Since my last top 10 list of rarities was the recipient of rave reviews, I have decided to make it a weekly thing. However, before we get to this weeks top 10 I would like to begin a campaign to encourage all bloggers across the USA to include a gay picture of any Duke players, coaches, or even students in your blog posts. Your post doesn't have to be at all about Duke. I just think that it would bring a smile to any normal human to see it. So hit up those search engines and find some good ones. It only took me a few seconds to find this gem. If you can't find one that just screams homosexual, just type the word Duke somewhere on your blog, or put up any picture of Christian Laettner. They all work.
Now on to this weeks top 10. I have decided to come up with my top 10 favorite nicknames. Of course, in keeping with tradition, these will come at random from off the top of my head. My top 10 lists will rarely include research so I may leave out some good ones. Feel free to leave comments to correct me when I fall short of expectations. I will include the person's real name, nickname and a brief description of how they got the name.
10. Dr. Dustin Harper, aka "Muddyfoot". Dustin got this name one night when we were playing cards at Neville Ellison's house and he tracked mud onto Neville's carpet. Somehow it stuck.
9. Adam Dunn, Reds Outfielder, aka "The Big Donkey". I'm not even sure how he got this name. I guess he just looks like a big donkey, or maybe he's well endowed. I can only speculate, but I do love the name.
8. Nace Creager, aka "Dirty Nace". He got this name because his name sounds kinda like Nate, and there was once a ball player from Drakesboro known as Dirty Nate Gadsen. He also hails from the Dirty South, but I don't think that has anything to do with the name, just an ironic fact.
7. Joel Huff, aka "Ho". No he's not a gardening tool, and I'm pretty sure you can't purchase an hour of his time on a local street corner. However, he has been known as "Ho" since our freshman year when our spanish teacher told us to pronounce j's like h's. Our good friend Eric Sweeney (at least I think that's who it was) immediately shouted Hoel, and it became Ho and stuck from that day forward. Great name, and probably should be higher on the list.
6. Mike Vinson, my father, aka "Shorty". My uncle Barry has referred to my Dad as "Shorty" for as long as I can remember. I don't know why. He's every bit as tall as Barry, if not taller. Barry also refers to my Dad's head as a "birds ass in the moonlight". Another one I don't get. I don't even know what that is supposed to look like and I've often wondered why my uncle would go out at night and look at bird's asses. I actually don't think he does. I think (and hope) he just made this one up. I guess it would have to be an ostrich. My Dad's head is too big to look like a robin's ass.
5. Barry Vinson, my uncle, aka "Chief". One night in Daytona Beach years ago we were at a Hawaiian show and they took Barry up on stage and named him "Chief Barry". I've called him "Chief" since then.
4. Ric Flair, aka "The Nature Boy". I love me some Ric Flair, but I never understood his nickname. I guess that's part of the reason I love it. Does he like nature? I just don't get it, but its an all time great.
3. Grant Sharp, aka "Stretch". This is one I just learned within the last month, but I've got a feeling it's gonna last. Don't know the true origin of this nickname, or maybe I just don't wanna tell it.
2. Kendall Smith, aka "Gelt". One of the more classic nicknames if you had grown up in my crew of friends. Long story on how it was founded, but the name stuck because Kendall can grow a goatee in about 4 hours, and when he created his now famous language goat became gelt.
1. Jeremy and Tom Vinson, aka "The Goatmen". Number one on my list has to come from the alltime king of nicknames, my papaw Thomas Eldred Vinson. If he were alive today to give the explanation for this one, he would simply say "hard head and stinkin rear". Apparently the hardness of your head and stench of your rear are what can define you as a goat man. He had a nickname for everybody, and I know Tom and I were honored to be "Goatmen".
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