I think an appropriate policy would be "If you claim to be somebody famous, we'll ask you to prove it."
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:35:36 pm PST #1431 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Dec 26, 2002 6:36:18 pm PST #1432 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What if it's ... David Furious, or Joss Sweden, or say (and this is where we leave the realm of hypothesis) Tim Minaer?
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:36:45 pm PST #1433 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
ahhh. Sigh.
I'll be over here in the bunker, whimpering.
John H - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:24 pm PST #1434 of 10001
David Furious, or Joss Sweden, or [...] Tim Minaer?
The first two are funny.
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:37 pm PST #1435 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Parodying other people's names (whether real or adopted) is tacky. We ask that you don't do it."
Connie Neil - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:40 pm PST #1436 of 10001
brillig
Welcome to the real world, folks. Possibly a statement of "We suspect you're not who you're almost pretending to be, so we may mock your efforts to look important."
DXMachina - Dec 26, 2002 6:37:53 pm PST #1437 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
He didn't though. It's more like he registered as David Fruy (edit: or as Tim Minaer). It's a deliberate misspelling.
Christ on a crutch.
Rob - Dec 26, 2002 6:38:51 pm PST #1438 of 10001
I say, if any stompy foot doesn't like a user name, they can shut it down. Anyone who doesn't like it can go somewhere else.
P.M. Marc - Dec 26, 2002 6:39:03 pm PST #1439 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What if it's ... David Furious, or Joss Sweden, or say (and this is where we leave the realm of hypothesis) Tim Minaer?
I say we do as the Jockey Club and disallow names which are too close to names of Famous Horses to be used. (Which is why you won't see any Seebiskits or Secretaryuts around, FWIW.)
Betsy HP - Dec 26, 2002 6:39:32 pm PST #1440 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Okay, but if we start breeding Buffistas for speed, I'm outta here.