Bean Animal

[jmatt]

Legend has it that the Bean Animal drain style is named after the forum name of it's creator on some other board. But it never really made any sense to me.

Is it possible that the user name is or was actually supposed to be interpreted as "Be An Animal"?

That makes sense to me.

 

[nereefpat]

Yes, it was a misspelling that became a joke.

 

[hart24601]

Yes you’re right, sort of:

About | BeanAnimal's Reef

beananimal.com

How the nickname/username started “Where did the word “BeanAnimal” come from? Very simple, circa 1985 I attempted to iron the words “Be An Animal” onto a t-shirt for wrestling practice. The words were placed too close together, giving the impression that the shirt said “Bean Animal”. The rest is history.”

 

[jmatt]

Yes you’re right, sort of:

About | BeanAnimal's Reef

beananimal.com

How the nickname/username started “Where did the word “BeanAnimal” come from? Very simple, circa 1985 I attempted to iron the words “Be An Animal” onto a t-shirt for wrestling practice. The words were placed too close together, giving the impression that the shirt said “Bean Animal”. The rest is history.”

That's hilarious. Even moreso because it had nothing to do with animals or pets etc.