New Name for Dour Puritan

[Orcs]

Can we find another way to shorten Dour Puritan than" DP" !!!.   For those most of us in the forum with minds that have not made the heady hieghts of the sewer , It reminds me of something that is a long way from being Puritan.     

[WeeWars]

I like yours, JAFO.

[Leman]

I'll happily go with that as soon as Leon lets me know what my password is so I can change my profile. When he sends me the click on link thing through my email nothing happens when I click which is why I can't order directly from the site but have to send emails. Hate passwords cos I usually forget them.

[Chad]

Don't Panic sounds a good alternative 😁

[fsn]

JAFO - "Blue Thunder" memories anyone?

DP -"Disruptive Pattern" surely?

[Techno]

Don't Panic sounds a good alternative 😁

So...Are we going to call him Arthur Dent or Ford Prefect ?
Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

Rather fancied Leman myself as a tribute to a Belgian general, but can't change my profile because I have no way of recalling my password.

[Orcs]

Sorry I meant just a different way to shorten his name  - To perhaps just Dour or Puritan, its the use of his initials as DP that makes my sewer of a mind chuckle

[Westmarcher]

..... Do P ...... Dr P ........ Dr Pu ........ Dr Pian (using the "i" before "a" school of spelling) .....

[Leman]

Don't bother WM, it's done and dusted.

[Westmarcher]

Don't bother WM, it's done and dusted.

.... aaaah! get it now!

[Question: see Intro section]

[Techno]

So how come this new boy has come straight in as a Major General ?
Cheers - Confused (as usual) of Wales.

[fsn]

You do realise, Mr so-called Leman, that I have begun writing the 2015 Pendraken Panto, and have now got to rewrite the first three scenes in which FSN meets a miserable roundhead? Not only that, but all the "ban Christmas" jokes will have to go?

And the songs will all need new lyrics. 

[Fenton]

But with his name now Leman, you can start using all your Russ Abbott jokes

[Leman]

You could use Baldrick's poem and apply it to Liege.

[Ithoriel]

From grumpy god-botherer to secret sweetheart .... ah, the power of love!

[Leman]

Oh lawks! What have I done?

[Westmarcher]

Indeed, what have you done, my fine fellow.......

So how come this new boy has come straight in as a Major General ?

Yes, its a funny old one that. Now, I am only a humble old Second Lieutenant and (compared to you guys) a part-time wargamer (shockarooney - but it had to be said) .... but lets look at two other famous name changing incidents and their effects on military rank.

On the one hand, there is the example of T E Lawrence. He was a colonel when he first left the Army but when he later re-joined the Royal Armoured Corps under a new name (T E Shaw), he enlisted as a private. On that basis, one might argue that good ole DP aka now known as Leman should re-enlist as a Cadet (not me arguing that, DP Leman, crawl, crawl, .. sir ...).

On the other hand, take Arthur Wesley.  He changed his name to Wellesley and then later became known as Wellington. As he did not suffer any demotion in rank when he changed name, one could argue that good ole Leman should therefore retain his exalted rank with honour (especially when one considers the purchase system - no, not the 18/19th century officer commission purchase system - the Pendraken one, of course).

Which he has. And so, a precedent has been set  - which in Leman's case is quite ironic. Why? Well, bearing in mind Orcs' original reasons for seeking a new name, its ironic that the example of a Peer of the realm appears to have won the day! (boom, boom!)(who groaned?). So, what new names are we all going to have now ?

[stage right ....... howls of anguish are heard from fsn]

[Westmarcher]

 .... I'm considering Dondi ......... Dondi Aygo (aka Zorro). 

[Last Hussar]

Leman St in London is named for an archaic word for prostitute.

I never thought I would be able to use that bit of information.