name ? ? humour

[Carl Teplitski]

Hope this is acceptable, for the humour ( humor )it's meant to convey.

My son used to play college hockey,( Canada ) and one of the guys,
all  5' 9", 160 lbs. of him, was called "Spike."  He was the toughest little
guy in the valley, as the verse goes. He is now 41 or 42 years old and
guess what the guys still call him.  If it is your name or it fits,   who
cares.
All the guys loved him, and his nickname was a sign of affection. My son
would often replay the out of town games which I didn't see, and invariably he

would tell me, with a "grin", that some guy tried to take liberties with
Spike, but
won't likely be doing that again.

When I was much younger, I played in a provincial golf tournament , and the
local
T.V. sports announcer butchered my name so badly, my wife didn't recognize it.
. . .

(Baythoven, List, Moatzart , wait for it . . .  Showpan ! !)

Carl Teplitski / Winnipeg.


Tony Caught wrote:

> Hi Thump,
>
> I understand what you are saying, can you imagine how many people misspell
> my name, even when looking at it and writing a check. Still, it's my name
> and I am proud of it. I would not use anything else. Except for Caute. But
> that is another story.
>
> I had always assumed that you got the nickname Thump for how your pianos
> sounded after tuning. People are generally cruel when they give honest
> nicknames.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Caught
> Darwin Australia
> caute@bigpond.com
>
> > I do not use my name because, throughout my life, I
> > have found that nobody ( especially the US Govt. ) can
> > spell it. It has been a constant source of irritation
> > to stand before desks and counters, repeatedly
> > spelling my name to oblivious personell who mess it up
> > nonetheless!  About three months of my life,
> > cumulatively, have probably been spent in his
> > endeavor!
> >      So when I entered the entertainment field, the
> > name had to go!  I picked "Professor Euphonious Thump
> > and His Terpsichoral Ten", but they couldn't even
> > spell that! Sheesh! So I shortened it to "Dr.Thump". I
> > have a great big sign on the "Thumpmobile" ( a hybrid
> > of Lincoln Town Car and  Ford E-100 van - an
> > "Econoline Continental Towncar", genetically speaking
> > ) with a John Held Jr. character playing a grand
> > piano. Above reads "DR.THUMP" in huge letters.
> > Wherever I go, people now cry out "Hey, Dr.THUMB!!!
> >      I give up.
> >      THUMP
> >
> > --- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@attbi.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
>
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