LadyDoc 0 #1 July 8, 2010 Soooo.... I've been training for roller derby and here soon I'll be allowed to actually compete in bouts. The big thing, however, is I NEED A STAGE NAME! And it's gotta be all tough and sound like I could actually do bodily harm, or something like that. I'm having trouble coming up with a name though! Anybody have any suggestions? Extra points for being able to incorporate TWAT. If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarrieByTheSea 0 #2 July 8, 2010 QuoteExtra points for being able to incorporate TWAT Twattie Hinson. <--loved In a League of Their Own"Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be." ~ Temple Grandin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #3 July 8, 2010 Just out of curiosity, have you seen the film Whip It?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #4 July 8, 2010 lol Twat was actually a nickname for me back when I waited tables going thru my undergrad. my last name is Watson, so, someone just put the T out front and made me TWATson. I like it... lol good call on the Twattie. I like that.If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #5 July 8, 2010 You know, honestly, I can't say that I have yet. I've been looking for it to rent, unsuccessfully. I want to see it though! was it any good?If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #6 July 8, 2010 QuoteYou know, honestly, I can't say that I have yet. I've been looking for it to rent, unsuccessfully. I want to see it though! was it any good? It was surprisingly good. It's available through Netflix, but only by mail; not streaming. If you know somebody local with a Netflix account, you could probably con them into getting it for you to watch. The writer was a roller derby gal in LA and it was also Drew Barrymore's first directing gig. I wasn't expecting much and it's so much more than a typical sports story. Might be somewhat "Cutaway" laughable to somebody on the inside of the sport in places, but it looked pretty good from where I was sitting. Script, acting and direction was far, far better. Worth watching. In the meantime, here's something that might be worth listening to; http://est.foxhome.com/download.php?file=WhipIt_WritersDraftWithShaunaCross_Featurette/WhipIt_WritersDraftWithShaunaCross_Featurette.xml quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #7 July 8, 2010 Twat Norris!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarrieByTheSea 0 #8 July 8, 2010 Quote You know, honestly, I can't say that I have yet...I want to see it though! was it any good? What Quade said without his filmology verbosity. Just see it. "Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be." ~ Temple Grandin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #9 July 9, 2010 is it something close to Rollerball ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #10 July 9, 2010 No. Rollerball was more about good versus evil, Whip It is about a girl and her mom."If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #11 July 9, 2010 How about Twoc?Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #12 July 9, 2010 I think we have a winner! Here's the combo between CarrieByTheSea's idea and a friend's post on facebook... TWATTIE MCFEARSON I like it. but god my inner thighs are hurting after today's practice, so, I think I'll got have a nice bubble bath. If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #13 July 9, 2010 I always thought Mary Wanna would be a cute roller derby name.... but only if you're a stoner, of course. Other than that, TWAZZZUP! (My best effort in incorporating TWAT .) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #14 July 9, 2010 Already taken. There's a flippin' HUGE list of names that are already taken and you can't have anything even close to another derby girl's name. Besides Wanna was the actual last name of my best friend who recently passed, and although I wouldn't mind continuing his name for the sake of a memorial, I just couldn't do it. If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #15 July 9, 2010 Quote I think we have a winner! Here's the combo between CarrieByTheSea's idea and a friend's post on facebook... TWATTIE MCFEARSON I like it. but god my inner thighs are hurting after today's practice, so, I think I'll got have a nice bubble bath. With a name like that, you'll get countless offers from people offering a variety of ways to address your inner thigh pain. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #16 July 9, 2010 Sorry to hear about your friend. Not surprised that Mary Wanna would already be taken; it seems like a somewhat obvious name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #17 July 9, 2010 seriously pick a canopy name. velocity blade stilletto lightning crossfire safire black jack dagger Just don't pick softy. Stick with mean sounding names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #18 July 9, 2010 lol I told my boyfriend when I got home that my inner thighs were shot and I've got rug burn on my knees from "controlled falling"... Too bad he wasn't the one who made me feel that way THIS time..... If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyDoc 0 #19 July 9, 2010 wow. can't believe i didn't think of that prior! Velocity probably won't work, many others already. Blade is a possibility. as is stiletto. nothing remotely similar to crossfire or safire. I think I like Twattie Stiletto. or Twattie Dagger. good call VectorBoy!If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #20 July 9, 2010 QuoteJust out of curiosity, have you seen the film Whip It? I just got done watching it, and it's really good. Very well made. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #21 July 9, 2010 good call VectorBoy! Its nothing brilliant. Just marketing. You don't think anybody will buy a canopy named " shit for glide" or "lethal to the unexperienced" do you? Oh I like Rock Dragon just in case your derby teams becomes a heavy metal band. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #22 July 9, 2010 I would suggest "Bloody Twat" but that would be inappropriate .... 'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #23 July 9, 2010 QuoteYou know, honestly, I can't say that I have yet. I've been looking for it to rent, unsuccessfully. I want to see it though! was it any good? Netflix has it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #24 July 9, 2010 Quote No. Rollerball was more about good versus evil, Whip It is about a girl and her mom. I was asking for "the sport", not "the movie". But yeah it seems the sports are pretty much related. scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #25 July 9, 2010 Quote Quote No. Rollerball was more about good versus evil, Whip It is about a girl and her mom. I was asking for "the sport", not "the movie". But yeah it seems the sports are pretty much related. Except "Rollerball" (the first one with James Cann, not the remake) was a totally invented sport that loosely was based on roller derby with many added and much more violent elements. By contrast, Roller Derby was real, then about as real as professional wrestling and now it's pretty much back to real again. Was extraordinarily popular in my home in the early 1960s. By that time it was as fake as professional wrestling, but damn did my mom love to watch it. LA had it's own team; The LA T-Birds. From my point of view, they had about the same win/loss record as the Harlem Globetrotters. Seemed to me that whoever the "home team" was won and whoever the visiting team was lost. Always a good show though. Oh, and it wasn't just women. They played men's, women's and mixed as I recalled. They also had "grudge matches" based on some foul or something that always seems to involve quite a bit of cheating like the coach of the bad guy team whacking one of the other players over the head with a folding chair. Did I say "Rollerball" was more violent? Well, at least in Roller Derby, nobody died.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
