We received e-mail from parents every day. "You can imagine my son's surprise," I remember one woman writing, "when he searched on basketball and the first profile up had the sentence, 'If I knew it was gonna be that kinda party I woulda sticked my dick in the mashed potatoes.' "

Just wait till you get to some of the screen names they had to tell people they weren't allowed to use.

polarbear

Carencro, LA

November 2003

FEB 29, 2004 12:20 PM

That story is truly disturbing.Eye-oprning but still disturbing.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

FEB 29, 2004 01:03 PM

I cannot imagine any scenario that would inspire me to put my dick in mashed potatoes, personally.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

FEB 29, 2004 01:12 PM

Seriously, I did used to do support for an ISP, and I did have to explain to a little old lady why her name "Grandma69" (something like that; it ended in 69 anyway) was getting her barred from chat rooms. She'd simply put her age at the end of her screen name. I didn't go into details, I simply said "69 can be used to refer to a sexual act." To which she said, "Oh, it's been so long since I've done any of that I've probably forgotten."

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seanbonner

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

FEB 29, 2004 10:39 AM

polarbear

Carencro, LA

November 2003

FEB 29, 2004 12:20 PM

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

FEB 29, 2004 01:03 PM

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

FEB 29, 2004 01:12 PM