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Nickname's,What's` your nickname -How did you get it ~Freeper Canteen~ 4-26-07
Posted on 04/25/2007 5:03:14 PM PDT by fatima
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The cat, nicknamed Macavity, has one blue eye and one green eye.
The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliots poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.
Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January, said: It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a group of passengers. I hadnt seen it get on which was a bit confusing.
The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I dont think any of the passengers noticed.
Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off - I dont know why he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and they have seen him too.
Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or three times a week and always gets on and off at the same stops.
Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: I first noticed the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by its owner but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his own.
He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and then got off. It was was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I suppose he is the perfect passenger really - he sits quietly, minds his own business and then gets off.
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To: HEY4QDEMS
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posted on
04/25/2007 6:18:53 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Shut up Murtha)
To: fatima
One friend, Jim the Freak, calls me K (the initial of my given name). It’s a useful letter when I call talk radio.
Another buddy, Jenna, and I have reciprocal nicknames born of seeing “The Birdcage” together: we call one another Agador and Spartacus.
The people I work the Festival with tend to call one another by a hybrid of our real names and our past and current characters, so I get called Margarita and Dances on Tables fairly often, and Ralla and Xen to a lesser extent.
FReepers call me X or Xena. Even in real life, sometimes. See the wedding thread for examples. ;)
102
posted on
04/25/2007 6:20:55 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I'm a tertiary type. That's where.
103
posted on
04/25/2007 6:21:15 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(There's no place like 127.0.0.1)
To: SevenofNine
I tell you my nickname it kinda geeky it was Kitty
Only if you happen to be male, or a puppy.
I just thought of something weird, my daughter calls our Basset Hound "kitty", no lie. LOL
104
posted on
04/25/2007 6:21:25 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: mylife
LOL! Classic. You bet. Even I had to laugh, of course it was after I had finnished cussing up a storm.
105
posted on
04/25/2007 6:21:25 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: LUV W; tomkow6; monkapotamus; All
Did anybody see Brit Hume show today one thing for sure I saw Dubya dancing one think for sure he won’t make appearance on SOULLLL TRAINNNN
106
posted on
04/25/2007 6:22:53 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: fatima
My most common nickname was Otis. I was on the attractive side, homcoming princess, cheerleader, etc. etc., yet everybody called me Otis even teachers.
My mother wrote on my life preserver while we were camping at the Colorado River when I was 4 years old, and it stuck. May she’d had too many, and named me after the famous drunk in the Andy Griffith show.
Now only old friends call me that. But I love to hear it. I will look if you say that name, and it makes me nostalgic.
107
posted on
04/25/2007 6:23:02 PM PDT
by
ruthles
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: Sergio
Ummm...that's supposed to be "finished cussing up a storm."
108
posted on
04/25/2007 6:23:41 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: Sergio
Even I had to laugh, of course it was after I had finnished cussing up a storm. Hell yeah!
109
posted on
04/25/2007 6:23:50 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Sergio
Yeah, prolly best not to cuss in finnish.
Thanks for your service Sergio
110
posted on
04/25/2007 6:24:57 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: HEY4QDEMS
Well then, Congratulations!
111
posted on
04/25/2007 6:26:59 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: jmax
Like grits:)I went down south and nobody could understand me :)
112
posted on
04/25/2007 6:27:08 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Shut up Murtha)
To: fatima
Mine is Buzz. I got it in high school because I kept bees and because I didn’t party. The ones who did got a kick out of saying “hey Buzz, wanna catch one?”.
113
posted on
04/25/2007 6:28:03 PM PDT
by
freedomfiter2
(Duncan Hunter '08 Pro family, pro life, pro second Amendment, not a control freak.)
To: mylife
Yeah, prolly best not to cuss in finnish.Thanks for your service Sergio Strangely enough, my wife is trying to get me to finish cussing. It's kinda sorta working. Amazing what a good woman can do for a man. As to my time in the service, you are very welcome, and it was entirely my honor to have done it. I owe this country much more than I can ever give it in return.
114
posted on
04/25/2007 6:28:51 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
To: HiJinx
So you FR name is saying hello to yourself:)Thanks Jinx.
115
posted on
04/25/2007 6:28:57 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Shut up Murtha)
To: LadyPilgrim
That’s a cool name. I like it alot.
I called my grandma ammo for the same reason. An older cousin said it as a baby and I grew up thinking everyone called their grandmother “ammo”
To: #1CTYankee
Believe I don’t.My husband came out #3 on the test and started at 19 years old.I could tell stories but not on this thread.
117
posted on
04/25/2007 6:30:58 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Shut up Murtha)
To: fatima
You’re welcome, fatima!
Now, I’m going to fix dinner and read through the thread to see what I can learn about your nickname!
118
posted on
04/25/2007 6:31:57 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Ask me about Troop Support...)
To: ruthles
Oh dear. A cheerleader named otis.
There are so many ways to get myself into trouble with that one. Otis as in elevator...the cheerleader that goes down...
To: Kathy in Alaska
I bet Cheez Whiz must get pretty hard in AK.
120
posted on
04/25/2007 6:33:21 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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