THE moment I saw the deer—really a fawn—I was determined to have one and name him after Jody's deer in The Yearling (yes, I know Flag came to a bad end, but it was too good a name to pass up).
Except Webkinz wouldn't let me name him "Flag." They said that was "a forbidden word." Eh? They have this vocabulary thing now, so that idiots can't post dirty words in the KinzChat Plus rooms, so many words are forbidden. For instance, you can't name a cow "Buttercup" or "Butter"-anything because it has "Butt" in it. [eyes roll] Just in case they were not seeing the L, and interpreting "Flag" as "Fag," I tried "Phlag" (which I hated, but...). Nope. "Lag" apparently is a "bad word"!
So this says my deer's name is "Jody." No, his name is "Flag." No matter what the certificate says, his name is "Flag." So there.
And my other woodland creature, adopted along with Flag, a bit late but in honor of autumn, is the darling little chickadee. His name was easier, since Webkinz didn't object and he is wearing a mask, after all. (So I guess in Webkinz World, "bandits" are okay, but "flags" are not. Heh.)
Double or Nothing (With Reservations)
