What's in a name???

Everyone wants to know why I go by Cootie.

Well... It is actually a long story, so I will attempt to shorten it a little for amusement purposes.

When I was little my dad (being from Saltville) decided to give me a nick name. It is the thing to do in Saltville I guess, since all my relatives all have nicknames. There is: Fireball, Pickle Legs, Dave-ott, Pepsi, Dee-Nee, Doodle, and the list goes on.

When I was little I was a little bit of a pest. Everything I liked.. I would say "Oooo I like it, can I have it?". This was a regular saying of mine. "Oooo I like it, can I have it", "Oooo I like it, can I have it" and I am sure there was a 3rd 4th and 5th time I would say it too. And the cool part was with certain people, I would usually... get it. Namely if it was a small annoying toy, that was likely to break within a couple hours of rough play (and yes that is usually what happened). So, then when I was about 6 or so my dad gave me the nick name of Cootie, after the game, and I guess cause I was a little annoying pest. LOL

So.... Several years passed and I was working at Sprint. We were doing some FedEx training, and there was a little exercise we did that we had to write a "secret" down on a piece of paper, something that no one else would know, and let people guess it. So after some long debating, I decided to put mine in that my nickname is "Cootie". No big deal, did not thing much about it. Well... a few days later my secret came out, and it was an explosion of laughter. From that day forward, everyone there called me Cootie. And it just kinda stuck. I did not mind too much, since it was my nickname and all. But then... it got worse...

So then I decided to get personalized tags, and had my tags on my car say COOTIE. It was awesome! Everyone knew it was me!

And then... I was a big WWE (Old WWF) fan. Watching The Rock, The Undertaker, and Kane were my favorites. The of course the Road Dogg and Billy Gunn (THE NEW AGE OUTLAWS). Road Dogg would always open up with "Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls... children of all ages. D-generationX proudly brings to you..... The Road D O Double G..... ... ...". So, at that time I decided that I needed a last name so I added Bugg. So I would announce my entrance at work as the C Double O, T I E B U Double G. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, and no I never did drugs. LOL

So, that name stuck with me for several years. In everything I done I was known as Cootie. Several people I worked with and talked to, and met did not even know my real name. And that was a real trip.

Eventually I was promoted to a supervisor at the company I was working for, so I decided at that time that I should be more professional and drop the nick name. Since I would be dealing with a lot of people, and needed to have some respect. So at that time I stopped using that as my name. And I was married and had some kids, and it was changed from Cootie to Daddy instead.

I still go by Cootie when I play games, and set up accounts and so on. Since it is my nick name and easy to remember. And several people still call me Cootie (not as many as before). And I still reply to that name, I just do not go by it all the time as I use to before. One day soon I have a feeling that people at my current employer will find out and it will catch on, and I will again be called Cootie. I hope not though, I had a bad reputation when I went by Cootie. LOL

So now you are in the know!