Comments on: How Nicknames Are Born http://electrolicious.com/2003/09/how_nicknames_a Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michael http://electrolicious.com/2003/09/how_nicknames_a#comment-2588 Michael Thu, 04 Sep 2003 03:52:13 +0000 #comment-2588 <p>Growing up I was one of 6 Michaels in my elementary school.</p> <p>Six.</p> <p>3 of us lived within 2 blocks and always hung out. We were referred to as Mike 1, 2, and 3. Like an elementary version of "Heathers". There was a fourth Mike that sometimes ran with us, we just called him D. He was run over by a tank in Germany.</p> Growing up I was one of 6 Michaels in my elementary school.

Six.

3 of us lived within 2 blocks and always hung out. We were referred to as Mike 1, 2, and 3. Like an elementary version of “Heathers”. There was a fourth Mike that sometimes ran with us, we just called him D. He was run over by a tank in Germany.

]]> By: leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2003/09/how_nicknames_a#comment-2587 leblanc Thu, 04 Sep 2003 02:09:18 +0000 #comment-2587 ariel, you're lucky to have a rare first name (although i met a guy the other night named ariel!) - try having my first name. i have at least 4 friends named amy, which is the reason i've been going by my last name for almost 10 years. otherwise people get confused. ariel, you’re lucky to have a rare first name (although i met a guy the other night named ariel!) - try having my first name. i have at least 4 friends named amy, which is the reason i’ve been going by my last name for almost 10 years. otherwise people get confused.

]]> By: Sarah http://electrolicious.com/2003/09/how_nicknames_a#comment-2586 Sarah Thu, 04 Sep 2003 01:11:13 +0000 #comment-2586 As one of Ariel's fellow BM campmates - I would just like to add that the birth of "Chafer" will go down in history as one of my personal favorite BM stories of all time! It doesn't matter how many times I tell the story or hear it - I cry laughing every time! The cost of the BM ticket $236 The cost of everything attached to BM $I don't even want to think about it...... The cost of Chafer.....PRICELESS..... As one of Ariel’s fellow BM campmates - I would just like to add that the birth of “Chafer” will go down in history as one of my personal favorite BM stories of all time! It doesn’t matter how many times I tell the story or hear it - I cry laughing every time!

The cost of the BM ticket $236

The cost of everything attached to BM $I don’t even want to think about it……

The cost of Chafer…..PRICELESS…..

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