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hzl eyed grl

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No idea why I picked the Grinch. I guess it looked best to me at the time. Then Viper GTS dubbed me the Giggly Grinch and it stuck. I've changed icons very briefly a couple times, but I AM the Grinch. :p ;)
 

oogabooga

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I'll be honest - in a patriotic moment I switched it to the US Flag - I'm pretty sure something had happened and a lot of people had switched to the flag in a show of support so I did as well, and I haven't switched it since.
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
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I started out with the default black guy. After a year or so I changed it, as the hippie looks more like me.
 

mechBgon

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<-- fairly quick off the line, or I used to be before my back injuries, anyway. Still not bad in a sprint :camera: for a 40-year-old. I haven't changed avatars for a long time.


Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Wanted a fantasy avatar after my original nerd avatar. But, I am probably going to switch to the buzzard before long.

Caution: I'm told it resembles Judge Judy :Q

 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: mechBgon
<-- fairly quick off the line, or I used to be before my back injuries, anyway. Still not bad in a sprint :camera: for a 40-year-old. I haven't changed avatars for a long time.


Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Wanted a fantasy avatar after my original nerd avatar. But, I am probably going to switch to the buzzard before long.

Caution: I'm told it resembles Judge Judy :Q

Didn't you design your icon? I don't remember all of the ones that you designed.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
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I was the fish, first, b/c I was working with zebra fish at the time.

Now I'm the gorilla b/c I'm awesome like that.
 

mechBgon

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Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Originally posted by: mechBgon
<-- fairly quick off the line, or I used to be before my back injuries, anyway. Still not bad in a sprint :camera: for a 40-year-old. I haven't changed avatars for a long time.


Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Wanted a fantasy avatar after my original nerd avatar. But, I am probably going to switch to the buzzard before long.

Caution: I'm told it resembles Judge Judy :Q

Didn't you design your icon? I don't remember all of the ones that you designed.

I did, yeah. Cats, birds, Wolf, Trout, Snail, Can O' Worms, and Dragon, I think that's all of them. Oh, and I modified the old default avatar into Borg. Tiger looks a bit rough, I should redo it sometime. I especially like Dragon, it has character :) There was also Roll O' TP :camera:, which they don't use here.

 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Originally posted by: mechBgon
<-- fairly quick off the line, or I used to be before my back injuries, anyway. Still not bad in a sprint :camera: for a 40-year-old. I haven't changed avatars for a long time.


Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Wanted a fantasy avatar after my original nerd avatar. But, I am probably going to switch to the buzzard before long.

Caution: I'm told it resembles Judge Judy :Q

Didn't you design your icon? I don't remember all of the ones that you designed.

I did, yeah. Cats, birds, Wolf, Trout, Snail, Can O' Worms, and Dragon, I think that's all of them. Oh, and I modified the old default avatar into Borg. Tiger looks a bit rough, I should redo it sometime. I especially like Dragon, it has character :) There was also Roll O' TP :camera:, which they don't use here.

I knew you did a few of them. :) I want a custom one, but I have no idea what I'd want. lol

EDIT:
The dragon really is cool.
 

PlasmaBomb

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Originally posted by: MrsBugi
I've averaged about 1 icon change every 3 years or so.

I think I started out as the xmas tree, then clipboard, and something else in between.

Joined: 08/19/2005

So you have been about 4 icons in 4 years...

:confused:
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: mechBgon


I did, yeah. Cats, birds, Wolf, Trout, Snail, Can O' Worms, and Dragon, I think that's all of them. Oh, and I modified the old default avatar into Borg. Tiger looks a bit rough, I should redo it sometime. I especially like Dragon, it has character :) There was also Roll O' TP :camera:, which they don't use here.

no fair! I totally want that avatar :(
 
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I wanted my posts to be easy (for me) to find, so I picked the avatar that is so incredibly ugly that almost no one else uses it.
 

skace

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I was a crab, then a fish, then a christmas tree ornament, now a bed. I just like picking random crap.