[real saxophonist]

Well, you don’t choose your own call sign.

[treetopsandroofs]

Right, Fruit Loops.

[Blueflag]

Exactly. I got stuck with Fester, as in Uncle Fester. Not cuz I looked or acted like him, but I used the term in a remark, and my two mentors just looked at each other with a gleam in their eyes and said FESTER! at the same time. It was mine from there on. It ain't personal, it's just tradition and pecking order.