Did you wonder why blink-182 is one-eighty-two not blink-41 or blink-007? Well, here is the story of the name. We don’t know is it true. There are a lot of stories about band’s name on the internet. Even guys themselves say different things about the name. Anyway, read this article – you will be able to tell this story on a party or school trip.

blink – just the sound of the word brings a smile to your face, as visions of goats and midgets dance in your head. But change must come to us all. Due to a threatened lawsuit involving allegations of copyright infringement and several counts of second-degree impersonation of an oompa-loompa, we are being forced by a techno band from Ireland to change our name.

After lengthy discussion, much thought, a fist fight or two after someone suggested “the artist formerly known as blink” one too many times, and a short prison term that earned Scott the nickname “Butt Boy,” the group has reached a final decision. The new name is blink-182.

Why 182? Who the fuck knows? Maybe it’s the number of times Mark has masturbated (lube) to the paused image of Princess Leia in the Jabba slave girl outfit. Maybe it’s the number of times Tom has masturbated (dryskin) to the image of the puppeteer dwarf inside Jabba’s tail. Maybe it’s the number of talk shows Scott watched this last summer involving club kids.

Some people say that 182 is the number that Al Pacino says “fuck” in “Scarface”.

Whatever the reasoning behind the new name, this is without question the beginning of a new era for the three Poway boys. No longer will we laugh in the faces of those less fortunate. Instead, we will kick them in the groin. No longer will these three bastions of manhood champion simply goats and midgets. No – now is the time to open your hearts and let in llamas and huge dancing naked clowns.