Whats in a name .... ?

[TightEnd]

Ipswich Cardinals. in between my main commitments to rugby.

[Ironside]

i have no idea why i got my name or why it stuck

[Bongo]

I acquired at university, there were several people on my corridor callled Paul so it got confusing and everyone got nicknames. I listened to "Manu Chao" a bit in the first week and he has a catchy tune titled "bongo bong" (it's about a drum playing monkey ). Anyway several of the lines in the Chorus are variations of "king of the bongos". So I got called "king of the bongos" or "bongo guy" etc, eventually shortened to bongo. It stuck and everyone calls me bongo, even my boss.

And no I can't play the bongos, closest I can do is playing Donkey Konga.

[Newportlad]

I used to play Wide Receiver/Free Safety for the Gwent Mustangs.

[redsimon]

In the early 80's  I was a union rep in a small firm. It was the time of "red robbo" etc and one of my workmates tagged me redsimon as I was always on my soapbox . It sort of stuck. Plus I follow the "reds" Nottingham Forest

[K9sixtwo]

No originality in mine ... Police Dog Handler, hence K9, and sixtwo was my callsogn when internet first started now its changed but Ive stuck with sixtwo..... It is not a bizzare starting hand preference at Omaha
Many years ago I played Right Guard for the Newton GW's in Devon to continue the American Football note...Dont know if we played gwent ..but i recall being royally kicked around by Swansea...

[sig75]

Everyone have such amazing stories about their nicknames. So mine is:

S for Strong
I for Interesting
G for Genius
75 for the number of millions I have made on poker.


*sigh*, nope, my christian name is Sigbjorn, hence the shorter version 'Sig', and yep, I am born in 1975...

[RED-DOG]

1975....I got my driving licence, tikay got his bus pass...

[Colchester Kev]

and it was the year that i moved up to big school

[Yogi-Bear]

Many Ex-American Football players on here. Very strange. I used to play years and years ago in my youth. Played in every single position throughout the years except for Quarterback. That was too hard for me. As I got fatter I got into lazier positions. HEHEHEHEHE.

Played for Fylde Falcons, and Lancashire Wolverines and had a tryout for the England team, which due to my stupidity as a youth, I never went to.

Y Yogi Bear tho. I don't know?? just thought it might start conversations.

It didn't.

Yogi

[Ironside]

Y Yogi Bear tho. I don't know?? just thought it might start conversations.

It didn't.

Yogi

thought it was cause you looked like boo-boo

[Robert HM]

I was given the name of The_Brief because of my job. I now spend time on the internet, and sometimes card rooms, giving back to the card playing community the Legal Aid money previously paid to me by the Government, God bless 'em. As you see I don't use it all of the time.

[tikay]

What a fascinating thread!

I have to say I thought "Karabiner" meant muppet.......

Keep 'em coming boys, & well done Kev for starting a thoroughly entertaining thread.

[RED-DOG]

I think it would be interesting if people told us why they chose their alias.

ahem...

[RED-DOG]

ok, fair do's, Kev did start it