I don't mind the Sandbox term. It does help us to remember RtSO, who originated the term. Also, I have a vague recollection that RtSO's use of the term may have been cautionary, along the lines of "let's play nice in the sandbox" -- something to keep in mind when the occasional discussion becomes, um, heated.

Count me as one who doesn't hate it, because of all the associations. And maybe because Owlie is so cute when he gets his feathers ruffled.

It is ok. Probably better than calling us the Largettes or the Largelets.

It's embarassing. It sounds childish

I don't mind it. It reminds me of RtSO.

It's simply a handy phrase to describe D@L's adherents. A playful suggestion of shared interests. The term I have a problem with is "Foodie." There's something cloying about it. Do we call a BSO enthusiast a musicie or a Ravens fan a sportsie?

I don't mind the term. Like Joyce and hmpstd mentioned, it helps us remember RtSO. And its better than "foodies" which, like MAG, I don't really care for either.

I agree, I'm OK with it, although I find something amusing about Largets/Largelets!

I like it. I think that it reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously.

I don't think of it as anything negative. As hmpstd pointed out, it reminds us of RtSO, and maintaining a sense of civility.

The only good nicknames are the ones that just happen. Maybe The Sandbox isn't the best, but it is ours.

I certainly don't want to have us all throw out suggestions and then vote on it. That would very lame, and I don't think whatever we came up with would stick. It reminds me of the time I went through my break dancing phase in elementary school. I wanted everyone to call me "The Ice Man", well no one did and "The Ice Man" faded away within a few months.

RoCK, did they start calling you Vanilla Ice instead? Ice, Ice, baby...

"Sandbox" is fine with me. Reminds me of cats, and since keeping comments on-topic can be like herding cats, it does seem appropriate...

I don't like the Sandbox description either ...
... I never use it.

Checkmate

This would have been before Vanilla Ice. I'm thinking 1984ish. I think I took the name from some place in the movie "Beat Street".

RoCK hit the nail on the head, for me. Would I have voted for "Sandbox"? Likely not. Is it different when a nickname arises spontaneously? Yes, it is.

Recall that Prof. McIntyre attempted to go the democratic route to nickname You Don't Say and they came up with "The Parlour".

Then someone--Eve, I believe it was--called it "Wordville" one day. That's the nickname that stuck (even with John).

I actually happen to like it.

There's a certain air of playfulness, frivolity and humility to it that I think important and accurate.

If we were discussing world politics and metaphysics, maybe something with more gravitas might be more appropriate. And those topics do arise on occasion; that spontaneity is one of the things that makes this community so engaging.

But this is, ultimately, an epicurean dialogue. And what's more epicurean (and fun) than a small amuse bouche of shamelessness?

Wasn't Val Kilmer's character in Top Gun named Ice Man?

I like it. And I agree with RoCK... a nickname is no fun if you sit around and try to vote on it, it has to happen organically. (Next thing you know, you'll be able to buy nicknames in bulk at Whole Paycheck. nyuk nyuk.)

Robert of Cross Keys and Bucky are exactly right. Nicknames, whether one likes them or not, arise spontaneously and stick. Contrived names fail. "Sandbox" is the one you've got. That for some participants it's a commemoration of Robert the Single One is a fillip.

While somewhat of a strange nickname when I arrived here at D@L, it now seems second nature. When I tell my husband about something I read, people said here etc, I usually preface it with, "Over at the Sandbox..." He knows exactly what I mean.

I'm not offended by it. I wouldn't have thought to choose it as a nickname. But it is what it is. And it's not that bad, really...

RoCK, thanks for that image of little RoCK break dancing--made my day!

Now I suppose I should confess that I won the "Showmanship" award for the drill team in high school.

JMc thanks for the new word - had to look up fillip.

I like "Sandbox"; it makes me think of kids (not small goats, for the record) playing in one. Let's face it, LOTS of what is posted is playful.

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