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- From: bigdog!jon (Jon Wright)
- Subject: Re: Goofy nicknames
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.035040.2534@pages.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 03:50:40 GMT
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- william.j.penschow writes
- > Several years ago I had a boss named Richard Clapp. He sure didn't like to
- > be called "Dick".
-
- I also remember a guy that used to sell electrical equipment to my dad, his
- name was Harry Sachs and went by "Fuzzy" due to his almost-bald pate. Dad
- always introduced him to clients as Fuzzy, but almost never mentioned his last
- name.
-