I though it was because of the german generalRommeltje wrote:Interesting topic! I often wonder that too.
Mine translates to "bit of a mess" (just "a mess" would be Rommel, which actually translates to trash more accurately) and originates from when I first started out on the internet. I needed an alternate email address to divert spam. It was the account that could be a bit of a mess, so I called it that. Pretty soon, I started to look for porn as well, and whenever I had to fill in my email, I used that one. Porn sites have a pretty high spam risk, after all - and for obvious reasons I didn't want to use my regular email anyway. I don't really use the email address anymore, but the name stuck.
Totil actually it's a toad, but I use it because you can also use that to call a dreamer or kinda dumb person.