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Only One Month Left Internet Naming Auction!

choosemyname.blogspot.com — Scott MacDonald formerly of http://www.hitch50.com, currently of http://www.ChooseMyName.com is NOW selling his name. And with 30 days left, he is at $36,789.10 to change his name to a bunch of F’s! That kid has some BALLS!

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  • hgrave23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I like that guy! I just hope GoldenPalace stays away from this one!
    • oneredpaperclip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I heard Golden Palace was bankrupt.
    • evand22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7They sure are a silly bunch!
    • foobar5892, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Anybody wanna throw in a couple dollars and name him The Dancing Penis?
    • kenflannery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was thinking "Tuel Bagg" would fit best.
    • bram, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@foobar5892 put me down for $5.00 on Dancing Penis...
    • Smeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Is there any way we could get a neutral person to set up donations so we may actually name this guy "The Dancing Penis"? I would be willing to donate and with as many diggers as there are, we could give the highest bidder a run for their money.

      I hate seeing this creative scheme turn from something potentially funny to something more like an advertisement.
    • evand22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Look - He did this too - http://one.revver.com/watch/108386/flv
  • andersonfamily, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I've heard of outside the box, but this just takes it to the next level. I speak for my whole family, great work.
  • RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Cool beans! Cool project!
    • hgrave23, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1I love BEANS!!! And cool ones! Oh yeah!
  • stevemckay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If I had money I'd call you Wei Wei Wang or Chang Ling Fentz,
    I once met a First Nations lady named Bertha Big Canoe... she resembled a Sasquatch - regardless it was a awkward name. I like the fact that this contest is going in a similar direction. I hope you get named Craig Morton or Ima Pornophan.

    On a side note a doc in Golden BC has the cool name of Doctor Mystery and I went to school with a guy named Matthew Tress.... he was known as Mattress.
  • q4nobody, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0My Name is Quentin Joesph Patrick Devine and it's been an honour working with the artist formally known as Scott! Remember the Irish blessing Scotty, trust me, it works!
  • demikutcher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Imagine the introductions! You may be accused of sexual harrassment!
  • bsteckelberg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I got to meet Scotty on his hitch50 trip. After seeing him with animals, I think his name should incorporate the words "Basset" and "Hound" somehow.

    In any case, this is a great project for a great cause!

    Brad in South Dakota :-)
  • andersonfamily, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Me and my family wanted to pick up Scotty and Fiddy on their Hitch50 trip, but my son Gerald came down with the mumps and needed my care. Hope you guys come back someday!
  • barrowduck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I think he should change his name to Ducks Are Great (I like ducks)
  • wash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think he should change it to Name Lastname
    • evand22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2But then what would his First Name be?
    • Hockey37, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6He should change it to "Your Name." He could win a bunch of bar room bets. "I bet you my name is your name."

      I knew a girl who had this tattooed on her ass in small letters. Not a smart move in my book, be she sure won some bets with it. "Bet you I have your name tattooed on my ass."
    • titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1He should change his name to yo momma or screw you.
  • sallyrubin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I knew Scott in college. I always wanted to date him but I just thought he needed a more exciting name.

    Maybe our spark will ignite.

    • evand22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I always liked him like that too!!!
    • iamnos, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Wow, I live in the same city as an Internet celebrity (well, at least according to his phone number I do)
  • aahpandasrun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I bet he's hoping seniorsex.com doesn't feel like advertising
    • chmod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My first thought was that it should be something like "Golden Showers McGee". Words cannot describe how cool that would be.
  • justinshattuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Sigh, might have to pull some money out of savings on this one --
  • Jist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1This guy needs to get a job.
    • intense321, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Why? He's about to make $37k in one foul swoop.
    • DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Fell. Fell swoop. Unless that was a strange pun.
    • RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He already has one: "Producer of Creative Internet Projects"
  • guardsman85, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I think it's awesome that he's giving %10 to an organization that takes care of children abandoned by AIDS!! That's the real story here--the crazy name change is icing on the cake! Sweet story (pardon the pun)!!
  • mousy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I think "Drew Peacock" should be his new name.
  • HolyJaw, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3YEAH HE SHOULD ALSO TOTALLY GET A TATTOO OF GOLDENPALACE.COM ON HIS FOREHEAD CUZ THATS A GREAT WAY TO GET MASS MEDIA ATTENTION AND EARN TONS OF CASH FOR BEING A LAZY ***** TOO!

    Buried as lame.
    • andersonfamily, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Looks like someone is jealous. I know I wish I had $36,789 and counting for a little bit of paperwork.
    • artliquide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, it might be lazy, but it's smart. Man, if I could think of one of these kinds of things, I'd do it too rather than work for years in a cubicle to achieve the same result. Actually, by sitting in a cubicle, I might be lazier than him.

      And besides, getting a tattoo would be idiotic. All he has to do is change his name legally and change it back a year later, that doesn't mean he's going to use that name. He can use one his middle name instead.
  • ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Hi my name is FFFFFFFFFF, but most people just call me: 'That lazy jerk of a whore who sold his name for $40K online' - so whichever you like.."
  • superpotential, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15change his name to "Shut up"

    "Hi, I'm wondering about my bill statement for last month..."
    "May I have your name please?"
    "Shut up."
  • mfratz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ivana Humpalot
  • JamesWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Mike Hunt
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Ima Terrorist .
    ...then let's see him try to fly anywhere!
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I think a bunch of diggers ought to have a contest right here on digg, to determine his best name, and then all chip in for the bid money.

    My first impulse is that he should be named Dick Head.
    • evand22, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I am in! Start the Digg for it, and we'll jump on board! Just need a paypal for the kid!
  • debbieie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Scott, don't do it! Your name is great, you're great! This is just silly!!!
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Worthless P. Socrap.

    and that's my final answer.
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Or how about ...keep the first name....
    He can become Scott D'Idiot
    • theguy23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You know that would be pronounced "Diddy-Oh."
    • apophisitis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@theguy23
      But it would still mean the same thing
  • seany187, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I hate to say it,

    He should change him name to:

    "Not Sure"

    LOL, if anyone has seen Idiocracy, you know what im talking about! Excellent movie!
  • Neploxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Someone needs to alert Stephen Colbert to this. We need more Stephen Colberts in the world.
  • WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'm holding a contest.
    I will change my address to whatever the highest bidder wants it to be.
    • artliquide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Lol. That's pretty brave. Make sure they don't have a dungeon first.
  • VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGW5bf_I7TA
    • Thuktun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y
    • VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Monty Python had another sketch about a guy named "Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm"
  • designbydave, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2name ideas:

    I hava bomb
    Die ***** Die
    Douche *****
    I'm a silly *****
  • UltimaNut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I'm off to Thailand to deliver 10% to the Im Jai House."

    Gee, wonder what he will buy with the rest of the money in Thailand.
  • DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2FreebeeStore.com

    I. Hate. Internet. Startups.
  • Whoboy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1whats with all the silly name ideas here in digg???? seriously just name this *****: ***** fagg

    problem solved that will keep him famous for a while you ***** fagg!!!
  • hidd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2i shall call him mini me
    • VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3It wasn't funny in 99, it isn't funny now.
  • ameba, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Well the best one for him is to change his name to Sale. That way, if there is a sign that says For Sale, he can just take it.

    Or Anonymous would be funny to, so he can take credit for things he didnt do.

    or Osama Bin laden or Saddam Hussein.

    hajajajajajaja
    • DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Time to check out a new "101 Best Jokes" from the library...
  • manitoba98xp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Nice to meet you, Finest Freshest Fastest. :p

    As for a good name, how about Kevin Rose?
  • jdelamater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I knew a kid named Chris P. Chach
  • bram, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I say we name him Jack Goff!
  • Kickersny, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If I had the cash to blow on something so trivial, I would make his name something completely unpronouncable. Imagine-- "Yeah, my name is 'Xxxxx'." (or 'Qqqqqq' or 'Wwwww')
  • gweezil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Meh, I am too lazy to read the whole blog but I bet this all comes with conditions. How long does he have to keep the name? 1 year? I would be my bisquit that it's not permanent. Wuss. I was actually surprised to see that he plans to donate 1/3 to charity. That's pretty cool anyway. I wouldn't do it.
  • venicerocco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"George W. Bush"
    • MaxPayne3476, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2we're not trying to get him killed!
  • 200iso, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Few years back a guy was going to change his name to "Heywood Jablowme" for a local "do the craziest thing you can think of" radio contest.
    When he actually tried to change it the powers that be wouldn't actually let him. He won the contest anyways.

    I figure the same sort of thing will happen to this guy when he actually tries to change his name.
    • techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They can't tell you what you can change your name to.
    • 200iso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2apparently they can.
  • MaxPayne3476, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I would do this in a heartbeat!
  • techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, people are saying "Imagine introductions" Do you REALLY think that he is going to use his "new" name for talking to everyday people. The only time he'd need to use it is for any official stuff.
    • artliquide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I agree. I heard about this earlier because I'm "friends" with his brother (the red paperclip guy) on Myspace and got a bulletin. I was thinking that maybe I should do it to pay off my debt too, since I'd never actually have to use my new name, and he's only keeping whatever name wins for a year anyway. Doesn't sound too difficult, to be honest.
  • techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I really have to think of one of these "Give me money and I'll do something retarded" schemes. Quickly, before they're all taken up.
  • bassgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ techlinks
    I legally changed the spelling of my name a number of years ago, and even though it was nothing really unusual it had to be approved by some committee. Same thing happened to my friend who changed his last name. Normal practice, and it's usually a rubberstamp if it's a "normal" name, but it does have to be approved in Canada.
  • Unclebob1992, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It;s also worth noting that his is the guy from Oneredpaperclip.com's brother.
    • artliquide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, that's how I found out about this this morning, at which point it occurred to me that their parents must have had some unusual childraising techniques for *both* of their sons to make easy money in clever ways.
  • mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If I was just some rich guy, I would totally name this guy Michael Bolton. The humor would definitely be worth $40,000.
  • dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd give him some terrible engrish name like "Rainbow Pink Hello", but I don't have that kind of money.
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