My Nickname (and a few others)

Year		1983
Location		Mt Albert Grammar School (high school), Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Age		13
Namer (?)	:	Michael Bedggood (a.k.a Cabbage - reason unknown and not relevant anyway).
Situation	:	The handing out of the Social Studies Test results during class.
Ooops !	:	I neglected to answer question 5 on the last page of the test - losing 20 marks.
Results	:	It was noted to all within the class that within a class of 33, I came 33rd !
Actions	:	Clapping ensued so I stood and took my bow (class clown for most of my school years).
Feedback	:	Cabbage calls out from across the classroom "Hey - sit down Frog"
Nickname	:	Is created and never goes away.

In all honesty, I love the name Froggy - Richard is as common as cat fur in my keyboard, Froggy is not.

Thereafter forever have I been known as Froggy. This is more than likely where my desire to collect frogs comes from though I've never really sat down and made that link before - I just like them. I like the name and have no problems with people calling me that, in fact I think I like it better than Richard.