The Panda declared:

At 08:59 PM 8/22/96 -0400, Windlily the eagle-eyed wrote:

gaffney@iconn.net wrote:

while Sean 'Gaf' Gaffney merely said:

White Wolf's back, folks.

You call me Gaf again, Kergie-baby, and I'll insert a large
garden gnome in you.
I haven't had a nickname in 23 years; don't need one now.

Oooo...shouldn't have said a word then...*tsk, tsk*

Panda and Albercrombie the Space Gopher exchange excited glances...

Gopher slides a soapbox up to Panda's feet, whereupon Panda steps
up onto the box and clears his throat...

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

>From this moment on, Sean Gaffney shall be known to the membership
of this list as "Gaf" !!!

Panda steps down from the soapbox. Gopher smiles as they walk away.

Oh dear, oh dear....  Nicknaming some poor soul in this way...

Zen is not sure he is ready for the inevitable explosion and fallout...

It seems like a gaffe of biblical proportions!

<<scurrying for the shelter...>>

Zen-