Origins of Fuzzy's handle


On 20 Jul 2005, at 12:29, Mugsy L wrote:
At 1:49 AM +0100 7/20/05, Graeme M said:

On 20 Jul 2005, at 1:10 am, Mugsy L wrote:

 There is an element of truth to that, I'm not known as Fuzzy for nowt

 thought that was about the bunny suit.

The origins of my Fuzzy nickname predate the bunny suit, and is directly related to my leisure pursuits (read obsessions) of cycling and hashing with Dad's Army woven into the mix.


ummm..... Graeme?

forgive this poor ignorant N.A.-er, but when you say "hashing with Dad's Army" that brings to mind hashish-smoking assassins running through the backwoods with patched antique rifles, which one suspects, is not what that means where you come from - enlighten please?

Ok I'm being to evil but I did think you would manage to suss out my cryptic clues, particularly if you mosey around my webpages but then I'm sure you have a life unlike me :-) 

You know I like cycling and possibly you know that I commute 18 miles across the Forth everyday from Dunfermline to Edinburgh,

next 

Hashing is a  term not to do with that relaxing chemical substance but refers to a social drinking club with a running problem. For more info checkout this <http://harrier.net/presskit/shistory.html>.
I "hash" with a Hash pack based in Edinburgh called TNT "The Big Bang Hash" <http://www.thenewtownhash.org/>

and finally 

Dad's Army was a sitcom that was very popular in the 70's and is still repeated on cable and satellite tv which had a character called Corporal Jones who had many catch phrases but one which is relevant to my nick name is "The Fuzzy Wuzzies don't like it up em'". For more info checkout this < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad's_Army>

The tenuous thread that joins these three elements above is that for two weeks in a row after the hash I had to cycle home the 18 miles without a saddle and with the seat pin precariously pointing up into my nether regions. 

The first time was due to hitting a pothole and the saddle rails snapping leaving me with the aforesaid seatpin for company, the second occasion was due to some sod nicking the saddle! Once the "Religous Advisor" found out about my sorry tale he presented it to the Hash and announced that from now on my hash handle would be Fuzzy Wuzzy as Corporal Jones said the "Fuzzy Wuzzies don't like it up em" " 

Over the years as people got to know me well I became simply know as Fuzzy, as I'm forever forgetting to do stuff or I leave important things behind in pubs such as the Hash book that records who ran on every run the Hash has ever done.  And so people just call me Fuzzy cos' I am. My kids and myself are known as "The Fuzzies" btw

For a definition of hashing terms such as "Religous Advisor" see this <http://half-mind.com/Hashing/hhh_dict.htm>

You are now duly enlightened or possibly very afraid if you read all those Hashing definitions.

Graeme aka Fuzzy

Posted: Wed - July 20, 2005 at 03:02 PM          

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