Dear dimwit on the phone

My boss likes us to call him Skip.

Nobody calls him Skip. He's a Norbert at best.

Norby Norby Norby, Skip.

 

The Minnesota Gopher basketball team has an incoming transfer whose nickname is Squirrel.

 

At the small town daily I worked, it was always the adult bowling score people who would try to sneak nicknames in. I would just put the first initial in. They would bitch and I'd tell them that I didn't know if they liked that nickname or not and I didn't have time to waste tracking people down to ask them if they wanted the nickname in.

Of course, I would get the "everyone knows him by that!" bullshit, to which I would say," who's everyone? I don't know who that guy is!"

It got to the point where I told the main guy if he bitched about it again, that I wouldn't run the scores at all if they contained even one nickname.

 

Best real names" Dick Pole and Peter LaCock.

 

God Shammgod was his real name. He went by Shammgod Wells in high school but his real name was God Shammgod.

http://www.complex.com/sports/2013/03/a-history-of-athlete-name-changes/change-6

 

God Shammgod was actually his real name.

EDIT: Suck it, McNuggetsMan!

 

Might be. Not sure. If he had his name officially changed to "god", well, not going there. If his parents actually named him that..... If he ever has a son, does that make his son the son of god?

I did hear of a guy named Kennedy some years ago in California who named his son "President John". So from grade school to adulthood, the poor stiff is going to be known as "President Kennedy" or even "President John Kennedy". Can you imagine seeing that on a business card or resume? Or the phone call "May I speak to President Kennedy, please?"

As for more common nicknames, I found the most common in the south --- and one I never used in print --- was "Bubba".

 

Dick Trickle wins this contest.

 

Former Charlotte women's basketball player Ivana Mandic might have something to say about that.

 

This, sadly, is an indication of loyal readership, or lack thereof, when they don't know the policies.

 

So does Dick Armey

 

Had one bowling league submit scores for players Lil Mo and Big Mo. Uh, no. Not running that way at all, even if "everyone" knows them by that.