there seem to be a lot of hatfields and mcCoys

are you all alittle close or is this an in joke
or does this prove you understand irony???

Really? Dammit, I must be blind to them these days! We chased millions down for ages.
When the software changed and the 'real-sounding first name-last name' policy came in, all those with a single handle got randomly assigned Hatfield or McCoy, which is a bit of an in-joke of Paul's. (google Hatfield / McCoy...)
As far as I know, I'm not related to any of this lot, and as you're bound to know, NZers are so weighted down with irony, we're drowning

I hardly see any Hatfields or McCoys except in older posts. It used to be hilarious though!

I had long wondered about this so am bumping this thread again.

Leila Rich wrote:Really? Dammit, I must be blind to them these days! We chased millions down for ages.
When the software changed and the 'real-sounding first name-last name' policy came in, all those with a single handle got randomly assigned Hatfield or McCoy, which is a bit of an in-joke of Paul's. (google Hatfield / McCoy...)
As far as I know, I'm not related to any of this lot, and as you're bound to know,  NZers are so weighted down with irony, we're drowning

they came about just as Leila says (I miss her )

Then later 'we chased millions down for ages' as she says...I remember!!!
They were everywhere and now mostly gone except for some who really do own the name?

I found the original announcement:

https://permies.com/t/11241/hatfields-mccoys#135393