Childhood nick names... Do tell!

[Jennie@ifish]

This will be fun. What was your nick name, as a child? Come on! Tell!

I had a couple.

Since I was very thin and delicate and seemed to get hurt easily, I was called, "Tissue Pae Pae" in a French tone... :smile:

Also, I was named Blue bird and for short, Birdy.

Jen

[jr sherwood]

Catfish. Thanks to my dad and we lived in Miss. where my brother and i spent a lot of time fishing for ------ Guess what? jr

[DAB]

In grade school the janitor always called me Ducky Because my first name is Donald. Then after the wife and I joined the Powell Valley Long Rifels ( Black Powder Club )I got the name TURKEY, this is how I came about getting that name. Went over to look at a freinds Winchester collection that he had at home, when I got in the house his 5 year old daughter was talking to me and she called me TURKEY, her mother was agast that her daughter called me turkey, she asked, Rachel why did you call Don, TURKEY? Now Rachel is a cute little girl and as she put her hands on her hips, she said " Because he's got a lot of meat on his bones " and the name stuck all the time we were in the club. As of now most just call me DB.-- My wife has a few names she calls me that I wont say what they are. ---- DAB

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[Norski]

Nature Boy, and that started when I was 12, by my brother inlaw, and to day they stell call me that at times.
I love the outdoors.

[TonTo]

TonTo, and as you can see it's stuck for the last 32 years.It was given to me by my Grand father on my mothers side.My Grandfather on my dads side was full blood choctaw and when I was born I had extreem Indian features,aside from my blue eyes,first thing Ma's Pa said was I looked like a little TonTo and it's been with me ever since I didn't even know I had another name untill I started school,and about the only time anybody calls me Craig is in court or when I start a new job.

[Mad Mikey]

Almost too embarrassing but my Dad used to make up stories to tell me before bedtime with the main character being "Michaelmus".
It didn't stick much after the first few years of grade school though.
I've been "Mikey" for quite a while and my moniker is a recent evolution coined by a fellow fisher-buddy about 7-8 years ago. I just liked the way it sounded and kept it.
I have been called a lot of other things but the BB always filters them.... :grin: :grin: :grin:
My mother would never call me Mike or aknowledge it when friends called for me either.
"Nope, no Mikes' here." she would say, "I'll let you talk to MICHAEL if you like." in a very icy voice.....

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[Fast Water]

Flasher.

And I don't want to talk about it. [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

:smile:

[rebell]

"Stubby"

I'm 5'4", one of my best freinds while growing up was 6"9". No I didn't call him stretch, I called him "Red". The guy had the brightest red hair you have ever seen.

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[justcastn]

Junior is what my dad always called me..

[True]

"Little T" as my father is known to many as "Tito".

True

[pathetic novice]

Banjo Legs... My knees look like they came from a different species..

[kayakfisher]

Many nicknames in order of appearance:

Hawk... at as a preadolescent for being skilled in "capture the flag" if anyone remembers that backwoods game. I was fairly good at locating the flag, getting close without detection, swooping it up and flying back.

Scorch...for the my basketball shooting skills...broke the school record two years in a row for free throws.

Road Apple as a boy scout because it is a take off from by real last name, and adolescent boys like to insult each other as a token of friendship.

Crypt...again as a take off from my last name... when we used to work on horses who were affected with cryptorchidism.

The Big O...again a last name take off. Unfortunately it had nothing to do with my dating skills while in college...I studied too much to have earned that name. :depressed:

Iron Mike...most recently, but not for any resemblance to Mike Tyson, with whom I have absolutely nothing in common. It has to do with my taking firm effective stands on important issues, and not letting the political BS cloud the debate.

[Big TULE]

Best friend called me Dough Boy... He is gone but his parents still call me Dough Boy...

[FishBowl]

My Grandpa called me Skipper don't know why just did. I just wish I was one now, I would be chasing tuna in my dreams till summer

[Kruechief]

Cruiser...

A friend of mine named Todd got it started.

Jeane, a friend of mine called me Lorenzo (I'm a 1/4 Italian) [img]graemlins/icon_argue.gif[/img]

However, in 7th grade I was portly, about 160lbs and 5'4". That summer I spouted to about 5'10", weighed in about 170lbs, and when I came back to Seven Oaks my football coach John Cantrall started calling me "puppy"

He said I looked all nice and friendly...
until I put my helmet on :shocked:

We won the league championship for the first time in school history that year and I averaged almost three sacks a game. :grin: He put me at nose tackle and let me operate from a two-point stance

Krue

[Mello-Yello]

Not exactly a nickname, but for years I thought my first name was Jesus, and my middle name Steve cuz seemed like everytime my folks approached me it went "Jesus Steve, why'd you do that?"

[skahorse]

In fourth grade my class listened to an audio tape called "Aaron the Airbag." It was about the advantages of airbags. Regardless, my name is Aaron, and well... My name soon became Airbag. It didn't last long though, it was quickly shortened to "bag". I went by "bag" from 4th grade until my sophmore year of high school, when I moved from down south to the great northwest.

--Skahorse

[Gone Fishin]

Crud,

You all got pretty good nicknames...All I ever got was "farty Marty"!

I did't stink, it just rhymed ... Just for the record.

[HeavyMetal BankFisherman]

They called me Hollywood back in junior high 1979. I wore glasses and had the photogrey tint. One day I did not have my PE clothes so I didn't dress down. It was a sunny day so while everyone else was outside doing calistetics I was just standing around.

My glasses had gotten real dark in the sun and looked like sunglasses. While I was joking around with, pushing around one of the nerds, the PE teacher said "Hey Hollywood, knock it off". I guess he thought that I looked like a movie star with my sunglasses.

For the next couple of years people called me Hollywood.

[steelheadslayer]

ET when I was smaller due to them being my initials.
Wormy in high school, nuff said. :grin:

[CATCH AND EAT]

Pop's always called me MR. B growing up. My wife calls me all kinds of names....just kidding. but my favorit name I like to be called is DAD by my kids.

Some folks shorten my name from Bernie to Burn or Burnmeister.

My employees refer to me as SIR. :grin: [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img] Just kidding again. I am sure they have many names for me of most I cannot repeat. :tongue:

[StinkyH]

Hamburger was my nickname for a few years... that and Blockhead. Kids can be mean. Think my head grew faster than my body(I'm 6'5").

That and any variations of Hans - ie. Hunt's, Heinz, 'look ma no Hanz', Hans Christen Anderson and finally Hansel and Grettle... which got changed to Hansel and Greggle as my brother's name is Gregg.

Once again - kids can be pretty mean.

StinkyH

[Grantspastor]

"Papa"...by my two grandchildren. Any other nickname pales in comparison

[FallRiverGuy]

When I was young my Aunts and Uncles called me Byron. Why I don’t know.

My first job after high school I was called Jr. due to being vertically challenged.

At my previous job almost every day at lunch I would play cribbage with a group of guys. I acquired the nickname of The Briaster. I was dubbed this due a particular trait I employed to counter my poker face. One of the fellows figured out that when I got really quiet I had a good hand. After that I began to complain profusely that I had a rotten hand when I actually had a barn burner. To this day, I am told, anytime someone in the old cribbage group complains when they have a good hand they are accused of pulling a Briaster.

[Rakkasan]

My last name is "Banaka" you can have fun with it from there

Banana man, Bunoka blast!, and the list goes on.

What did your mothers call you when you were young?

My mother called me "Pumkin" until the day she past away :blush:

Wow that brought up a sad moment. We sure do miss her :depressed:

on a possative note! I bet the fishing is better where she is at.

[Reel Fun Fish'n]

Casper, due to almost white blonde hair and very light complexion.

[Cosmic Lazy Susan]

My sister called me 'Deep the Creep', she got deep from my first two initials, DP. For the creep part, well, I am her little brother.

Dale

Originally posted by Grantspastor:
"Papa"...by my two grandchildren. Any other nickname pales in comparison

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Mine also call me "Papa" and you are absolutely right! I called my grandfather "Papa" and it's on his headstone.

[nerta]

As a child the kids in the family called me BONE'S because I was very skinny. Now my grandson calls me papa, it's much better than bone's. :grin:

[Rocky]

One little accident in the fourth grade and it seemed like I was called "whiz kid" forever.
My grandkids also call me papa.

[straightweave]

Trotter: my oldest brother gave me this when I was little and would "trot" all around the neighborhood.

Shaver: I was pretty good at sports and would always play w/ the older kids. They kindof addopted me as their mascot. I'll run into some of those guys from time to time when I go back to see my folks and they still call me Shaver.

Iron Mike: When in college I caddied in the summer, and got this nickname from packing doubles for 36 holes as often as I could to make tuition for the fall. I would then go and practice at the local par 3 until it was too dark to see and be back at first light to do it all over again.

Straightweave: Another college nickname. The morning after the night before, we still had beer in a keg, and after a few the next day, I convinced my roommates to give me a haircut. They, ie, three, each tried a different style of cut and it came out quite unique. They named it the straightweave haircut and it stuck.

Chip: Another caddy nickname. Chipped in from "jail" against a really good player and kept myself in the match, and word got around.

[wyeast]

I was called tidy, I have always been very organized. People still call me tidy. My little one is called lil cougar and she calls me cougar!
I like cougar better than tidy.

[dampainter]

lafat...really got my goat at the time. one time my sister was calling me that and would not stop, I was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, she kept it up I pulled the bread apart and slapped them on her face :grin: she cried and we both went to dad, you should have seen the look on his face when he saw her....he was trying so hard not to laugh :grin: her and I still get a chuckle over that one...one of my best childhood memories

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[TheRogue]

Growing up, I was always called "Tumbleweed". Once I got to college, it was changed to "Big Kahuna"

Can't imagine how I got either of them.

TR

[Silver Hilton]

Bulldog. I never knew why.

[No Wishin Just Fishin]

When I was in Boy Scouts about 12 yrs old scoutmaster told me to get off my dead butt and go on one of the campouts. DEADBUTT still stands today with friends from High School 40 yrs ago

[DJFISHS2XS]

GET WOOD my dad told me that so many times I thought that was my name.....while flying on a crew with the navy I had a guy who did the exact same job as I did that I was responsible for training. I started calling him "wedge" he finaly asked me why and I had him look it up in webester's little book...."The simplest machene known to man" after 20 years they still call him wedge....DJ

[fishingfirst]

Anybody remember the "Six million dollar man"? Well my nickname was the "bionic woman" My first name is Jammy, the bionic woman was Jamie Summers. So the bionic woman stuck for quite a few years.

I go by Scott now! :grin:

[Carver_OR]

My dad called me skinny as a kid, 2oo pounds later. My high school buddies called me woman face, geesh. I hope no one reads this.

Pat

[lost_sailor]

When I played basketball, I was christened "Tank" - I guess for my particular approach to the power-forward position

[kayakfisher]

Fall River Guy,

Haven't played cribbage in years..but your post reminded me of my late Uncle Frank...a Will Roger's lookalike, and very much like him in many ways, including his humor and shortliners. He taught me to play cribbage while camping...some great memories. He was one heck of a guy...and one heck of a friend. You could count on him for a laugh and a helping hand at any time it was needed. He did a lot of good in the world, without tooting his own horn even a little bit.

thanks for the reminder.

M.

[SHOUGALNITE]

Frell, Hoss, Bluto