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  • What's in a Screenname: Why I chose 'Silly' as my handle [blatant late-night (but sober) vanity]

    11/12/2006 12:15:30 AM PST · by Silly · 73 replies · 3,236+ views
    November 12, 2006 | Silly
    Everybody asks me about my handle, "Silly." Okay, no one asks me, but since I'm posting again on FR after about being absent since 2002, I thought I'd formally say hello to everyone again, and this was the best way I could think to do so. Years and years ago, when I first began posting on the Internet, including FR, CNN, and other boards, I was a bit, well, let's say, unaware of the effect my strange sense of humor had on others. Of course I knew it was over the top and harmless, but I just couldn't understand why...