Thread:Nuicakes/@comment-26424426-20160201122229/@comment-26430525-20160202165334

Ishmael, I had a similar nickname incident but it was in a friendly atmosphere.

My first boss was a guy named 'Dana' and one day we were talking about nicknames. He said he had a nasty nickname growing up as a pasty white skinny kid.

Now I'm curious, it's gotta be something about his first name or that he was a pasty skinny kid, right? I kept begging him to tell me. Finally Dana relented on the condition that I could not laugh.

Dana: okay, remember you can't laugh. It was "eyeball". Me: {snorting and laughing}. Eyeball? Dana: {crestfallen and mumbling} you promised.

After much groveling he forgave me. Apparently the kids weren't very imaginative. Dana's last name started with an "I", hence "eyeball". Honestly, the nickname made no sense whatsoever and that's why I still find it funny (sorry Dana).