is it just me?
my surname is guy, and every year I would get cracks about going on the bonfire as November 5th approached. Cue a lesson, aged 8, on the real guy fawkes, when we were given the nugget of information that, being Italian, he was really called Guido. That was it - I had to wait 19 years and move 250 miles before I finally shook it. Friends, friends parents, teachers, lecturers and employers have all confessed at one time or another that they assumed it was my real name. Ah well - hello everyone who knows who I am now.
also knocked around for yaers with Dennis - real name John, apparently named after the fire engine , Motz - pronounced Moz, real name Stephen, no idea of provenance, Hovel - real name John
now ride motorbikes with a girl called Dave (says claire on her driving licence) and a bloke called lidl (he worked there once, also known as Dave)
working the gate at a rally couple of years ago, I was lumbered with a guy called wires or something obscure like that. never did work it out, but he had the worst paintjob on his bike - the cover for its a kind of magic. actually, he was ok, and took it pretty well when I laughingly asked if he drank out of a tankard. He did (clone)!
as retaliation, i got called Pixie, and now cant shift it. Nor can I shift Lucky - im not

Its Friday, can I go home and drink my own bodyweight in beer yet please?
(kaptinkurtz, Fri 19 May 2006, 13:08, Reply)