I bumped into someone the other day who i have not seen for a few years who called me by the nickname I used to have at school, Toad. Not for any other reason than it being a play on my name, Tao.
Other nicknames i have had over the years are:
Tay
Schencksy
Taoski
Shandy
Tazza
One friend that was so “out of it” all the time could only manage to splutter at me was T’ as he rolled his next spliff.
On the flipside to this affectionate naming it was also common for me to have “Gayo” shouted at me across the playground and the now infamous (with me at least) “Tayo, tayyyooo, Tao come and me wanna go home” song chanted at me several times a week. In fact, this still happens - but it is now championed by the feeble brained office workers i have to endure on a daily basis.
I expect that people reading this will probably have had worse nicknames - so i think i got away with it fairly well.
Well, it's not a giant lizard slaying robot and its not a new religion.
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