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"Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 05:11 PM
I suspect Mr. Libby is regretting not bagging the nickname right about now. Being indicted as "Scooter" does undercut one's dignity.

Every day I deal with grown men who have retained juvenile, cutesy-poo nicknames. I don't get it.

Guys? If you are really an Arnold, or a Milton, or even an Ignatz, consider returning to your original moniker. For god's sake don't go by Skip. Or Scooter. Or Cubby. Or Buzz. Or Chip.

Just a suggestion.



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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 05:18 PM
<evil glare>

What have you got against Chip?


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 05:22 PM
LAST EDITED ON 11-03-05 AT 05:23 PM (EST)

I understand I just thumbed my nose at a sacred cow. But c'mon..."Ride me, Chip Baby!"? "Do me, Big Chip!"? It just doesn't play.



"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 05:28 PM
Says you!


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"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." --- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 9 January 1940

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 05:40 PM
No, says Reichen.



Actually, "Ride me, Big Reichen!" is just plain Nazi-horrible, too. And who says you have to talk, anyway.

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by LibraRising on 11-03-05 at 05:45 PM
Chip?


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 05:47 PM
Well, I just crossed two names off the wedding invitation list.

(You can still send gifts though.)


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"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." --- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 9 January 1940

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 06:02 PM
But...what about our future triplets?

I just bought the coolest Williams Sonoma turkey baster.


"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 06:04 PM
I don't want you making fun of my future husband in front of our future triplets.


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"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." --- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 9 January 1940

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 06:07 PM
I covered the baster's ears.



OH. You mean the Chipster...

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 06:17 PM
Good. We don't want to scar the baster.


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"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." --- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 9 January 1940

So, would our triplets be half-siblings with Slice? Would I be related to Slice?

"Other Chips"
Posted by moonbaby on 11-03-05 at 06:42 PM
On the right:

On the left:

Both:

In a somewhat related story I did meet Buzz Aldrin a few times and it seemed his pager kept going off. I referred to him as Beep.

"RE: Other Chips"
Posted by Puffy on 11-03-05 at 09:59 PM
Great pics, Moonie.
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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by LibraRising on 11-03-05 at 05:23 PM
Where I used to live, we had a county commissioner who went by "Dude."

Where it gets me is in the obituaries. Maybe it's some sort of comfort to the families, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to be known as Doodles, BamBam, Cuddlebug or Grimmy Grammy in their last appearance in print. My mother has already warned us that if we use anything besides her name in hers, she'll haunt us for the rest of our life.


Still - better Scooter than Cooter!

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by volsfan on 11-03-05 at 05:24 PM
A back-up quarterback for Tennessee is Jim Bob Cooter and he goes by all three names (eh, it's south what do you expect). Students wear T-shirts to the game that has "WWJBCD" on the front with "What would Jim Bob Cooter Do" on the back.
"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 05:27 PM
So when he gets married, some poor chick has to say "I take thee, Jim Bob Cooter, to be my lawful...."

Dear God.

Although I guess that's just having a sucky last name as opposed to retaining the nickname you got in cubscouts.



Considered saying "well, he's from Tennesee, whaddya expect?" but I worship Kim as a goddess and could not go there.

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by LibraRising on 11-03-05 at 05:37 PM
The thing is -- sometimes the poor guy or girl with a nickname really hates it.

Thanks to my sister, we all grew up calling my grandmother "GaGa." We thought she thought it was endearing.

Then, at my sister's baby shower, we accidentally caught her saying this to someone else on tape:

"Whatever happens, I hope he doesn't end up calling his grandmother GaGa. Whenever someone talks to me, it sounds like they're throwing up."


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by nailbone on 11-03-05 at 10:59 PM
Lotsa men, and some women, go by three names her in the Southern US. What's wrong with that?

Seriously.


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 05:27 PM
You forgot Bobby Jon.


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 05:30 PM
I think Bobby Jon bears out my point exactly.

Although he's such a dumb sack o' meat that having a juvenile name fits. What makes me scratch my head are the high-powered corporate lawyers who go by "Skipper" when they are really named something simple like John.




"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by miamicatt on 11-03-05 at 05:51 PM
Bobby Jon is a dumba$$. There I said it. Dumb sack o' meat, indeed.

"But...but...."
Posted by moonbaby on 11-03-05 at 06:46 PM
he has such melty eyes! And a melty brain, as a devilish friend pointed out.

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 11-03-05 at 05:36 PM
Sports is full of these sorts of nicknames.

Storm Davis, Chipper Jones, Boog Powell: Those work.

Briny Baird (golfer): Not so much.


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 11-03-05 at 05:45 PM
You kinda have to wonder about a grown man who allows himself to be referred to as Turd Blossom too.


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by ginger on 11-03-05 at 06:10 PM
Well, if the smell of sh__ fits, wear it.



And something sure smells of sh__ in Denmark.

"I object!"
Posted by Estee on 11-03-05 at 06:20 PM

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by mysticwolf on 11-03-05 at 07:24 PM
Hey, my best friend's brother was named Chip. That wasn't his nickname. He refused to have a nickname. Probably 'cause my friend was "Pinky" and her older sister was called "Pootzie". (Last time I saw them, at Pinky's college graduation, both she, and Pootzie still went by those names. Poor kids. )


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by J I M B O on 11-03-05 at 07:30 PM

I have a rather loud neighbor who's name is Guy. Why not just name your child "Him" if it's a boy, "Her" if it's a girl? In this case, I'd suggest NOT going with your original moniker. Take on a nickname like "Mark" or "Steve" or "Billybob"...
"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by nailbone on 11-03-05 at 10:58 PM
Isn't "Guy" a French name, usually pronounced "Gee"?


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by LibraRising on 11-04-05 at 01:14 PM
Not if it's Guy Smiley.

Whatever happened to Wink Martindale? Now there's a silly name.



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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by frankz on 11-04-05 at 01:21 PM
He's still around and still looks the same.



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"Ride em Tater!"
Posted by Bobdechemist on 11-03-05 at 07:44 PM
Watching the rodeo always gives you great names.
My favorites were "Tater" and "Spud" at the same show.

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"Question"
Posted by Puffy on 11-03-05 at 10:03 PM
Don't we all go by "cutesy nicknames" here on OT ?



"RE: Question"
Posted by ginger on 11-04-05 at 12:54 PM
Yeah, but I guaranty in a workplace setting, you are not shaking hands round the conference room table saying "Please...call me Puffy."



At least, I hope not.

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by Mon Cherie on 11-04-05 at 03:30 AM
I have an older cousin who still goes by the nickname "Scooter". I should email him this thread.

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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by frankz on 11-04-05 at 12:46 PM
A good friend of mine (David) had an inopportune incident occur when we were about 14 (uh, quite a few years ago). His father called him by his childhood name (made up by the dad) in front of about 6 of his friends.

Bittleberry

Now you know where that went. He was Bittleberry or Bittle for the rest of his high-school years.

And not too happy about it.

Another high-school classmate was called Weasel (but not because he chose it). He had the shameful distinction of being “the guy who got caught by several other classmates doing his dog”. Imagine having to go through high-school known as “Weasel, the guy who fvcks his dog.” That was how he was introduced. He didn’t go on too many non-canine dates, as you can imagine. Even most of the teachers called him Weasel. Oh and he was Weasel even before the dog incident.



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Posted by motormouth on 11-04-05 at 12:58 PM
Hiya! I've missed you. *smooch*


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"RE: Frankz!"
Posted by frankz on 11-04-05 at 01:06 PM
I'm stalking you elsewhere.



"RE: Frankz!"
Posted by motormouth on 11-04-05 at 01:29 PM
As long as you're stalking me.


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"RE: Frankz!"
Posted by frankz on 11-04-05 at 01:35 PM
Are you calling yourself easy?



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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by Lasann on 11-04-05 at 01:36 PM
"doing his dog" please tell me you don't mean this litterally.

please.


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"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by frankz on 11-04-05 at 02:02 PM
Absolutely true story.


But no litters as a result. Good one.

"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by greenmonstah on 11-04-05 at 01:07 PM
Or Mookie or Pee Wee.


"RE: Grown Men Named Scooter (NOT a political thresd)"
Posted by India on 11-04-05 at 06:33 PM
At an old job of mine many years ago, I had a huge crush on a guy in another department named Corky. It was the one thing I just couldn't get past, and I finally asked my boss what the deal was - why was this really great, 35 year old guy with everything going for him going by "Corky"? She explained that his real name was this incredibly looooong, horribly difficult Russian name (which matched his incredibly loooong, horribly difficult Russian last name). She said his last name was bad enough, and that he couldn't bear using his real first name and complicating matters. Apparently, the nickname from childhood stuck, and just kept things simpler for him.

And no, we never wound up dating. But it wasn't because of the name!