I did join Mudcat, but it took over my computer so that it was impossible to post without my name coming up. Maybe it is possible to sign in and out easily but I didn't know how to do it.
This meant that if anyone else used my computer and posted on Mudcat it came up in my name. I was quite relieved when my cookie disappeared in the big mudcrash - and now I can post either anonymously or under my own name or a pseudonym whenever I like.
Bobert may have felt free when he got his cookie back, but I feel freer now I have lost mine.