Anonymous

There are no rules in the Lounge.

Well, OK, there is ONE rule in the Lounge - Don't use my children's real names.

And, well, there are a few other personal rules that only I follow and no one else knows about, but other than those...

There are no rules in the Lounge.

As Inog has pointed out, over and again, most folks (myself included) only come to read the comments. To a great extent, my lengthy hand-crafted works of nightly micro-literature are really secondary to the experience.

...Which is great! And so, I try to keep the Lounge, as a whole, a forum for the free-flow of words (if not ideas). And to create that dynamic, folks have to be given the opportunity to comment anonymously.

Now sure, my tracker allows some degree of detection, but the system is vague and unreliable at best, rife with conjecture and guess work. And truthfully, most of the time I couldn't care less.

Some folks hide behind false identities, which are, at times, brilliant.

However, many folks simply hide behind anonymous when they want to be anonymous, I assume, mostly from me.

OK, fine, but the continuity gets lost, just a little, when 8 different folks are hiding behind the same nom de plum.

So, hurray for the folks who at least give us a consistent, yet anonymous, tag to track!

Hurray for Inog and BS/Dr.B!

Let's hear it for Fred and even the Princess...

We miss Abestis, but welcome the recent addition of Lucky Red and Marge.

And I would be remiss if i didn't acknowledge Ux, Oosje or Mrs. G&T.

I think at one time or another, we have all been the Hat, the Oar, the Panties, Hillary, Obama, Dick Cheney, Paris Hilton, Jesus Christ, Christina Ricci, Satan and Daisy. So, they don't count.

But the real heroes are the ones who use their real names!

Ryan
Tom (and Mrs. Tom)
Mitch
Dave
Amanda
Allie
Jessica
Rachel
Ev
Lisa
Helly
and the others who I am sure I have overlooked...

So, really, it's OK to use "Anonymous," and sometimes it can be used to great effect (usually at my expense), but if you find yourself commenting frequently, as well you should, I would encourage you to consider using some consistent moniker... So we can at least keep track of your endless wit.

Oh, and, considering that this post was neither funny, interesting or entertaining, here is a LINK to a prior post, which was really quite witty...