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In reply to the discussion: How did you come by your username? [View all]hay rick
(7,603 posts)The night before I joined DU I had a dream.
In the dream I was at a retirement party for a long-time supervisor who I respected. I was standing next to a display of the gifts that people had given him. Everybody had given almost identical gifts- plaid shirts. A retired co-worker was standing next to the display and said- "Hay Rick only wears short sleeves." I looked at the shirts and noticed that they were all long-sleeved.
When I remembered the dream in the morning, I couldn't remember whether the name used in the dream was Hay Rick or Rick Hay- but I vaguely thought it was a reference to me because I almost always wear short sleeve shirts. I'm less comfortable in long sleeves.
I joined DU the next day and Hay Rick popped into mind as a username. If I had joined DU a week earlier or a week later I would surely have a different username (neither Rick nor Hay are parts of my real name).