Nicknames

Friends come and go.  But nicknames are FOREVER.  Everyone at Grillers Anonymous gets one, sometimes it comes right away, other times it takes a while before you say something stupid that sticks.  Here are all of the known ones and their “mysterious origins”:

(Sorry if we missed your name on this list, we’re usually drinking when marking down nicknames, please let us know and we will add you on the next revision)

• “Another F$*ing Mike” AKA Mike – The fastest nickname ever given, Mike showed up to a meating where there were  already 4 other Mikes in attendance.  ‘Nuff said.

• “Busch league” AKA Arthar – On his first time out Arthar brought some Busch beer.  He learned his lesson…

• “Coitus Interruptus” AKA Don- Don was another one who made us sweat he had successfully nactivagted several meatings without saying anything stupid enough to become a nickname.  Then he told us he missed out on being with a lady in the “biblical” sense to come to a meating.  JACKPOT! 

• "False Alarm" AKA Eric- Showed up with some chicken wings and warned us his wings would be hot.  They had good taste and were cooked well, then just had the same scoville rating of cucumber.  

• “Fruity Pie” AKA Matt- Matt loves to argue probably genetics since his father is a lawyer.  He ardently pointed out that “in theory” he could make an apple pie at a meating and it wouldn’t be against the rules.  His continued threats of meatless meals led to a rule being added and this nickname.  

• “Gatorade” AKA John- John prefers to enjoy his meat dishes with Gatorade instead of beer.  It makes for some interesting tasting manly cups! 

• “GILF” AKA James – After hearing a particularly inappropriate joke about sleeping with one’s grandmother, he decide to repeat it about 10 more times.  We got the real hint that he likes ‘em old and bold! 

•  “Green eggs ‘n ham” AKA brian- The only referral from the other grilling we used to be a part of, Brian immediately impressed the group with his dominating grilling skills.  The only thing more impressive with his backyard grilling paradise filled with grills and smokers, the showcase being his Green Egg Smoker. (See also: “Your Honor”)

• "Hail Caesar" AKA Mark- Showed up to his first meeting and whips out some Caesar salads bites as an appetizer.  To a men's meat grilling group.  They were damn good, but contained not meat... He redeemed himself later in the evening with his main dish.

• "Indiana Jones" AKA Tony- Arguably one of the furthest travelers for Meatings, Tony relocated to NW Indiana and still makes it out to the occasional meating

• “It’ll Come” AKA Al- With a memory like a sieve, he kept forgetting what he was trying to say and used the phrase “It’ll Come to Me” 

•  “Man Hugs” AKA Jamie- When at meatings he had a propensity to dish out a copious amount of hugs, specifically of the man on man variety, hence the nickname.  

• “Man Down” AKA Joe – Joe made it thru several meatings before earning his nickname.  He was grilling some chicken tenderloins and someone noticed he left one on the grill 20 minutes later.  You NEVER leave a man behind… 

• “Meatarazzi” AKA Sarah- While not an official member of Grillers Anonymous, Sarah holds the distinction of being the only female to have gotten a nickname as a part of her service as a short lived photographers to the meatings. 

• “Mikey Likes it” AKA Mike-  Mike was one of the original founders of the organization back when it was still Suburban Beer League.  His easygoing attitude and the fact that he never met a beer or cigar he never liked got him his nickname.  

• “Mother Pucker” AKA Ray- When you can get his to stop talking about politics for 5 minutes, you’ll find out that Ray is an avid hockey fan.  Or you could surmise this from the fact he only wears hockey jerseys…. 

• “Mr. C” AKA Eric- Eric made the mistake of mentioning that he “dated” a lot of girls after his divorce.  So he was promptly named after an STD.  That was then shorted to Mr. C.  

• “Mr. Hooch” aka Tony- Tony’s nickname took a while to come around which was making the executive team sweat because of it.  Then Tony brought some sweet nectar of the god’s (homemade peppermint schnapps) one cold meating to warm the hearts and the bellies of his fellow grillers…

• “NFC” AKA Paul- He bragged and bragged about his cheese filled burgers.  Then he grilled the hell out of them literally.  Yet he continued to brag about the cheese on the inside.  First bite?  No F-ing Cheese.  A legend is born.  

•  “L’Chaim” AKA Roy-  Roy’s positive attitude along with his aversion to eating pork earned him his nickname.  When he gave a toast at one of the meatings, he earned himself a nickname.

•  “Old 96’er” AKA Nick- Nick decided on his first meating to go big or go home.  He brought what can only be described as a mastodon sized steak.  It immediately drew references to John Candy’s “The Great Outdoors”.

• “Pappa Bear” AKA Rick- One of the elder statesmen of the group, Rick earned this name with his easy going attitude and awesomeness.  

• “Pork Chop” AKA Steve- On his first outing he apparently was told he needed to cook for an army when he showed up with about 10 lbs of pork chops…

• “Porkrastinator” AKA Richard- Richard earned his name when he finally showed up to a meating almost 3 years after he first joined the group on meetup!  

• “Second Hand Meat” AKA Mark-  He let slip that his wife had bought and prepared his recipe that he had brought.  He now swears that he makes his own recipes but we have a hard time believing him… 

• “Special Sauce” AKA Tod- Tod knocked it out of the park his first time out with a spicy sauce that complimented a perfectly cooked seafood recipe.  The name seemed appropriate.  

• “ShowercurtaIn” AKA Sean- The founding member of Grillers Sean decided to take a run after eating greasy Mexican food.  He ran home and didn’t quite make it to the toilet. The shower curtain did not survive the ensuing disaster. His wife found this story so amusing she decided to share with all of his friends and the nickname stuck. 

• “The Grizz” AKA Birt- An avid outdoor enthusiast, he’s got the rugged looks to go with it.  And yes Grizzly Adams DID have a beard.

• “Tripod” AKA Mike- At the beginning, there were two Mikes in the group.  Mike P. was the shorter of the two regularly getting called mini me.  Someone ended up making an off color remark/quote from the movie “Austin Powers” and the rest was history. 

•  “Wagons” AKA Scott- At first Scott had the record for the furthest east a person travelled to make it to the monthly Meating.  So he was “Wagon’s West” then he moved way north and he became “Wagon’s North”.  To save on the revisions now he’s just Wagons

• “Wargames” AKA Johnny-  Another founding member of the original Suburban Beer League, Johnny used to brag about his mad hacking skills.