First Names and First Impressions.

There was a miniature baby boom 1968-1971 in many countries.

Basically it was due to the fact the first and largest group of the Baby Boomers (born in 1945-1947) started having babies in those years.

Thats why the high school classes of 1987-1989 were so much larger than those before.

LoL, who knew a simple fish could be so creative. If I ever need to send a politely worded bad-news letter to anyone, I know who to ask for help...



Hmmm... Hamncheese omlet, CutMeASliceOfThat Effingham, Trout, Chokolate - I'm hungry! Time for dinner.

I think Barbie might have been a closet lesbian.

Look at the facts.

Ken always was clothed in the sitting in the dream house.

While all the Barbies of various types ended up naked with tangled hair. And since you had to keep your room clean, all gathered up in a pile and put in a drawer together.

Lol - you have no idea. Some of the letters I write for my RL job are brutal. Always polite, but at the same time, just awful. I hate myself sometimes. At any rate, Letters from the Lindens is a fun gag. I should do it more often.

Where's Oryx? I'm pretty sure Oryxes are edible as well. At least if you're a lion. Oryx, BTW is an excellent word for Scrabble. you have the "y" and the "x" and if you can fit it over a triple word value tile, you're talking mega-humongo points.

lol, it's a great name ... hm, maybe I'm just hungry too...

Dearest Cristalle:

We can't help but notice that you spelled Crystal wrong in your name. As part of our ongoing effort to attract corporate customers to SL, we have instituted a policy banning misspellings...or mispellings...hmm. we'll have to look that one up. Where were we? Oh, right! You are hereby ordered to immediately change your name to Crystal Karami. You may do so by filing a support ticket, which will be denied because we do not allow name changes. Additionally, we're concerned because asbestos is a crystalline formation and, as an American company, we are bound by the laws of the United States which, as our lawyers inform us, make asbestos a controlled substance, like cocaine, methamphetamine or Pixie Stix (tm).

Incidentally, while on the subject of America, we noticed that you support "affordable housing". Listen, we're as progressive as the next group of internet visionaries. Heck, we live in San Francisco! OK, we only do that because Phil is addicted to Chinese food, otherwise we'd move to Silicon Valley where the real playas have their cribs. But, our point is that we can't allow your particular brand of communism to continue. Dirty Commie. Get a haircut. You're lucky you're pretty, or we'd smash you like Ronald Reagan smashed the Berlin Wall!

Please be advised that unless you change your politics, assure us you aren't made out of Oxycodone (tm) and heroin, and change your name to Crystal, we will take the corrective action of banning all of Isabeau's alts and sending her inventory to the cornfield.

Until then, we remain,

Truly Yours,

UncleJoe Linden
Minister of UnAmerican Activities

Dear Mr. Recreant,

First off, we DO read the forums.

In our review of fishy Second Life names, you have come to our notice. After careful study of your account, postings and inworld behavior *squints at paper* ... hmmm yesssss, spanking minors, loitering, collecting dirty pictures .... we believe that your contribution to SL's online community is far greater in the forums than inworld.

Accordingly, for the past 3 weeks we have taken the liberty of delaying the build of your new computer. (After all, Silicon Valley is only 30 miles down the street.) Unaccountably, it slipped through our fingers earlier this week ... however, in view of this thread we have coordinated a delicately timed pile-on of grid monkeys for Monday afternoon on I5 at the Interstate Bridge, so it is our belief that your new computer will be rolling over the bar at Astoria and out to sea on Tuesday morning.

Our sincere regrets. We feel this step is necessary to preserve our online community from the depredations of depraved legal staff.

Enjoy your memories of Second Life.

Sincerely,

Sin Linden
VP Customer Relations

Aggh! Hoisted by my own petard.

The spanking was an accident. I'm guilty of the other stuff, but I'm not sure what I do here or in-world can rightly be considered a "contribution".

I'll just get my friend Sturgeon Recreant to fish my computer out of the Columbia. Some paper towels, a hair dryer and couple handiwipes and it should be just fine. It's only about a 150 foot drop from the bridge to the water, so as long as they packed it in lots of foam peanuts, the fall from the bridge shouldn't hurt it.

Wow, look at all the mean spirited prejudism that the name Jethro drew out of you. I guess it's a really good thing that I didn't choose use the name Tennessee Stubbs otherwise you might really tell us how you feel.

Just because I live in a house without a working bathroom doesn't mean I'm stupid.

Maybe I was attempting to be humerous as the abreviated version of 1969 has other connotations.

Wellllll........

Dang, I missed that. I was born in 72.


And some people mistake me for a guy.

Especially those who have switched forum avatar pics off.

I live in a house where we don't HAVE a bathroom. Just a shower in the kitchen, a bath tub in a room that used to be a kitchen, and the loo on the landing between floors.

Seriously.

Do you at least have a SEEment Pond?

I wouldn't know what you are talking about. I am totally innocent in those matters.

We got ourselves a Honey Pot. We had to lay planks to it from the house to avoid the holes the dogs done dug. Them holes are all full of water from the rain. We don't got no curtains on the winders, nor no couch neither, cept for them plastic patio chairs. But we do got ourselves one o them Big Screen TEEvees. My ma comes over from her place a few blocks down to watch her soaps on it. We give her the patio chair that ain't broke.

interesting assessment.

/me nods in agreement

LOLOLOLOL seriously? for real? you just called my ironic post about your prejudice prejudiced? didn't you just say:

and when i showed you how immature and shallow it was, you called ME prejudice? LOLOLOL well, if that ain't a pot n kettle, i dunno what is.

and if you ever have to wonder what i am thinking, you are not only the very first person on earth to have such an issue, by announcing it you are revealing your IQ, Jethro. maybe the nickname apple don't fall so far from the RL tree.

LOLOLOL living in construction is evil!

sounds like a bad hotel experience for the Griswold family. LOLOL
can i send you a shovel or something?

Well some may find that Peter in every last name available has been taken by bots then And Peter1-58 are gone then Peter 59 seems right. Some may use Paul24 using their RL age but not realise they can't change to Paul25 next year.

I've always shyed away frlom really strange different names that echoed the lates mmorpg. They strike me as tattoos..do i really want this name following me around for the next ten years?..defining me?

Initially in SL..seeing odd names..well i didnt see too many. Musimba Yellowknife was abouit the oddest i ever saw...now when i see a n odd name i think "post 05"

~Lana Tomba

I am in awe of your continued display of superior intellect and maturity.

hey Jethro I like your name just fine and since you asked if others gave into wether or not they had first impressions and NOT wether or not it was shallow..yea I guess we all do from time to time.

Great OP by the way (watch out for derailment)

~Lana Tomba