Just for fun - what does YOUR avatar mean?

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:25 am

My Chiff name is Riverman because I liive on the Eel river, and love playing alongside it and listening to the notes travel along the water. It sounds faintly elvish to me. My daughter just helped me get this avatar done, I would have been lost without her. If you look really close (nose pressed against screen) you can see the Eel river behind (beside, beyond?) me.

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:23 am

My avatar is the logo of the Tommasini bicycle company.
The picture is of the "T" on the top of the front fork crown
on my road racing bike.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:31 am

Mine is an admission that despite my protestations to the contrary, I do have a flute acquisition disorder. This avatar is out-of-date. I have lots more now.

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:47 am

I don't know how to make an avatar appear. I seem to be a bit Low Tech.

In the meantime, I continue to seek the Muse.

A-Musing I will go...A-Musing I will go
Hi Ho the Dairy-o
A-Musing I will go

PS riverman...you are lucky to have a savvy daughter nearby!

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:54 am

riverman wrote:If you look really close (nose pressed against screen) you can see the Eel river behind

HAH! I'm not falling for THAT internet trick!!!

Tucson Whistler · Post by **Tucson Whistler** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:17 am

I thought a Saguaro would best represent Tucson.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:45 am

I..... like... tinwhistles. This is a photo I snapped of a few of mine.

JordanII · Post by **JordanII** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:21 pm

I think you can figure out what mine means...

falkbeer · Post by **falkbeer** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:00 pm

My avatar is from a cartoon by Dr. Fun, which can be seen here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ar00319.htm

The cartoon depicts a (fictitious) conversation between the famous physicists Erwin Schrödinger and Niels Bohr. The joke is about the thouth experiment designed by Schrödinger called "Schrödinger´s Cat". Very few people will probably get this joke, but I think it´s hilariously funny! I thought it would be appropriate to choose this picture since I am a great admirer of Schrödinger´s work and I too have studied physics. I´m also a bit "stiff" and academic in my apperance, very much like the figure in the cartoon!

"Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (IPA: [ˈɛrviːn ˈʃrøːdɪŋɐ]; August 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961) was an Austrian - Irish physicist who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933. In 1935, after extensive correspondence with personal friend Albert Einstein, he proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment."

falkbeer · Post by **falkbeer** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:12 pm

john17 wrote:I just picked mine because I have an art background, and heck...what better for this forum than "Whistler's Mother"?

Cheers!

John

I´ve seen your avatar many times and it´s brilliant, witty and funny!
It took a couple of times before i got the pun I must admit though.

Jason Paul · Post by **Jason Paul** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:45 pm

A friend of mine and I were reminiscing about growing up in the 80's and were looking around online for old toys and TV shows and came across this photo.

It's Mantenna from the old Masters of the Universe show. I just thought it was one of the stupidest looking toys I'd seen. So, of course, I had to make sure it ended up on a few hundred internet posts.

Jason

nikiarrowsmith · Post by **nikiarrowsmith** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:57 pm

I'm glad this sparked such revelatory conversation

interesting stuff.

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:39 pm

Mine is Bill Hicks from his appearance in the preacher comic. I'm a huge hicks fan and it's an image that also reminds me of, well, me (or at least a part of me).

falkbeer · Post by **falkbeer** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:45 pm

chrisoff wrote:Mine is Bill Hicks from his appearance in the preacher comic. I'm a huge hicks fan and it's an image that also reminds me of, well, me (or at least a part of me).

Any hooligans in Aberdeen?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:46 pm

just me and a friend in the woods