'And Desk Names are back ...
Although it's not exactly like before the Pale King. It got out of hand, there's no denying it. There's no obvious joke Desk Names now. Which to be honest got old fast and nobody misses; nobody wants a taxpayer thinking he's silly. We are far from silly around here. No more Phil Mypockets or Mike Hunt or Seymour Booty ... if you're smart, you'll use it as a tool. This quarter, my Desk name is Eugene Fusz -you can see it right on the nameplate here. They look pretty good now. One type of tool is you use a Desk name where the subject isn't sure how to pronounce it. Is it like fuse, is it like fuzz? ... Umlauts are always good; umlauts seem to drive them especially nuts. It's just one more little off-balance tactic. Plus a little smile on a gray day and so forth and so on. Hanratty applied for a Peanys plate for the third quarter -it's under review, Mr. Rosebury said. There's a line, after all, under Glendenning. This is about revenue. It ain't exactly the Chuckle Hut we're running here.'