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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: happyharry on October 03, 2006, 02:52:27 PM

Title: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: happyharry on October 03, 2006, 02:52:27 PM: Hey folks,

I was wondering how you came to choose your particular nicknames...and, is there a story behind them? (Oh, I love stories!)

Ok, let's start with mine: My nick's Happy Harry, as you all know. My real first name - which I won't reveal here in order not to turn you into illiterates (suffice it to say, it's a Greek name, it's LONG, 2 digits long, and requires practice to pronounce it right...and don't get me started on my last name) - ....where was I? Ah, yes, so there's three legitimate nicknames to my first name (such as Bob for Robert, for instance), and one of them is Harry (or in Greek "Harris").

So, one day back in the 90s I was watching this movie with Christian Slater, called "Pump Up the Volume", where Slater plays a character who runs a pirate radio station and calls himself "Hard Harry" or sometimes "Happy Harry Hard". And I liked that name and I started using it online.
After having been banned from a forum for using the x-rated version (Happy Harry Hard - how could I know it had negative connotations? My English wasn't that good back then...), I shortened it to Happy Harry. It's got a pleasant feel to it and people always think "oh, isn't that nice!? One happy fella"
Little do they know of the true origins of that nickname....muaha ha ha!!!!

That said, let me tell you that some of you have really nice nicks, as long as they don't bleed...sorry, I really can't help it.

Anyway, I was curious how you came to choose them.

Ok, your turn now...

Happy Harry H....

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Title: Re: Your nicknames...
Post by: Tyler on October 03, 2006, 03:37:24 PM: Pump Up The Volume is one of my favorite movies! I'm a big fan of Christian Slater. I wish he'd do more movies these days.

There's no real mystery behind my name "Tyler" since it is my real first name. Though, one of the reasons (and there's several) that this site is called "Sly" Bald Guys, is because one of my nicknames ( and there's several!) in high school was "Sly" or "Sly Ty."
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: happyharry on October 03, 2006, 03:50:08 PM: Hey Tyler, wow, what do you know! First, we find out we both share our passion for harps. Then we find out we share the same favourite movies and movie stars...I only hope I won't discover we share the same toothbrush. LOL.

Anyway, yeah, Pump Up the Volume is a great flick. It's one of my favourite 80s movies (I know it was shot in 1990, but I'll count it to the 80s) along with Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Risky Business.

Christian Slater's great, I'm a fan too. But, unfortunately he's not very busy these days (falling from rooftops during parties is bad for your morales). And the last few films he's made aren't that good either (bad scripts, poorly directed). I think the last good film he made, where his acting still resembled some quality, was Interview with a Vampire, and perhaps "Bed of Roses" and "Hard Rain" and..."Very Bad Things" - oh, I'm sure you liked that one, Tyler. I also liked him in Moon Trek with Martin Sheen and in that old skater movie.
Title: Re: Your nicknames...
Post by: PigPen on October 03, 2006, 04:32:28 PM: I have many nicknames, I'll start with the two I've used on here. Huero Pelon literally means bald white guy in Spanish.

PigPen was given to me many years ago by some friends. If your familiar with the C.W. McCall song "Convoy" that's where it came from. Anyhow, for a long time my CB handle was Redneck. While talking to a friend one night, an older gentleman heard my handle, which happened to be the same as his. After a short argument, my pal at the other end told me not to worry, we would find a new handle.

Some other friends of ours came up with great handles, like "That guy formerly known as Redneck" or "Chevy Dude" I was driving a 1969 Chevrolet 3/4 ton pickup. They finally settled on PigPen because the handle of a good friend of mine is Rubber Duck, also from the song "Convoy". It has stuck ever since, and that has been over 10 years ago. I have friends around town and on the local rodeo circuit who know me only as PigPen.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Yeti on October 03, 2006, 05:35:28 PM: Pump Up The Volume was a great "B" movie. Been wanting to watch it again for some time, it's been ages.

As far as my nickname, I think I answered it somewhere before in our lil world here. I will verify that before posting, since we ALL know how "small" my posts areÂ Â lmaoÂ Â ;D

p.s. Harry I understand about the long names, my last name alone has 12 letters and 6 in each the first and second lol ugh ugh hehe (Danish decent)
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: happyharry on October 03, 2006, 05:46:04 PM: Yeti, you're of Danish descent? That's great! I like the Danish people, so I'm not surprised that I liked you
from the beginning. I've been to Denmark a few times (Copenhagen). The Danish people are really nice - the even lock
their trash - I swear this is true! I've seen these huge garbage containers in their courtyards, and they have big locks on them! I wonder why they do that...

They also love dairy products (as do I). They've got this liquid yoghurt drinks in these 1l cartons and I loved them. I'm actually allergic to dairy products (always gives me the runs). But I just love them, and I had to risk it...well, suffice it to say I spent most of my trip indoors, but heck, it was worth it...
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Yeti on October 03, 2006, 05:51:47 PM: hahaha so cool, I have not had the honor of visiting Denmark myself, but someday I certainly hope to! Lock their trash, now thats CLASS! hehe (wonders if there might be more Yeti's hiding something in Denmark theses days...? lol)

I, too, love dairy, mainly cheese!!! I could probably survive decades on mashed potatoes alone, but cheese would be all the sweeter hehehe

Also, I am pretty sure my ancestors/kin are right around the Copenhagen area, too! I hope to go searching my roots... get it, Yeti roots... someday there heheh
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: CarlosMIS on October 11, 2006, 01:44:21 PM: Mine started at work eons ago, they were about 5 or more Carlos at work but I am the only one in Management Information Systems. To avoid confusion when calling Carloses.. People started calling me Carlos...MIS spelling the letters (not as in miss I wouldn't like that) ;D
I had it for a long time and all family and friends know it.

I was thinking about switching to Mr. MIS but MRMIS may really confuse someone...
:-\
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Yeti on October 11, 2006, 05:46:09 PM: CarlosMIS sounds best and pretty cool bro hehe MRMIS nah.... ;)
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: BaldRob on October 11, 2006, 06:10:36 PM: Mine's pretty simple... I'm bald and my name is Rob! :)
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: baldvinny on October 12, 2006, 01:45:15 PM: i stole rob's idea, though i pretty much have this nickname everywhere
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: BaldRob on October 12, 2006, 01:57:29 PM: Quote from: baldvinny on October 12, 2006, 01:45:15 PM
i stole rob's idea, though i pretty much have this nickname everywhere

Frickin' New Yorkers.... always thinking they're better than Chicagoans!! :P
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: CarlosMIS on October 12, 2006, 08:39:39 PM: That's it!!!

I'm switching to BaldCarlos!!!

LOL!!!

;)
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: baldvinny on October 13, 2006, 07:49:24 AM: Quote
Frickin' New Yorkers.... always thinking they're better than Chicagoans!!

bahahahahahhahaa
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: VFRWolf on October 13, 2006, 01:08:59 PM: I like Wolves, when online gaming first came popular, with Ultima Online, my character name was Timberwolf, since then it's been shortened to wolf or Woulf, depending. I also ride a 2003 Honday VFR, so I just started mixing the two.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: MC HammerHead on October 18, 2006, 11:41:37 AM: I didn't chose my nickname....It was given to me by Chris Barker (Cbark), the current reigning US National Hybrid Slalom Skateboard champion and world rank professional.Â I used to race mtn. bikes and road bikes and back a long time ago (1981) a lady driving a big Ford LTD decided to make me a hood ornament and drove me into a telephone pole and a tree while I was on my bicycle.Â I crushed a vertabra in my neck, fractured my skull, cracked my hip, broke most of the ribs on the right side, and damaged the nerves in my right ear.Â I have been deaf in that ear ever since.Â I have a habit now of cupping my left had behind my left ear and turning my head toward people when they are talking to me in a crowded or loud setting (imagine your grandpa saying "what did you say?")...
Cbark said I looked like a cross between MC Hammer and a hammerhead shark and the name was born.Â
I also have a reputation, one that is going to catch up to me one of these days because I am getting old and my body is going to eventually give out, of being very intense on race days and walking away from spectacular slams in downhill and slalom races....thus being labled a hardhead like a Hammerhead shark.

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Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Yeti on October 20, 2006, 07:33:30 AM: Welcome to the Forums and thx for the background MC! ;D
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: baldvinny on October 20, 2006, 10:01:03 AM: thats a badass logo
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: MC HammerHead on October 20, 2006, 11:03:29 AM: Thanks Bro. An artist friend of mine who does graphics for skateboards did it.
www.timshawl.com
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tyler on December 20, 2006, 12:28:40 PM: We've had quite a few new members since this thread was last active. Anyone care to mention how they got their name they use for Sly Bald Guys?
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on December 20, 2006, 01:20:16 PM: Just realized I never replied to this post. :-\ ar3 are my initials. Just threw the inc in there cause ar3 is not long enough. Sorry not a better story. :-(
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Robmeister on December 20, 2006, 01:25:54 PM: Well, my name is Rob. It was either my father-in-law or brother-in-law who first called me "robmeister" not long after my wife and I got married (going on 14 years).

It goes back to Saturday Night Live skit that John Lovett (sp?) did where he would take peoples' names and say, "hey...Bill....Billy Baby....Billster....Billerino....the Billmeister...."
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:19:26 PM: 0~~ 8)

i got a nick this morning that i can still feel. must have cut a mole i didn't know about.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:21:45 PM: good to know. Thanks, Paulie! Just this morning I woke up thinking about posting 'When was the last time you cut off a mole?"
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:23:17 PM: well the topic is YOUR BLOODY NICKS....
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 29, 2007, 08:25:56 PM: Quote from: pburke on January 29, 2007, 08:19:26 PM
0~~ 8)

i got a nick this morning that i can still feel. must have cut a mole i didn't know about.
0~~Hey I suggested that HeadBlade make little round bandaids with their logo on it, for those of us who occasionally nick ourselves, but they said that people would assume that their product will cause cuts.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:29:38 PM: that would be funny. nicks happen somtimes.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:30:13 PM: yeah, talk to the marketing team over. bandaids and razors... the two make a great combo/
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 29, 2007, 08:32:02 PM: I thought it could be the Rookie Combo ;D
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:33:51 PM: i got a whole year under my belt. how long do i have to be a rookie? :(
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 29, 2007, 08:36:42 PM: Quote from: pburke on January 29, 2007, 08:33:51 PM
i got a whole year under my belt. how long do i have to be a rookie? :(
Well maybe you are not a rookie anymore, but maybe you should put down that drink before you scalp your dome. ;D
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:37:46 PM: Paul, the team players that show up to practice on the short bus are always rookies. ;D
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:39:11 PM: damn headblade did it. :*)) not really that was in the mach 3 zone.

Quote from: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:37:46 PM
Paul, the team players that show up to practice on the short bus are always rookies. ;D
so hand me my bag before ya get off the bus.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:42:50 PM: I'm not the one that is posting about cuting myself.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:44:50 PM: i was trying to get back on topic. genius
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 29, 2007, 08:47:04 PM: Quote from: pburke on January 29, 2007, 08:44:50 PM
i was trying to get back on topic. genius
I think someone is a little testy.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:48:44 PM: nah. just didn't have anything else to say. :-X
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:48:55 PM: Does Paul need a nap?
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: PBurke on January 29, 2007, 08:50:56 PM: Quote from: ar3inc on January 29, 2007, 08:48:55 PM
Does Paul need a nap?

and a bottle( of crown )
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: bmwgsa on January 29, 2007, 10:08:11 PM: Funny that I explained my name to MB this morning, but may as well include all.

My favorite motorcycle is a BMW (which stands for Break My Wallet).

In September 1980, they release the first big trail bike is on the market. It is the G/S, where G is for GelÃ¤nde ("offroad" in German motorcycle vocabulary) and S for Strasse ("street" in German).

Needless to say, unique bike.

Anyway, I've owned an 84 and 85 and on September 11 2001 (yep - the dreaded date) picked up my latest GS (a '95) that has ABS, it was catagorized as a BMW G/S A - thus the name.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: Tyler on January 29, 2007, 11:34:24 PM: Quote from: bmwgsa on January 29, 2007, 10:08:11 PM
Funny that I explained my name to MB this morning, but may as well include all.

My favorite motorcycle is a BMW (which stands for Break My Wallet).

In September 1980, they release the first big trail bike is on the market. It is the G/S, where G is for GelÃ¤nde ("offroad" in German motorcycle vocabulary) and S for Strasse ("street" in German).

Needless to say, unique bike.

Anyway, I've owned an 84 and 85 and on September 11 2001 (yep - the dreaded date) picked up my latest GS (a '95) that has ABS, it was catagorized as a BMW G/S A - thus the name.

Those are sweet bikes! My dad used to have an BMW RS 1100 which he as since sold and now has a VStrom.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 30, 2007, 01:46:10 AM: There is a BWM bike dealer about 5 minutes away from the house. I have been strong and not went in it yet. It is amazing on how quickly a kid can change the way you treat yourself.
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: bmwgsa on January 30, 2007, 08:13:43 AM: Quote from: ar3inc on January 30, 2007, 01:46:10 AM
There is a BWM bike dealer about 5 minutes away from the house. I have been strong and not went in it yet. It is amazing on how quickly a kid can change the way you treat yourself.

I hear that. Just explain to the kid that you were weak, and his colledge fund goes 115mph....
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: bmwgsa on January 30, 2007, 08:19:25 AM: Quote from: Tyler on January 29, 2007, 11:34:24 PM
Quote from: bmwgsa on January 29, 2007, 10:08:11 PM
Funny that I explained my name to MB this morning, but may as well include all.

My favorite motorcycle is a BMW (which stands for Break My Wallet).

In September 1980, they release the first big trail bike is on the market. It is the G/S, where G is for GelÃ¤nde ("offroad" in German motorcycle vocabulary) and S for Strasse ("street" in German).

Needless to say, unique bike.

Anyway, I've owned an 84 and 85 and on September 11 2001 (yep - the dreaded date) picked up my latest GS (a '95) that has ABS, it was catagorized as a BMW G/S A - thus the name.

Those are sweet bikes! My dad used to have an BMW RS 1100 which he as since sold and now has a VStrom.

I like the RS's, almost got one. However age got the better of me and I got the 1150rt instead.
Although the voices are telling me that I need to buy another vehicle..... A k12rs?????

The VStrom's are nice bikes. I looked into them a while ago, just don't know if I would go 650 or 1000...
Title: Re: Your bloody nicks...
Post by: ar3inc on January 30, 2007, 09:21:37 AM: That is the rough part. He's only two and I am sure he will understand now and when it is time for college. :-\ Kid is already a stunt junkie. :-\