Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto

Some people like to "personalize" things I suppose. Stand out from the crowd, draw attention to themselves.

In a kinda interesting related topic, I was listening to a radio program the other day (yeah, I know... very old school), which was discussing love and lust. An American pyschologist professor was saying that both men and women have adapted (in a Darwinian manner) to "sexual display" - no different from Birds of Paradise I suppose.

By drawing attention to themselves, they increase their chances of attracting and keeping a mate.

Of course, in "higher animals", and uniquely in humans who have evolved advanced consciousness, this has gone on to manifest itself in competitiveness, "showyness", and other attributes (like language, gossip etc).

I'm not suggesting that we're slaves to our genes (with apologies to those who willfully missinterpret Richard Dawkin's seminal work The Selfish Gene), I'm just saying that like all human behaviour, it has its roots in our early evolutionary history.

Probably, not the answer you were looking for Cyn! I could say "Just 'cuz it looks pretty"... :-)


Finally, as an aside, I tend NOT to personalise anything I own. I always try to buy the best and I think it cheapens it by adding gaudy gimcracks...



Mr Mephisto