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NNadir

(37,620 posts) Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:10 PM Wednesday

DU Heart Contest: Give or Receive a Heart to Someone You Think Has a Really Cool DU Name. [View all]

I've given away more than half the DU hearts I bought, mostly to people I admire or who have posted things I really think wonderful, informative or both, and have 18 left.

I would like to save 5 for people who write posts that I really like between now and Saturday, leaving 13 I need to hand off before Valentine's Day.

I propose a contest. Share with me a DU name that strikes you as really witty or cool or interesting and if I agree with you I will either give that person a heart or give you a heart, your choice. Please do not post your own DU name. (I realize this gives me subjective license, but well, I feel entitled to it.)

Feel free to participate in helping me unload 13 hearts before it's too late. I may not get to it tonight, but I will read the responses and will hand out the 13 hearts by tomorrow night at the latest.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

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DU Heart Contest: Give or Receive a Heart to Someone You Think Has a Really Cool DU Name. [View all] NNadir Wednesday OP

Attilatheblonde alittlelark Wednesday #1

I like that one. Do you want the heart for yourself or for AttillatheBlonde? NNadir Wednesday #4

Attilatheblonde should get it alittlelark Wednesday #5

I've seen Attillatheblonde's posts somewhere, but somehow, I can't find Attilla on DU lookup. For now, you get... NNadir Thursday #7

Only one l in Attila Donkees Thursday #10

Ok, done. There does, according to the lookup... NNadir Thursday #11

Posts 1 and 5 in this thread include the spelling :) Donkees Thursday #12

I cheerfully plead guilty to the unconscionable crime of failure to cut and paste... NNadir Thursday #14

Mousetoescamper, mahatmakanejeeves Easterncedar Wednesday #2

regnaD kciN Easterncedar Wednesday #3

I vaguely remember there being Firesign Theater, but the reference goes over my head. Still I like it. NNadir Thursday #8

Thanks. One for regnaD, if you like Easterncedar Thursday #13

Will do. Thanks for playing. NNadir Thursday #15

Thanks for the idea. I hope you don't mind my tagging along a little Easterncedar Thursday #19

Done. NNadir Thursday #16

As an old Monty Python fan, I have to give the nod to Muriel Volestrangler. nt eppur_se_muova Thursday #6

OK, I'll go with that. Will the heart be for you or for Muriel Volestrangler? NNadir Thursday #9

Oh, for her, of course ! I'm kind of bad about reading instructions -- the more my prescription is out eppur_se_muova Thursday #20

Done. NNadir Thursday #21

That Username Has Been... ProfessorGAC Thursday #22

I nominate SalmonChantedEvening in remembrance Donkees Thursday #17

One for you for that thought Easterncedar Thursday #18

You know what? All of us miss that magnificent DUer. NNadir Thursday #23

Done. We are not alone. There was one other memorial heart. NNadir Thursday #24

🧡 Thank You Donkees Thursday #25

I've always loved the name "2naSalit". Totally Tunsie Thursday #26

Oh yes! An outstanding poster as well. I may have given her hearts previously, but I'll give her another now. NNadir Yesterday #27

Done. NNadir Yesterday #28

Thank you, thank you, NNadir! Totally Tunsie Yesterday #29

It is hard to know about gender if not told in an anonymous blog. NNadir Yesterday #30

Well said, NNadir. Totally Tunsie Yesterday #31