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Comment by booklover on December 13, 2012 at 4:18pm -
Carl, my mom calls me "Dear Child" when she sends me cards, etc. Not in a serious way, we don't remember how it got started. Most of our family doesn't call each other by our real names. My son will answer to anything I yell down the stairs to him. lol. Mindy is the official nickname of Melinda, which everyone in "real life" calls me.
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Comment by sk8eycat on December 13, 2012 at 4:08pm -
Ian: Lion 1 - xian 0. Too bad there weren't more lions.
There is a certain type of person who needs to feel persecuted, whether they really are, or not. If they're not being persecuted, they'll invent their own....and broadcast it.
When FFRF reminds people that putting any religious symbols and/or praying to their imaginary friend on publicly-owned property is unconstitutional, they immediately start wailing that we are trying to outlaw their particular fantasies altogether. I think they enjoy it; it makes them feel important.
They scare me... willful ignorance scares me.
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 13, 2012 at 4:07pm -
I think this would be a fun topic to discuss......what nicknames have you had during the course of your lifetime? My best friend from high school still calls me 'Mag' which is short for Maggot. Ahhhh...only the best of friends could get away with that. My two sisters endearingly call me 'The Creep.'
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Comment by sk8eycat on December 13, 2012 at 3:57pm
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Dear Spud, you don't like "Felaine"? When I first thought it up, about 12 years ago, I wondered WTF took me so long; I've been a cat fan all my life.
When I was still skating, I used "La Bruja del Hielo;" I picked that one up when I scared the cojones off a porter on the company train trip to Mexico City. He thought I really was a witch. (Had my very long hair down over my face, cackling over a bowl of dry ice and water...we'd been partying for 2 days and nights, and it was more than a little drunk out.)
I've had a lot of crazy nicknames, and have enjoyed them all.
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Comment by dr kellie on December 13, 2012 at 2:49pm -
Flying atheist, I didn't know you were gay. How awesome.
During my foray into rollerderby, my name was Sharon Needles.
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Comment by Idaho Spud on December 13, 2012 at 2:45pm -
Felaine, I'm still thinking about what to call you.
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Comment by Ian Mason on December 13, 2012 at 2:33pm -
"Let it be a Xtian! I asked Santa for a Xtian!"
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Comment by booklover on December 13, 2012 at 2:23pm
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It IS a great name Carl! :)
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 13, 2012 at 1:55pm
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When I first joined A/N and was thinking of ideas for a username, my second choice after 'The Flying Atheist' was 'The Flying None' but I thought that sounded too feminine. When I think back on it, why should I have cared? I'm gay! lol I think it's a great name.
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Comment by Idaho Spud on December 13, 2012 at 1:48pm
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sk8eycat does sound a lot more like skateycat than what I was thinking it meant. I always thought it meant scaredycat. :)
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