June 5, 2007

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:22 am

Howdy, ya'll. Still fighting with my computer, which is pretty much a one-way fight. I hate getting beat up.

If I may, I'm going to post a goofy Question Of The Day: Do you have a nickname?

My name is Charles, but I am Charlie or Chuck to most, Chas to a rare few. While I have heard every Charlie joke that there is, the only nickname I had was Chigga, back in high school. This was not because I was infested with bugs, but many years prior, my dad was Chugga. Thankfully, his nickname stuck and mine didn't. At his eulogy, the origin of the name was told along with stories of his buddies Woody, Scratch, and Ca-Ca. All told by the wonderful man known as Booger. Top that gang!

Sheail · Post by **Sheail** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:37 am

Peewee Muckpants. Don't ask.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:37 am

Charles: I hope you realize that, when we finally get some beers down south, I will be calling you Paco. Won't be able to help it.

For a while in school my nickname was Jellyfish. This was due to my attempts at intramural basketball.

As for today: it's a much nicer day than the forecast would have you believe. Is weather prediction as inexact a science in other parts of the country/world, I wonder? Up here it's a comedy of errors. Anyway, it's work today, and maybe some Wii bowling with the boys tonight. Oh that reminds me, I gotta get the internet thingy for the Wii attached to my new comp, so I can collect all the Hitler Miis that I'm sure fluffy has been sending over. Hehe.

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:42 am

Last night, when I was getting Allison ready for bed, Spencer called up to me and said that someone was at our door. It was 9 pm (too late for solicitors if you ask me) and I didn’t want to deal with a salesperson or religious fanatic, but I also didn’t want him to get the idea that it was ok for him to answer the door by himself…

So, I quickly put a new diaper on the baby and proceeded to run down the stairs while holding her. Well, I tripped on my own shoe and started to fall. By the time we reached the bottom (Spencer counted and I fell down 5 stairs) I had managed to keep Allison in an upright position, but I did not fare so well.

I twisted my left ankle and got some serious carpet burn on the other foot/shin area. By the time I got to the door, the guy who was ringing the doorbell was walking away…. This morning I can walk on my ankle, but it doesn’t feel quite right.

QotD:

I’ve had a few nicknames throughout my life, but mainly just within my immediate family, never from friends.

A running joke / nickname from birth is Heath Johnson… Long story shortish, my maiden name is Anderson, and when an elderly and hearing impaired relative heard the news of my birth she told everyone in the family that I was born a boy and that my name was Heath Johnson. My mom and a few aunts still call me that to this day.

My aunt Mary used to, and still does (on occasion), call me Pickle. I’ve never understood that one.

Most of my family call me Heath (ya know, like Heather without the er) or Heathy.

Phil calls me Heathybear or HB among other things that I care not to mention here!

I also go by Mama.

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:50 am

QotD: I had a nickname when I was five or six, but at some point (by first or second grade, I guess), I got rid of it. I went through this very annoying (I'm sure) phase where, when anyone would call me by my nickname, I would reply "The name is Charles." Took a few months to get everybody on board, but it worked. My dad was also a Charles, and he got all the nicknames, particularly "Charlie."

And, no, I'm not telling.

Today's plans: pool and lunch with my mom, go by the Mrs.' school this afternoon so she can bring home her minifridge and some other big stuff that needs to be out of the room so they can recarpet and repaint. I took some pictures of our new fosterdog Tanner this morning, I need to turn those into a bunch of 300x300 images for the RESCUE website. If I get a chance, work on recording G&G versions of some of the church band songs that I'm still trying to learn (or learn to like, as the case may be).

(The name is) Charles (aka KA)

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:14 am

Hoblit

People just started calling me by my last name in the Restaurant business about 15 years ago to seperate me from other Chris's. I've learned to like it because I'm not particularily fond of the name Chris. It has draw backs though..now that i'm used to it, people now want to call me Chris because it's just easier for some people. So sometimes I have to say my name twice and then proceed to spell it and then answer questions about it before admiting that my first name is in fact Chris. (especially on the phones at work) Hoblit isn't too sexy of a name in bed either but then again, neither is Christophor. (Oh Hoblit! or Oh Chris!, ladies, ((or gentlemen)) you decide.)

Name calling:
Patches (because we was poor folk and mamma put patches on the knees of my pants)
Chili Bowl (because we was poor and I got homegrown haircuts)

Any of you ever say anything of this to me, you will get punched in the nose.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:36 am

Wow, Heather, a friend was just telling me yesterday that he fell down the stairs while carrying his son too. Ouch. I don't get much in nicknames, bill is most common of course, so much that I used it in the wedding vows instead of William. M said, "William? Who's that?"

In high school I got called Doogie a lot, because of resemblance to Neil Patrick Harris. We don't look much alike anymore, but on Halloween once I dressed up as him & won a prize. Also earlier on sometimes Soul Man I think because of curly hair.
-bill

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:13 am

I love nicknames. Around my office, I give out nicknames all the time. One of the most hilarious moments of recent at my job was bumping into co-workers Mary, Elizabeth and Sylvia together in the hall. I said "Hello Sunshine. Hello Betsy. Hello X" and they all said hello back and then realized that they all had been given nicknames previous but did not know that the other two had nicknames too. It was amusing.

My nicknames include: Easy E, Big Ern, Ernie, Shakti (note- the guy who calls me Shakti, I also call Shakti), Niveous, Niv....

I don't wanna talk about how my day is going yet. I'm too pissed.

himynameisntmark · Post by **himynameisntmark** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:59 pm

Asswipe. My friends and I in junior high all made up these nicknames for each other. Britt was fuckface, Gigi was dicklips, Mags was shitlips and I got asswipe. Not really sure how that came about....

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:01 pm

usetheforce wrote:Asswipe. My friends and I in junior high all made up these nicknames for each other. Britt was fuckface, Gigi was dicklips, Mags was shitlips and I got asswipe. Not really sure how that came about....

Yeah, especially weird considering how sweet your friends' nicknames were.

I was roymond (duh). And RGBiv.

Post by **Spud** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:06 pm

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:49 pm

Bjam. My initials are a ready-to-go nickname

Today was very uneventful. I did make a ton of cookies for a Tri-M meeting tomorrow.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:03 pm

I haven't really had a nickname. Australians have this thing where you put 'y' or 'o' at the end of peoples names. So Dave is Davo, Sam is Sammy, and so on. I get Matty quite a bit, or just Matt. But I have possible the most boring entire name in the world.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:15 pm

sausage boy wrote:But I have possible the most boring entire name in the world.

No, I do. But at least my initials are R.A.W.

After an initial foray into Skype before anyone I knew had an account, I re-entered and bought a nifty LogiTech headset. Good to fuel the geek.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:50 pm

Oh, you want to fight, do you!

Kiddies, don't do this at home. Revealing your name on the internet is a big no-no. Stick with safe pseudonyms, like Buttlover56 or Sausage Boy.

Ok Roymond, my full name is Matthew Brian Lee, which is like, three first names. Not even very interesting first names. And initials to M.B.L, which is still boring. So I think I trump you, especially if your name initials to R.A.W.

It would make a good name for an author, they could do that thing where they make the first name really tiny and then the surname really big below it on book covers.

I was thinking of changing my name by deed poll to Sausage Boy. Or Optimus Prime. Not sure.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:27 pm

sausage boy wrote:Ok Roymond, my full name is Matthew Brian Lee, which is like, three first names.

roy allen walter - My first name doesn't get any shorter, so I've made it longer

I think I've got 3 rather nice first names, but by default people figure my last name MUST be Walters, even when I tell them there's only one of me. In foreign countries I'm always Mr. Roy (maybe another stage name?). I didn't meet another roy, except the man I was named after, until college when there were 5 of us in the same dorm. Drove me nuts, but I felt what it was like to be a David or a Dan.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:30 pm

My nickname is fluffy. Most of my friends call me that these days. Some of my friends don't even know my real name.

Some people call me 'fuzzy' or 'fluffster' which I suppose would be nicknicknames.

Post by **Spud** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:32 pm

All of my given names have seven letters (each).

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:36 pm

fluffy wrote:My nickname is fluffy. Most of my friends call me that these days. Some of my friends don't even know my real name.

Some people call me 'fuzzy' or 'fluffster' which I suppose would be nicknicknames.

he. i met you. we played in a band together. you hung out in my living room. and i still only know you as fluffy.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:38 pm

My first name means 'house of the poor'.

My first middle name is from my mother's side and is very English sounding.

My second middle name is from my father's side and is very Scottish sounding.

My last name isn't my real last name.

All of my initials are also the first letters of each of the March girls in Little Women.

I have an awesome name

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:41 pm

roymond wrote:Drove me nuts, but I felt what it was like to be a David or a Dan.

It's incredibly boring being a Dan. My parents basically just opened the Bible when picking names. Pretty boring.

Being a Dan also sucks because people always want to use annoying nicknames. If you want to become enemies with a Dan or Daniel, call them one of these names:

Danny
Danny Boy
Daniel Son
Dan the Man

That is a good way to make a Dan or Daniel consider you to be a huge jackass and/or douchebag and also a fucktard.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:52 pm

A guy I knew for 10 years was killed in a car accident on Saturday. His funeral's tomorrow. He was a cool guy.