Nicknames can be a pain.I once had a customer paying me for
work on his motorcycle.He was making out a check;and said:"How
do you want this made out?Tom Ahern?(my real name)I said yes.
He said:"I tried to find Irish in the phone book.I couldn't and you're supposed to be next best."Little did he know that I am both people.The next batch of business cards said:Proprietor&
Head Mechanic--Tom(Irish)Ahern to avoid confusion.More people
(in the motorcycle lifestyle)around here;know me by"Irish."My
chopper was black imron paint with kelly green pinstriping.On the
sides of the"dished"gas tank;it said"Irish"in freehand kelly green
letters! Irish

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Irish---Better to be dead & cool,then alive & uncool!
(Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man)