| Father's Day stories: The origin of Otterwan [message #252183] |
Sun, 15 June 2014 12:05  |
Otterwan
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Registered: July 2013
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It's a slow day, so I though this might be fun. If you have your own father story, please reply.
Some of you have probably wondered about my handle Otterwan. Most think it has something to do with otters and/or Star Wars. Actually neither.
When my youngest son was 2 he was talking quite a bit, but his pronunciation wasn't that great yet. Mom was "Mom", but I mostly summoned by pointing and grunting. No matter how hard I tried to get him to say "Dad" he refused.
One day he was trying get my attention, and my wife went to pick him up. He scowled at her and pointed at me yelling "Not Mom, Otterwan!" It took us awhile to figure out he meant "other one", his version of "Not the mamma" (If you've never heard of the TV show "Dinosaurs", google it).
For the next several months I was "Otterwan". I kind of liked it, and have used is as my handle in most forums ever since.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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