




madbunny wrote:Some years ago I used to be a firefighter in the forest service. I did it for a few years actually. My real name is Murdock, and since there was a tv show called the 'A' team that was popular at the time everybody called me 'maddog'.
The problem with a nickname like maddog is that, whenever you are around a bunch of people that think they are badass and macho... like firefighters, bikers and rednecks, it's actually a pretty common nickname. Come on, can't you just picture some fat guy in a denim hells angel vest with a long goatee, and tatoos, calling himself 'maddog' as he swills a beer in a disreputable sawdust floor bar on highway somewhere? Happens all the damm time. Even without patrick swayze around.
So.. one day I was working on a fire in northern california. A big one, with thousands of crew, and an entire support camp set up for us. Real bastard of a blaze too with winds that just wouldn't quit. Anyway, I got sick of hearing 'my' nickname all over the camp (figure 1:5 crews had a maddog). So, after my shift was over I walked into town and bought a pair of bunny ears at a store, screwed them into my helmet with some sheetmetal screws and wore it out on the fire line the next day. All day long, and as long as I could while I was in camp, till I got busted and had to take them off. As I was coming back into camp with my crew, a local newspaper got a shot of me with my chainsaw over my shoulder, and of course, the bunny ears.
After that, everybody started calling me madbunny. The nickname stuck, so I sort of just kept using it ever since.
OmniStrata wrote:madbunny wrote:Some years ago I used to be a firefighter in the forest service.
So.. one day... I walked into town and bought a pair of bunny ears at a store, screwed them into my helmet with some sheetmetal screws and wore it out on the fire line the next day... coming back into camp with my crew, a local newspaper got a shot of me with my chainsaw over my shoulder.
After that, everybody started calling me madbunny. The nickname stuck, so I sort of just kept using it ever since.
Dude, that story kicks fucking ass, can't tell if you're just messin' or what not but DAMN, I'd love to see that pic...
MadBunny, W00T...

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