What would people think if they saw your
password? Well, I used to write my
passwords in such a way that if anyone saw it, it would be at least mildly
amusing. I ran out of
phoenetic passwords that would do the trick eventually, so I go with speedy ones that are hard to
mistype (lots of things on one hand, etc).
So here I am, sitting in the
lounge with some girl
freshman year (I forget who right now), and I am checking my email quickly on a slow, laggy
VT420 terminal. I am basking in the
orange glow of the monitor, by fingers deftly
tapping on the keys when the
inevitable happens.
reno login: jbonci
masturB8password:
She saw my password, masturB8 (this was forty or so passwords ago, so don't bother). I didn't notice it at first, until she burst out laughing.
"What?!?", I asked, wondering what was funny.
"
Masturbate!", she chuckled, "
Your password is masturbate."
I whipped my head around to see it there on the
screen, not having cleared yet. The
embarassment faded faster than I had expected, as she took it better than I thought. I had to explain my humorous
password policy to her at that point, and quite a lively
conversation ensued.
Boy, now THAT was an icebreaker