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At last we learn the real story
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:58:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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And it was about grade 12, when a supply teacher comes in, and does the
attendance... “Dave Kooties?” and by this time I’m so used to it and ‘cooties’
were left back in grade school--all of a sudden my friend since before school,
who just happened to be sitting next to me in this particular class, says,
“Your last name is ‘Cooties’? All those years of missed opportunity for
ridicule????”
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I knew that this thread wasn’t quite dead yet. Click
here for the details.
By the way, I can sort of relate to troublesome names and the nicknames they
yield. A local plumbing company in the area where I grew up was called “Schuler
Service.” I’m not related to the proprietor, so I never saw any profits from
his fine plumbery, but the name-sameness was sufficient to saddle me with all
kinds of potty humor through at least junior high school.
I made peace with it, though; as part of my high school Talent Show act I
juggled toilet plungers (and I was flushed with pride, of course).
Dave!
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) Once again the internet is shown to be a vast accumulation of resources to find out anything you may (or may not) want Cooties derives from lice. Good to know. Thanks for that, Dave! Dave K (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
| | | Re: At last we learn the real story
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| (...) As you might imagine, I too wasn't unaffected by potty barbs WRT my name. (...) I hope that they hadn't recently been utilized! (a scene from Stand By Me comes to mind) JOHN (perhaps we could get a Lar gripe TT weekly? :-) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: So we're back to school yard politics...
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| (...) And I made it thru school totally unscathed... Every teacher in grade school knew how to pronounce the last name 'cause I have 30ish cousins older than me and we all grew up in the same small town... So the regular teachers were fine--it was (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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