I don't get why this is such a big issue. If you set your password as hippo, then just put it as hippo1, then next time hippo2 and on. It's a minor inconvenience, but no big deal, eh? Surely you have other passwords on other sites... shrugs... Or just do what I do and scream at the stupid program for making me reset it. Then I just change it from hippo to hippo1 and back to hippo again.