Why did you choose your forum Avatar?

As an extension of this topic:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/anything-goes/47270-why-did-you-choose-your-username.html

Let's see everyone explain their avatar...
(I did a quick forum search and found nothing similar but if someone does feel free to let me know).

I'll start.

My name is Jim. And was a big Earthworm Jim fan as a kid. So I chose this avatar as a little childhood memory. Plus him sharing my name is just a nice bonus.

I just wanted a nice Apple related avatar, and I really iked the effect on the one I chose.

EJ was cool btw

I get stuff wrong here often enough, I figured with the right avatar, I could more easily blame them on senility instead of... uhm, ahh, uhm... from doing my growing up in the 60s and early 70s. ;D

I started out with Clippy (the MS Paperclip) more as a joke than anything. After someone else joined and started using the avatar I decided to switch to a photo. Had one handy with my daughter and a trebuchet we built for her science project.
Have been thinking about changing again if I can come up with something:
1) I like better
2) Unique
3) Cool
4) Relatively easy to do

Or, alternatively I might just think about changing and stick with this one for who knows how long.

I tend to switch my avatar up periodically. I may even bring back the square chicken on occasion.

I'm a big Albert Camus fan (The Stranger is a great novel) and thought it was a cool looking picture. I've also had Bender from Futurama and characters from the Cyanide and Happiness comic.

Mine came with the forum, it was quite convenient at the time.

lol this is my first non-vw forum that I've joined...gotta show some love

mine is a play on the tango halloween branding:



(i was massively addicted to cherry tango at some point)

bobtomay said:

I get stuff wrong here often enough, I figured with the right avatar, I could more easily blame them on senility instead of... uhm, ahh, uhm... from doing my growing up in the 60s and early 70s. ;D

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Hold on a second here .... there is nothing wrong with growing up in the 60's ...
I am living proof... ( don't know if that's good or bad ) ;P

When I joined, I selected an avatar that was available in the default list, and never looked back.

But I guess this thread makes me consider and extreme makeover.

Cheers ... McBie

McBie said:

Hold on a second here .... there is nothing wrong with growing up in the 60's ...
I am living proof... ( don't know if that's good or bad ) ;P

When I joined, I selected an avatar that was available in the default list, and never looked back.

But I guess this thread makes me consider and extreme makeover.

Cheers ... McBie

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I love it, when people are rocking the default avatars! But I understand, if you must have another.

I just like the Apple Logo.

Im just a show off so i needed to show my muscles off lol jk

Its the one i use everywhere as with my username, shows a tattoo i designed and then got inked on myself.

karsen said:

lol this is my first non-vw forum that I've joined...gotta show some love

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I just love Beetles and vans

On another note, I kinda like Stewie from Family Guy, I know his accent is New England but he kinda sounds more British, so in an odd trans Atlantic way, I chose Stewie

I used to use the same avatar on most sites until I got here. When Snow Leopard was released I really liked the image and used it right away, and haven't thought about changing it once. My username can be found in various sites, mostly car related and part of my username is derived from my car model.

While living in Hungary, I happened upon a music store and decided to check out the cool European Amps and rare old instruments. In their window sat this sign, and thought it was cool. Almost asked if I could purchase it from them, but felt that it would be better to have it stay there for the sake of advertisement. I should have moved the plant though...

Spang said:

I'm an advocate of equal rights for the LGBT community.

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I commend you for your advocacy. <3

Nice video.

...just seemed to fit with my screen name

I thought it was purty...and seemed to marginally fit in with the theme of the forum