This will be a fun blog post to tell you all about my numerous nicknames I have acquired over the years. My friends Lori and Seal write a blog now called Pickles and Pusses. Two of their nicknames. They have several other nicknames for each other and wrote a post about it. I told them I had about 20 nicknames myself, and they encouraged me to write about them for their readers. So here are my nicknames and how I got them for their readers and for MINE.
My given name is Rodney. Some folks call me Rod, which is not technically a nickname I guess. My initials are R.E.D., but strangely enough nobody has ever called me Red. My clown name is Chip, which is really just a nickname that makes me laugh when I hear it. Some of my other nicknames are variations of Rod and or Chip.
One of my first nicknames was "The Rod". My bowling team mates would call me that whenever I threw a strike, which happened to be quite often back in the day.
Below is a list of my other nicknames. I will tell stories about some of them that make me laugh.
Rodster, Rodman, Rod Dog, Dirty Dog, Dog Star, Captain Caveman, Slick, Rodiknee, Rotteny, Chip, Chipster, Chippy, Chipmeister Meisterchip, Chiparoo, Chiparooni, Med Man, Rodders, Chipper, Catch, Pasquale, Mayor, Rodinator, Legs, Cheeeeep, Chipskii, Wodney, and "Chippy Chippy Chippy"
Pasquale is never used anymore, but it might be the funniest story. As a teenager I would play poker on Friday nights at a friend's house. His uncles would play too. One night his very drunk uncle said "Hey Pasquale, get me a beer". Nobody moved because none of us were named Pasquale. After a couple of minutes he looked me square in the eye and said "Pasquale! Did you hear me? I said get me a beer". I guess I was Pasquale? Because that is much easier to say than "Rodney", when you are drunk. Ha Ha.
A traveling friend calls me Rod Dog. She is from Iowa and apparently they used to sell hot dogs at the county fair called Rod Dogs. She calls me that to this day. But a funnier twist on that story is her boyfriend at the time (now her husband) calls me Dirty Dog. The first night I met him he was with my friend and I was with 5 other traveling nurses, all of which were beautiful women! So he considered me a dirty dog after that. Ha Ha.
Med Man is a camp nickname. The counselors didn't want to just call me nurse. My main job at camp is to pass out the meds. So I was The Med Man.
Rodders comes from my British friends. Also from camp. Some call me "Plunker" but I don't consider that a nickname. It is just a term of endearment. Check out "Only Fools and Horses" if you can. It is a British sitcom with a character named Rodney in it.
Captain Caveman came from another traveling friend. At the time I met her I didn't have a lap top. I didn't even text. I was, and still am, a very simple person. Much like a caveman. She added the Captain to make it sound funnier I think.
Strangely enough, I have been called "Slick" at 2 very different times in my life by 2 very different people who have never met each other. They both just decided to call me Slick out of the blue one day. No explanation from either person.
Rodiknee and Wodney both come from children. They couldn't pronounce Rodney correctly and it came out Rodiknee from one child and Wodney by another. Quite cute to hear a 3 year old and a 4 year old call me by those names.
Catch was technically given to me by a patient. She told one of my fellow nurses that I was quite a "Catch". I think she was trying to give a hint to my coworker, of course she was under the influence of drugs at the time. My friend that she told that to calls me Catch to this day.
Having the last name of Daly lends some discussion to various people. One coworker decided to call me Mayor, knowing the Mayor of Chicago has the same last name.
Chip is my clown name. It was a nickname a dear friend gave me in nursing school. One day out of the blue she called me Chip. Nobody, including her, had ever called me that. I thought I heard her wrong til she called me Chip again. I had to ask why she called me Chip? She said in a gruff voice "Because you have a CHIP in your brain". I just happened to do well on a dosages and calculations test that day. I am good at simple math I admit. It makes me laugh to this day. Mostly because I do NOT have a chip in my brain, and partly because of the way she said it and how mad she was about it.
There are various forms of Chip including the Russian version Chipskii. Also Cheeeeep, from some beautiful Russian girls who can't pronounce the short "i" sound from the English language. Other forms of Chip always make me smile, but none more than... Chippy Chippy Chippy!
Yes, it has to be said 3 times, but that is Seal's and Lori's story to tell... so check out their blog to see if they ever tell that story?!
http://picklesandpusses.wordpress.com/
Their blog post about their nicknames is below.
http://picklesandpusses.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/you-called-me-what/
So there you have it. My list of nicknames. There may be others actually, I can't always remember them all :0). Hopefully I didn't bore you with these details, but remember I could have told you about ALL of them!
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