Okay I’ve been called many things in my life, but this was a first for sure. My wife ordered pizza and I went to pick it up on my way home from work. She gave my name as Nish, and she spelled out the first letter as “N for Neptune”. I’ve heard her use “S for Saturn” too. Though they are both planets from her perspective I usually tell her that for a lot of folks, one of those is a car and the other’s an odd word they’ve never heard before. Anyway the guy on the phone wrote it down as Neptune. So when I went to pick it up I was addressed as Neptune, and though I was surprised I just thought I had misheard him. Then I saw my name on the receipt and there it was – “Neptune”. I didn’t bother correcting him of course, instead I put on my best “Lord of the sea” look and walked out with a godly swagger.
When the pizza guy called me Neptune
N for “Neptune ” ur wife definitely thinks out of the box…..
That made me laugh! 🙂 Hope you’re doing well Captain Neptune.
Whoa, new site design?
You’ll have to get yourself a trident so you can literally fork the money over next time…
Hey Kenny,
Yep – doing okay here. 🙂
Shog – yeah, I upgraded my wordpress version after I got repeatedly spam-hacked *sigh*
LOL!
Neptune! I like that.
You could try the NATO Phonetic Alphabet instead – they’re probably less likely to call you November.
November India Sierra Hotel – hmm, actually that sounds too much like a place!
I usually give my surname, but that’s impossible to spell out over the phone as well. Dee – Eye -Em – Em – Eye – See – Kay – they’re guaranteed to drop an M or use an N, or decide that they know how to spell my name better than I do and drop the C, replace the second I with an O. I’ve had BIMMICK on parcels before.
I also have a recursive first name: Mike India Kilo Echo.
Actually you should thank your wife in saying Neptune coz you could leave the shop head high..
What if she said N for Naughty or worse Nishant .. 😀
You should order regularly and give a different “N” each time 😉
lol
My dad’s name rhymes with ‘sadman’ and all my school life, he struggled to get his name spelled correctly and school authorities always managed to mess it up. hehehe …
lucky they didn’t name him Saddam :pp
btw … i am not pissed off at kids’ parents … just annoyed ;p
dunno if u read this
http://roopscoop.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/genius-resides-in-thy-child-i-neednt-know/
LOL!!!..too good..
hilarious!
“I didn’t bother correcting him of course, instead I put on my best “Lord of the sea” look and walked out with a godly swagger.”
:-))