Friday, September 28, 2012 9:57:42 PM
"His parents must have hated him. I always wonder though. Dick is short for Richard, so why wouldn't he have just gone by Rich or something?"
Hard to tell, PizzaPits - I had a vendor when I worked in Florida whose name was Richard Pouch, and he *insisted* on being called Dick - not Rick, Rich, or any other variation. He would even get upset and correct you back to "Dick" if you tried to get around it.
I never could keep a straight face when I introduced him to people...