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Gwar, you're far too amiable for those nicknames, no matter how much you insist that you are one.
Some friends that I originally met online used to call me 'Arc', appropriated from the various incarnations of my handle since 1998 (that's a user name, kids), "Arctik". I always introduce myself as Thomas, and the majority of people decide to call me Tom. I'm not complaining either way.
If MDG doesn't want to call me any of these things, I couldn't give a ratbarf.
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Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
When I went to a knew school everyone got my name right. (First week we went on camping trip).
Except one guy. He thought the whole time my name was Henderson. So that's what he called me, not to annoy me, he really thoughtthat was my name. Other people started to pick that up, and eventually I got the nickname Hendo.
At first I didn't like it, but after a while I thought and shrugged "Hey, why the hell not..."
Also, for username I have occasionaly been called EF, becuase it is far easier to say it then my username. I don't mind.
Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
Well there is Big Jon, Tiny, and Meat never figured that one out.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
sebster wrote:I get called pickets. In cricket when a batsmen scores a run you put the number scored in the book, so a player might have a score like 1 3 4 2 1 1 4 2 6 1 for a total of 27. As a younger fella I was a pretty defensive player so my scorecard would often read 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 or something fairly close to that, which is meant to resemble a picket fence.
Funny thing is it was around ten years ago I first got the nickname. I'm a reasonably aggressive batsman these days so it doesn't really apply anymore, but the name is still there. People even call me it without ever knowing why or that it even relates to cricket at all. One of those things, I guess.
Nice! The game lost something pretty important with the passing of Dickie Bird.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
sebster wrote:Nice! The game lost something pretty important with the passing of Dickie Bird.
Huh? He's still alive and kicking. Heard him the radio the other day in fact, comenting on the time wasting in the test match.
Whoops, and here I was just yesterday laughing at the journalist who was talking about Michael Jackson being buried in the same place as Betty White
Must be thinking of the fanfare when he retired.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
I worked a bit for my dad several years ago. One of the concrete guy's nickname was "Speedball" because he is really hyper, and he is a reformed cokehead. Speedball decided he was going to give me a nickname, he started off with John Holmes (who knows why),then to something else, and then he settled on Fess. Fess is short for Professor. Professor I guess was chosen and applied because I was going to college and I wear glasses. He was a super nice guy, just a little different.
"Just pull it out and play with it" -Big Nasty B @ Life After the Cover Save
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Logan's Great Company Oh yeah kickin' 
and not even bothering to take names. 
2nd company 
3rd company ravenguard 
House Navaros 
314th pie guard 
warboss 'ed krunchas waaaaaargh This thred needs more cow bell. 
