I am a man of very many names. Not in a bored parent kind of way but nicknames. I guess this is a good place to list them all. I guess I should start with the name under which I’m writing this blog.
- Cucumber – This came about in the summer of 2003, during a 4 hour stint of football. During a very tense penalty shoot out, I slotted mine away “as cool as a cucumber”. I think I was just a bit shy, but never mind.
- Red Hot Chilli Richard – Later on that summer, the same people got to know my frustrated side at Soul Survivor, a Christian camp. This was the Hyde to my Cucumber Jekyll.
- Fridge – The oldest one still in circulation, this has no relation to the retired American Football player and is really a more interesting name than the story of how I got it.
- Dick – Fairly self explanatory, my name is Richard, Dick is short for Richard and I got it from my friend when we were 12 and so it was ‘hilarious’.
- Dicky T – Same group but a softer version when the original joke got a bit thin.
- Cappy – Someone once had a dream that I was a sea captain and so I was referred to as this for a couple of weeks.
- Cappy Dick – See above.
- Tricky Dicky – My dad used to call me this when I was quite young and I only remembered it when people started calling me Dicky T.
- Todge – When my friend Bob wanted to abbreviate Dick he thought this was shorter. He’s a bit thick really.
I’ve probably got others to add but we’ll leave it at that for now.
