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What effect does the economy have on your Name?

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  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,258 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    And here was me thinking LemonJelly was a reference from Steven Levitt's seminal work on behavioural economics, Freakonomics (see the chapter 'Whats in a name')

    michaels is michael's user name...although elsewhere I am often incognito as m1chaels to cover my true identity...
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    Nearly,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Jelly

    I've thought about this type of thread a few times.

    The only other name I could've given myself was Marvin the martian
    165877-29144-marvin-the-martian_large.jpg
    I think....
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    michaels wrote: »
    And here was me thinking LemonJelly was a reference from Steven Levitt's seminal work on behavioural economics, Freakonomics (see the chapter 'Whats in a name')

    michaels is michael's user name...although elsewhere I am often incognito as m1chaels to cover my true identity...

    I may well check this out...
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Mine because I own 2 paintings by Kabayiri.

    He is an African painter and one painting depicts Stick figures making something using simple tools.

    Relevance to the economy? Well, the depiction I describe is where British manufacturing is heading ;)
  • Yakubu22
    Yakubu22 Posts: 640 Forumite
    500 Posts
    ...erm....
    "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. Those who don't understand, dont matter."
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Purch is because he has the personality of a stuffed parrot...

    That, and also I have zero imagination. :cool:
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    My moniker never felt more appropriate
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • bryanb
    bryanb Posts: 5,034 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It's based on the name of my next door but one neighbour.
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    if you want to ride, ride the white horse

    my favourite name on here is Out Vile Jelly. That's one in the eye for you.
  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    My name remains stable. I hope it influences the economy to do likewise.

    Does it relate to your OH, you know devoted partner etc?
  • nearlynew
    nearlynew Posts: 3,800 Forumite
    I'm new here.


    Well, nearly.










    And I love rewired.
    "The problem with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether they are genuine or not" -
    Albert Einstein
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