Renaming competition

[Duck on Wheels]

OK. The polls are closed. I'm gonna throw in my sneaky extra ballots now and declare some winners:
1) The popular vote winner is Quackered. 5 bags to fishdr for that one. Buuuut ... as I read it, it rhymes with knackered, which is kinda de-motivating.
2) My favorite before the voting was Ferruginous. A tough little species on the rebound from near extinction. Maybe the iron in its name gave it that resilience. But I guess it's too subtle and serious for a screen name, since only Betagirl and I voted for it, so I'll go with another one. But 1 bag to Betagirl for coming up with my favorite.
3) 1 bag also to second runner up TsPoet for RubyDucky -- an excellent pun on rubber ducky, and a catchy rhythm to the name. But as some have pointed out, I'm already stretching it by giving my Trek the name Ruby.
4) No bags to the winners (Trek420 and myself), although I do have a Madison memento for Trek420 when I see her in a couple of weeks. I've decided to call myself Duck on Wheels. I think the imagry is suitably incongruous and clumsy, and yet here I am actually riding. So the name is at the same time self-deprecating and encouraging. And it plays subtly on dh's home town, but without insulting believers amongst us and without promising too much. We'll see when I get home if I can actually make it to Hellenback. I know I can do the distance, but can I do the hills?!?

Sooo ... fishdr, Betagirl and TsPoet, if you pm me your addresses and state your flavor preferences, I'll get your beans in the mail pdq.

Now to find out how to change my screen name ...

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI "second runner up TsPoet for RubyDucky -- an excellent pun on rubber ducky, and a catchy rhythm to the name."

there's even a song sung by Ernie of Bert and Ernie, rubber ducky!

oops, RubyDucky, never mind.

http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_dancer/rubber.html

"Now to find out how to change my screen name ..."

I think you message the admin. Are you going to keep "The Scream?"

[DrBee]

Yummy - sport beans! Congrats to all!

Bikeless and Trek - congrats on the win!


...rubber (ruby) ducky, you're the one. You make bathtime oh so fun...

[TsPoet]

I've been thinking about trying these bean things everyone talks about, guess it's fate.
thanks, this was fun just for all the comments.

[Duck on Wheels]

I tried the green ones (lemon/lime) today. Very tasty. Can't really say whether they powered me up, but I guess they work the same as any sugar/salt/potassium tablet would do, consumed together with water. Or like eating Gatorade or cytomax powder and drinking the water separately -- only not so messy .

I happen to have two packets of orange left. Guy in the store said they taste like orange creamsicles. Does that sound tempting, or would you rather have blueberry, or lemon/lime, or tropical fruit punch flavor? I need to get some more anyway and can hit the store tomorrow.