Elvis Lives
At school, kids don't have much imagination, so I was nicknamed "Coleslaw" which rhymed with my (real) name. Later in the Scouts I got the nickname "Bouncer" for bouncing on a chair in time to some music. Once. And it stuck for years.

I once turned up to a pub quiz wearing a thick black jacket, with a scarf round my neck, due to the fact it was cold and windy outside. Combine this with the effect on my hair, and the quizmaster decided to call me "Dr. Who" from that point on.

Working nights in a petrol station I grew my hair longer but rather than growing down it grew outwards. The other staff luckily didn't call me "Liberace" despite most of them being gay. Instead I got "Bouffant Bob" or just "Bouff".

I then added to the hair with some nice sideburns and when I started a new job in a theatre I became "Elvis". It could have been worse, my mate was "Chipmunk" due to his teeth.

When I started my next job on the Railways there was another bloke whose real name was "Elvis" so they couldn't call me that any more. Moving to a new depot the chargehand shunter named me "Amos" after Amos Brearley from Emmerdale Farm, whilst a big lanky train driver called me "Wolf-Boy" or "Wolf-Man". The two got joined together hence my username (see below).


P.S. The E stands for Elvis, but don't tell anybody, OK?
( Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Mon 22 May 2006, 12:48, Reply)