was the old empty wine bottle I found at my nana's house..
:eek:
You've watched too much of friends!

:eek:
You've watched too much of friends!

No, its true old women in Europe always hand out items with huge amounts sentimental value to complete strangers.
its customary:rolleyes:

Smunkee is my name, well, my nickname, but other than my husband, his family and my kids, everyone calls me Smunkee, most people don't remember my "real first name" *

and I added ville because I like Powerpuff girls and they live in Townsville.

*yes, on my "criminal record" it says AKA Smunkee.

:eek:
You've watched too much of friends!
Honey, if you made that connection, methinks it ain't Ruffy who watched too much Friends. :p

Smunkee is my name, well, my nickname, but other than my husband, his family and my kids, everyone calls me Smunkee, most people don't remember my "real first name" *

I had the same problem with my nickname at uni, but we won't go there... :p

*yes, on my "criminal record" it says AKA Smunkee.

Smunkee's got a criminal record? :eek: Oh, do tell... :p

We've been over this, when I make a reference you don't get that represents time in your youth doing something useful rather than absorbing television and movies as if I was supposed to get super powers from the rays.
*wipes away tears* Alright. *sniffle*

Honey, if you made that connection, methinks it ain't Ruffy who watched too much Friends. :p

Zing! :D

I got my name from a song playing when I created it.

OMG, YOU KILLED KENNY YOU BASTARD!:mad:

Wait wrong thread...
OMG SHE REALLY DID IT!:(

No, Omigodtheykilledkenny is a different nation. :p

I got my name from a song playing when I created it.
Aw, I was hoping for a more... interesting story. :D

Also - there's a song with "bumboat" in it?

Aw, I was hoping for a more... interesting story. :D

Also - there's a song with "bumboat" in it?

I'm sure it's creepy. :p

Honey, if you made that connection, methinks it ain't Ruffy who watched too much Friends. :p
That story is the hell as funny!
I expected you to say that.:rolleyes:

Smunkee's got a criminal record? :eek: Oh, do tell... :p
it's not so much a record as a file..... I got arrested a LOT in highschool, but only charged/convicted once. After that the local police were "keeping an eye on me" they still probably are although not as much since I no longer hang out with the local repeat criminals. For a while whenever something big would go down they would haul me in for questioning, I get the feeling they think I know more than I do about random events in the city.

No, Omigodtheykilledkenny is a different nation. :p
OMGNOIDIDN'TSAYTHAT!:rolleyes:
heh.

it's not so much a record as a file..... I got arrested a LOT in highschool, but only charged/convicted once. After that the local police were "keeping an eye on me" they still probably are although not as much since I no longer hang out with the local repeat criminals. For a while whenever something big would go down they would haul me in for questioning, I get the feeling they think I know more than I do about random events in the city.
How old are you?

How old are you?
I will be a quarter of a century old in December. I think I probably have an FBI file though too, since I remember talking to them once and they called me "Smunkee" throughout the whole interview. They were pretty nice guys. Didn't care at all that I refused to talk to them until my lawyer got there. ;)

I will be a quarter of a century old in December. I think I probably have an FBI file though too, since I remember talking to them once and they called me "Smunkee" throughout the whole interview. They were pretty nice guys. Didn't care at all that I refused to talk to them until my lawyer got there. ;)

If you were picked up for stuff only in high school, your criminal record/file should have been expunged when you turned 18.

I will be a quarter of a century old in December. I think I probably have an FBI file though too, since I remember talking to them once and they called me "Smunkee" throughout the whole interview. They were pretty nice guys. Didn't care at all that I refused to talk to them until my lawyer got there. ;)
Are you a lefty Fruit or a Right Wing Nut?:p

If you were picked up for stuff only in high school, your criminal record/file should have been expunged when you turned 18.
because of the thing I was convicted of it was a condition of my release and suspended sentence that I can't have it expunged until I am 25.

If you were picked up for stuff only in high school, your criminal record/file should have been expunged when you turned 18.
Should and powers that be rarely go together.

Are you a lefty Fruit or a Right Wing Nut?:p
right wing nut of course.

because of the thing I was convicted of it was a condition of my release and suspended sentence that I can't have it expunged until I am 25.
Ah, okay, that's not uncommon.

But you still haven't told us what you did... :p

right wing nut of course.
Excellent.
*Monty Burns*
Nice knowing a bit about you/meeting you or something...

Ah, okay, that's not uncommon.

But you still haven't told us what you did... :p
what I did, what I got charged with, and what I got my charge reduced to before I put in a plea are all three different things. ;)

what I did, what I got charged with, and what I got my charge reduced to before I put in a plea are all three different things. ;)

Playing the system is always fun, isn't it? ;)

Playing the system is always fun, isn't it? ;)
yeah, my lawyer was good at it. ;)

yeah, my lawyer was good at it. ;)

Don't have to be a lawyer to be good at it. I advised plenty of my fraternity brothers at uni who'd gotten popped and helped them get their charges reduced to little more than shit. :)

Don't have to be a lawyer to be good at it. I advised plenty of my fraternity brothers at uni who'd gotten popped and helped them get their charges reduced to little more than shit. :)
well, I was originally charged with attempted murder, but that was just a BS thing if you look at what actually happened.

well, I was originally charged with attempted murder, but that was just a BS thing if you look at what actually happened.

:eek:

I will be a quarter of a century old in December. I think I probably have an FBI file though too, since I remember talking to them once and they called me "Smunkee" throughout the whole interview. They were pretty nice guys. Didn't care at all that I refused to talk to them until my lawyer got there. ;)
I always thought you were older than that.

well, I was originally charged with attempted murder, but that was just a BS thing if you look at what actually happened.
*Backs away slowly*

*HIC* My name comes from my path of destruction.....

I always thought you were older than that.
everyone thinks I am older than that.


*Backs away slowly*
I wasn't trying to kill her. We got into a fight, she got a head injury, not my intention to kill her, it was my intention to keep her from stabbing me.

I got it reduced to aggravated assualt, they tried to pin me with "assualt with a deadly weapon" at one point too, but I don't think a roller skate is a "deadly weapon" so anyway....

My name is Pauline, my friends call me Pee...hence...Peeland!...my usual username didn't really fit as a country! Otherwise I'd have been The Freeland of Probe Me! and that doesnt really work :)

everyone thinks I am older than that.
It's because you're so wise. ;)

I wasn't trying to kill her. We got into a fight, she got a head injury, not my intention to kill her, it was my intention to keep her from stabbing me.

I got it reduced to aggravated assualt, they tried to pin me with "assualt with a deadly weapon" at one point too, but I don't think a roller skate is a "deadly weapon" so anyway....
If I were your lawyer, I would have gone with a self defence clause. Seems a bit odd to charge you with assault if the other person had a knife.

My name is Pauline, my friends call me Pee...hence...Peeland!...my usual username didn't really fit as a country! Otherwise I'd have been The Freeland of Probe Me! and that doesnt really work :)

Probe me? So...tempting...to post...sick...comment... :p

If I were your lawyer, I would have gone with a self defence clause. Seems a bit odd to charge you with assault if the other person had a knife.
I hit her first. I didn't know she had a knife when I hit her, all I knew was earlier in the day she had attacked me and I saw an opening and was still pretty mad and pretty high, and I thought "I will beat her up and she will leave me alone"

I was wrong.

It doesn't matter anymore though, she got arrested for murder about 3 months after this incident and is on a life sentence so I guess I should have been more patient and she would have been out of my life anyway.

I hit her first. I didn't know she had a knife when I hit her, all I knew was earlier in the day she had attacked me and I saw an opening and was still pretty mad and pretty high, and I thought "I will beat her up and she will leave me alone"

I was wrong.

It doesn't matter anymore though, she got arrested for murder about 3 months after this incident and is on a life sentence so I guess I should have been more patient and she would have been out of my life anyway.

Damn, and here I was thinking you were so sweet and innocent... :eek:

i was originally going to go with a nation name based on my given name but at the time i was too distracted with essays and work so i couldn't come up with anything more imaginative than Rossia which was inevitably already taken. so, because i started my nation as part of a political geography class i decided to base my name on my political ideals and eventually came up with 'the insurrectionist ranges of infinite revolution' because the revolution fails as soon as it ends and i like mountains :). i have another nation which is 'the rogue nation of dark chocolate hobnobs' because they are the greatest biscuits in the world :p

Damn, and here I was thinking you were so sweet and innocent... :eek:
I am sweet and innocent now, and it pays to be, when I go to court in January to get my record expunged it will show that I have been a "good girl" for the last 7 years, and that I don't even have so much as a traffic ticket.

I was not always the person I am now, and I hope to never again be the person I was then.

I was not always the person I am now, and I hope to never again be the person I was then.

I'm with ya there, hon. I was a right evil bastard when I was younger. Things change.

I was not always the person I am now, and I hope to never again be the person I was then.
The actions you described were not the actions of the Smunkee I've seen. I can't imagine you ever being like that again. You're far too friendly.

The actions you described were not the actions of the Smunkee I've seen. I can't imagine you ever being like that again. You're far too friendly.
thanks. ;)

The name first appeared on a little scrap of SF script that I was writing but never actually finished, some guy was talking about a trade contract with Greyenivol Colony, a tiny backwater colony lying on a mediocre planet near Earth. I liked the sound of it, so I dropped the name into some other stuff I wrote, and then I decided to use it for my nationstate.

The etymology of it is that it is subtly inspired by the pub at the top of my road, The Greville Gnoll.

The name first appeared on a little scrap of SF script that I was writing but never actually finished, some guy was talking about a trade contract with Greyenivol Colony, a tiny backwater colony lying on a mediocre planet near Earth. I liked the sound of it, so I dropped the name into some other stuff I wrote, and then I decided to use it for my nationstate.

The etymology of it is that it is subtly inspired by the pub at the top of my road, The Greville Gnoll.
that is so cool! did you finish the script?

I am working on turning a novel I wrote into a screenplay right now, and it's hard, there are so many things that you can do in a book that just don't translate well when you are trying to script it.

I am just doing it for fun though, my friend has a production company and we are going to make my film, I doubt we do much more with it than film it and get some DVD copies out to the cast and crew. ;)

I just threw together two syllables thinking I'd never actually use it. Don't even like it, I just wanted to register to see what the game was like.

Would change it if I could/could be bothered.

My name is Pauline, my friends call me Pee...hence...Peeland!...my usual username didn't really fit as a country! Otherwise I'd have been The Freeland of Probe Me! and that doesnt really work :)
Oh believe me it fits.;)

*HIC* My name comes from my path of destruction.....
http://209.85.48.10/3630/189/emo/Crazy.gif

My name is Welsh for "home"

My name is Welsh for "home"
Seriously? o.O

Seriously? o.O

Yes.

Yes.
Surprised me.

I just threw together two syllables thinking I'd never actually use it. Don't even like it, I just wanted to register to see what the game was like.

Would change it if I could/could be bothered.
I keep telling you that you're name is badass, and not just like, as an opnion, that people think it's badass-it is actually a title of badass-isity. That's totally a word.

When someone has guts with attitude, not just facing the giant, but insulting it's mother, they have balls. The toughest adherents to something are hardchore, or chore. Your name is balls (nad) chore (kor). You know someone called Nadkor, or a nation, is gonna be a total badass. Because your name is badass.

Surprised me.
My name is Russian for Peacemaker.

Surprised me.

You thought it was something filthy and sarcastic, didn't you?

My name is Russian for Peacemaker.
NOWAI!
Hmm.

You thought it was something filthy and sarcastic, didn't you?
No, I thought it didn't mean anything at all. But yeah, certainly not "home". In Welsh, to boot, when you're about the most unpindownable (what a most fabulous word) poster in terms of, well, anything.

My name is Russian for Peacemaker.
i don't believe you. what's it look like in russian cyrillic?

NOWAI!
Hmm.
No, you're right, I lie. Embarrasingly, it's actually a typo.

Have you exprained your name that?:D

I've had a lot of people ask me about this name, seeing as it's so different from Fass.

I explained Fass. I won't explain this one.

No, you're right, I lie. Embarrasingly, it's actually a typo.
Well i should have used a ! instead of a ?...
Oh wait i did!:cool:

My name is Russian for Peacemaker.

миротворец

I've had a lot of people ask me about this name, seeing as it's so different from Fass.

I explained Fass. I won't explain this one.
coughsextoycough
*Shifty*

coughsextoycough
*Shifty*

No, nothing so stimulating.

No, nothing so stimulating.
I'd just say that you have excellent taste in foodstuffs. *nods*

I've had a lot of people ask me about this name, seeing as it's so different from Fass.

I explained Fass. I won't explain this one.
It just makes me think of loafs of french bread.

I'd just say that you have excellent taste in foodstuffs. *nods*

I have excellent taste, period.

It just makes me think of loafs of french bread.

See, already it succeeds in spreading superiority, if ever so inadvertently.

I've had a lot of people ask me about this name, seeing as it's so different from Fass.

I explained Fass. I won't explain this one.
What did Fass mean then?

What did Fass mean then?

Farmaceutiska Specialiteter i Sverige.

www.fass.se

I have excellent taste, period.
Oh, nonononono, you don't want to go down that road again. It only leads to unhappy pictures of uncute guys. And not from my side.

Farmaceutiska Specialiteter i Sverige.

www.fass.se
Helpful.

Does anyone have an interesting origin story to go with their nation's name? Mine's not too interesting, it's just my gaming & forum screen name with 's Legacy taped onto the end to make it sound more country like :(

Well, my nation's full name is the Federation of United Chicken Kleptos. I think you can guess it from there. ;)

No, nothing so stimulating.
Thats a lie!!!
I Google Imaged something completely 100% non-seedy with safe search on and...

It is a bread roll type thing too though( I think).

Farmaceutiska Specialiteter i Sverige.

www.fass.se
swedish speciality pharmacuticals or something. can't be that simple to translate swedish, surely?

and i'm gunna be crude and guess you just like the shape of baguettes?

that?
What does your name mean?:confused:

baguetten's got to be something to do with as(s) (http://www.baguetten.as/)

that?
What does your name mean?:confused:

My nation name?

swedish speciality pharmacuticals or something. can't be that simple to translate swedish, surely?

Close, but no cigar. "Pharmaceutical Specialities in Sweden." It's a pharmaceutical catalogue of all drugs available at Swedish pharmacies.

and i'm gunna be crude and guess you just like the shape of baguettes?

Oh, I do, but that's not really why I chose the name.

Oh, nonononono, you don't want to go down that road again. It only leads to unhappy pictures of uncute guys. And not from my side.

Of course not from your side. You tend never to carry your own weight.

Of course not from your side. You tend never to carry your own weight.
I don't know what the means. Maybe my English is too bad, maybe yours, who knows. But you're not still talking about how I conceded defeat to Google image search last time?

I don't know what the means. Maybe my English is too bad, maybe yours, who knows.

Mine? Don't be impudent, silly girl.

But you're not still talking about how I conceded defeat to Google image search last time?

GIS, me, it's all the same.

I don't know what the means. Maybe my English is too bad, maybe yours, who knows. But you're not still talking about how I conceded defeat to Google image search last time?
I believe he means you don't provide decent ogling material.

My nation name?
No, i didn't mean you, but feel free to exprain it better.:)

that?
What about yours?

I don't know what the means. Maybe my English is too bad, maybe yours, who knows. But you're not still talking about how I conceded defeat to Google image search last time?
lol, poor girl.

I believe he means you don't provide decent ogling material. Ah, thanks, that's what I thought.
Mine? Don't be impudent, silly girl. *pats*
GIS, me, it's all the same. Ha, you wish! One day I'll scan in those utterly divine black and white pictures of a young and still sexy Keanu, and you will fall to your knees and thank your lucky Gods for your old cataractic eyes being able to feast upon such beauty. By Zeus!

No, i didn't mean you, but feel free to exprain it better.:)

that?
What about yours?

Okay, in simple terms:

Federation of United Chicken Kleptos

Or if you still don't get it:

Federation of
United
Chicken
Kleptos

No, i didn't mean you, but feel free to exprain it better.:)

that?
What about yours?
that? that? that? huh?

I just named my nation after my favorite bar, surf shack. That is pretty much it.

*pats*

Insolence.

Ha, you wish! One day I'll scan in those utterly divine black and white pictures of a young and still sexy Keanu, and you will fall to your knees and thank your lucky Gods for your old cataractic eyes being able to feast upon such beauty. By Zeus!

Keanu? See. I don't even have to insist. You reveal your lack of taste so easily.

Seriously, Keanu? That's just sad.

Keanu? See. I don't even have to insist. You reveal you lack of taste so easily.

Seriously, Keanu? That's just sad. One day...

One day...

Come tomorrow, come next week, I will laugh at your attempt nonetheless.

Come tomorrow, come next week, I will laugh at your attempt nonetheless.
Until you are senial and don't know any better, and Keanu is all you can pull. ;)

Okay, in simple terms:

Federation of United Chicken Kleptos

Or if you still don't get it:

Federation of
United
Chicken
Kleptos
I don't know that word...

What is a Chicken Kleptos?

Until you are senial and don't know any better, and Keanu is all you can pull. ;)

I shall euthanise myself long before that ever happens. A fate worse than death, Keanu's empty gaze is.

that? that? that? huh?
Yep, i believe someone wishes to be called that, they should explain their name.;)

I shall euthanise myself long before that ever happens. A fate worse than death, Keanu's empty gaze is.
Well, I didn't say anything about his acting, did I? :D

Well, I didn't say anything about his acting, did I? :D
If you like your men to be extremely dull, then Keanu is your guy. :)

I shall euthanise myself long before that ever happens. A fate worse than death, Keanu's empty gaze is.
Or you might try Cryogenically freezing yourself until they discover a real cure for ageing and end up like Mel Gibson in that movie about the WWII, Bomber Test Pilot that does get frozen, isn't let out when he should be and ages real quick like when he is released.

Well, I didn't say anything about his acting, did I? :D

His acting, his appearance, his existence. It's all lacklustre.

Or you might try Cryogenically freezing yourself until they discover a real cure for ageing and end up like Mel Gibson in that movie about the WWII, Bomber Test Pilot that does get frozen, isn't let out when he should be and ages real quick like when he is released.

Shame on you for reminding me, and shame on me for having seen it.

If you like your men to be extremely dull, then Keanu is your guy. :)
Ah, I see, another one who will have to be converted to the worship of Keanu-when-he-was-still-very-young-and-insanely-handsome-and-sexy. Because in those pictures, you see, there is no dullness to be seen.*sighs dreamily*

Probably photoshopped out. :D

His acting, his appearance, his existence. It's all lacklustre.
Oh alright. Shuddup (http://static.flickr.com/44/111968157_a1bcc94aa4.jpg). Better now?

Ah, I see, another one who will have to be converted to the worship of Keanu-when-he-was-still-very-young-and-insanely-handsome-and-sexy. Because in those pictures, you see, there is no dullness to be seen.*sighs dreamily*

Probably photoshopped out. :D
Don't go forcing me to look at pictures of Keanu, you'll put me off men...:(

Oh alright. Shuddup (http://static.flickr.com/44/111968157_a1bcc94aa4.jpg). Better now?

You steal pics other people have used to appease me.

Not that Jake doesn't always work, but still.

You steal pics other people have used to appease me.

Not that Jake doesn't always work, but still.
Excuse me? I was one of those people, I didn't have to steal it. I was right there when you admitted to your fondness of his snail trail and general dreaminess in the babe thread, and have since repeatedly used it against you in more or less opportune moments. Except last time, when I lost to google image search. :(

I don't know that word...

What is a Chicken Kleptos?

Klepto is short for Kleptomaniac, or a person who compusively steals things.

Excuse me? I was one of those people, I didn't have to steal it. I was right there when you admitted to your fondness of his snail trail and general dreaminess in the babe thread,

It's called "happy trail" or "treasure trail." Snail trail is what slutty women leave after themselves... and, I have proclaimed my fondness for his hairy chest many, many times, so you don't get to claim originality on that revelation.

and have since repeatedly used it against you in more or less opportune moments. Except last time, when I lost to google image search. :(

You have used it before, yes, but tonight I am le tired, so I succumb.

It's called "happy trail" or "treasure trail." Snail trail is what slutty women leave after themselves... and, I have proclaimed my fondness for his hairy chest many, many times, so you don't get to claim originality on that revelation.

You have used it before, yes, but tonight I am le tired, so I succumb.
"8. Snail Trail "Strip of dark hair going from the navel to the pubic region"",
from Urban Dictionary.

I am whatever the Steigerungsform of le tired is, so g'night, my dear and almost radioactively poisoned Swede.

"8. Snail Trail "Strip of dark hair going from the navel to the pubic region"",
from Urban Dictionary.

Urban dictionary, like Wiki, lies.

I am whatever the Steigerungsform of le tired is, so g'night, my dear and almost radioactively poisoned Swede.

You heard about that down there?

You heard about that down there? Yup. Politicians and the talking heads of our reactors were on TV all day assuring us how something like that could under no circumstances possibly happen here, in a desperate plea to keep people from remembering that there was indeed a good reason to start getting rid of the things.

Yup. Politicians and the talking heads of our reactors were on TV all day assuring us how something like that could under no circumstances possibly happen here, in a desperate plea to keep people from remembering that there was indeed a good reason to start getting rid of the things.

Oh, the Greens and Lefts are being dicks about it and seizing the opportunity. It really wasn't that serious, and most people still want to keep the reactors...

so I succumb.
:eek:

My nation is named after Irina Derevko from the t.v. show Alias which sadly will not be on again this season. But, the spirit of the show lives on in its fans and in our region.

:eek:

To Jake. He's dreamy.

Ah... I have multiple nations on this site. Actually only about... six, but three have interesting histories naming-wise.

Darknovae- I needed a name, badly. Prior to visiting NS I was looking at some space stuff, and wanted to have a name with the word "nova" in it, and "dark" seemed cool too. Then I wanted it to have an "ae" in it. The result? Darknovae.

Persephone Skye- Named after a story I am writing. It is about a society where children are under intense control thanks to strict laws... not sure if the nation really reflects that much, though.

Killamet- Killamet is the name of a religion that a former nation calle Jannica was once rigidly controlled by. Jannica ceased to exist so I created Killamet.

I keep telling you that you're name is badass, and not just like, as an opnion, that people think it's badass-it is actually a title of badass-isity. That's totally a word.

When someone has guts with attitude, not just facing the giant, but insulting it's mother, they have balls. The toughest adherents to something are hardchore, or chore. Your name is balls (nad) chore (kor). You know someone called Nadkor, or a nation, is gonna be a total badass. Because your name is badass.

Well, I'll take your word for it, but it doesn't make me like it any more than before :p

Does anyone have an interesting origin story to go with their nation's name? Mine's not too interesting, it's just my gaming & forum screen name with 's Legacy taped onto the end to make it sound more country like :(
I've been around this forum for years, but it wasn't until earlier this week that somebody picked up on the origin of my name.

(Nobel Hobos, take a bow!)

It is a reference to Huxley's bottles:

"Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!
Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?
Skies are blue inside of you,
The weather's always fine;
For
There ain't no Bottle in all the world
Like that dear little Bottle of mine."

http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.1/bookid.1279/sec.5/

Satan was already taken, and Hell was the name of a region so I went with an old nickname. As for puppets, they have various names for various purposes. If I could do it over again I probalbly would go with something that sounds more like a real nation. Then again, when I finally do take over the world I paln on renaming it after myself anyway.:D

Some of these stories are pretty good, I should start handing out prizes for excellence.

I've been around this forum for years, but it wasn't until earlier this week that somebody picked up on the origin of my name.

(Nobel Hobos, take a bow!)

It is a reference to Huxley's bottles:

"Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!
Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?
Skies are blue inside of you,
The weather's always fine;
For
There ain't no Bottle in all the world
Like that dear little Bottle of mine."

http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.1/bookid.1279/sec.5/
You mean it is'nt all about the common Glass Bottle?:eek: :confused: :( http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon5.gif

<---- i like metal. or used to pretty much only like metal... hence the "pure" bit

was also inspired by an Iced Earth song i was listening to at the time called "Pure Evil" and was going to go with that until i thought it was a bit pretentious.


these days i don't really like the name, but i quite like the moniker of "PM" so it all works out ok really

"Cognitive Dissonance" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance) was already taken.


In the case of any person whose judgment is really deserving of confidence, how has it become so? Because he has kept his mind open to criticism of his opinions and conduct. Because it has been his practice to listen to all that could be said against him; to profit by as much of it as was just, and expound to himself, and upon occasion to others, the fallacy of what was fallacious. Because he has felt, that the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner.