Is it passé to list your real location?

[the_platypus]

Looking at a lot of posters, it seems the majority prefer to add a snappy one-liner, usually from an Elvis Costello song, as their "Location". Am I being gauche by listing my real city and country of residence?

[the_platypus]

Incidentally, I just hit my iPod's shuffle, and out of the 8000+ songs in it, the first one to come up was EC's "The Town Where Time Stood Still". Is this a sign?

[migdd]

"Rolling in Clover" is an old saying and is mightily utilized in a classic John Hiatt song. Sounds much more intriguing than "Clover, South Carolina, USA".

BTW, there is nothing remotely "blasse" about Buenos Aires, Argentina!

[bambooneedle]

Sydney, Australia.

[Otis Westinghouse]

It's so literal, daaaahling! On the one hand I think 'who cares?', but then you read a few posts by someone and are interested to know where they're from. Either way, a straight definition or something more cryptic or playful doesn't matter. Mine is a signal to the initiated that I love Manchester United. I'm not in Manchester, but who cares? I love the idea of a theatre of dreams.

[verbal gymnastics]

Mine is a signal to the initiated that I love Manchester United. I'm not in Manchester, but who cares? I love the idea of a theatre of dreams.

Manchester United aren't from The city of Manchester either, he said teasingly...

Ive always given my location as being somewhere quoted from an EC song. I used to change it weekly.

One board member, who doesn't post here anymore, told me she loved guessing these. At least that's one female who I've brought a smile to