what's in a name...

when thinking about the day, i just had to add another little blog post regarding one of the day's events. it involves one of the physicians at our institution and myself.
to give a little background, the character... oh lets call him curly. well, curly likes to call everyone 'guy'. he just throws it in there as if he doesn't remember your name [but oh he so very much does]. guy this guy that... with similar usage and context as dude, bro, man, buddy, et cetera. well, in the OR today, my curiosity got the best of me [as it does more often than not] so i decided to enquire as to why he calls people guy... i.e. where does the pertinacious use of this word stem from? well, the answer / response i got was not one that i was expecting. he stated that he didn't know... he has just used it... and then he asked if it offended me. well, needless to say this was not the case as there was no offense existing in the perimeter of garry... not was there a defense shield up... it was strictly a neutral zone [so to speak]. anywho, i said no to the offense question, and he then decided that it may be pertinent to come up with a different name for me. i believe he chose dude, when i came back and responded with the 'what about sport'?...
then next naming words that were given in my general direction were not at all what i was expecting. i was blindsided with the reply of... ' how about OLD SACK? '. yep, old sack. i was a little shocked, so i said sure, why not... just playing along.
sure as the sun, i was then referred to as 'old sack' for pretty much the remainder of the case... i wonder if this dubbing the the sack of old is something that will stick, like a sack on a stick. i have been given some doosies in the past, but this one definitely has to make the list with the likes of 'gassy martin' and such.... which is a story for another day. i need to do a little research as to the origin of this 'old sack' name. where does one come up with this? as of now i know not... but i am bound and determined to find out. or not really so much... because old sacks don't really care where their names originates... but rather where the dinner is and when the head will be embraced by a pillow yet again.
hope this brings a smile to y'all,
love to all,
g