From: scm3775@tamsun.tamu.edu (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: How I got my nickname (was Re: A short, uninteresting story.)
Date: 9 Apr 92 01:46:02 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station

Snark/Scooter writes:

>	"But my previous nickname in high school, and to a lesser
>extent in college, was 'Scooter'.  (I don't use it anymore simply
>because I associate it with a younger me, not because I dislike the
>nickname, particularly.)

CD grins evilly at this revelation.  Sipping his coffee, he adds "My
best friend in High School was known as Scooter during his Junior and
Senior years.  Those of us who remember still refer to him by his
nickname, too...

"Scott and I worked across the hall from each other in a mall in Houston.
Scott's boss, Cliff, and I are still very good friends, despite the fact
that none of us have worked at that mall since 1987.  Well, Cliff (who,
by the way, was dubbed 'Criff' when he was in Singapore) was making
out the schedule for the next week, and wasn't paying a great deal of
attention while he was doing it.  He began to write: S-C-O-O-T...
and then realized that, of course, that wasn't right.  So he finished
with: -E-R.

"Scott was, er, not exactly thrilled by the nickname, and Cliff used
it to give him a hard time for a while.  Scott soon failed to react to
it, and began responding to it when called.  Well, Scott, Cliff, and
I hung around each other a fair amount outside of work, and I started
picking up on the nickname as well.

"Then, a week or so later, I accidentally called him Scooter at school.
The girl he was talking to at the time (and that Scott was more than a
little interested in, I might add) heard me and came out with:
"Scooter?!?  That's soooooooo CUTE!"  Well, Scott, all of the sudden,
didn't mind the nickname so much.  (Big surprise).  Alissa picked up
on the nickname, and within a couple weeks, all our friends were calling
him Scooter."

CD laughs softly to himself as he takes another sip from his mug. "Scott's
fiancee' commented on the fact that Cliff and I still call him Scooter.
The name didn't seem to carry over very well to college, I suppose..."

"As for my name?  Well, nothing special really.  I chose it.  I wanted
something original for the local BBSes.  I chewed on it for a while
and came up with Corpus Delicti.  I've never been known as anything
else (except once when I wanted to escape my notoriety as Corpus.  I
was known as Chronos, but that's a bit more common, and there are more
than a couple 'Chronos's in the MUD world.)  Like I've said, I've been
Corpus since 1985, and I've yet to meet another."

CD turns red as he remembers one incident from his high school drinking
days.  "Okay, maybe one more, but this one lasted only a couple weeks.

"Scott and I were leaving a local park around 11pm one January.  Scott
was speeding, and we got pulled over.  The deputy said 'Step out of
the car' and didn't clarify himself.  I opened the passenger door and
got halfway out when the cop shines his flashlight on me, sees my
black leather (with sunglasses hanging from a pocket) and comes out
with 'Get back in the car, Slick.'"  CD smiles.  "We're in Texas, ya
know..."

"Anyway, the cop let Scott off with a warning, and as he's getting back
into the car, he looks at me, raises an eyebrow, and says 'Slick?!?'
Scott tried to get the nickname to stick, but, thankfully, it didn't.
I guess 'slick' just isn't 'sooooooo CUTE!'"

-cd

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   Sean C. Malloy    |  "You live & learn, or you   |  scm@tamu.edu 
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