Origins of Radspank

I feel an urgent need to explain something. Actually it's not really that urgent at all, since nobody appears to be reading this. Rather un-urgent, in fact. But nevertheless I will proceed to ramble on as if people were listening, for the purposes of my own personal amusement, if for nothing else.

I've explained this matter on a previous blog but for new folk reading I will do it again. Perhaps you noted the URL of my space and are wondering what on earth radspank is? For those of you who know me, that is my nickname. Well one of them anyway. Other things I have been called include Nath, Radders, Raddish, Raffido, Ratty Radspank, Maxie-Locks, Spanky, Sir Spankalot, and other less mentionable ones which I will make every effort to shield my children from hearing. If I have children that is. More on that in a later entry.

So the nick, Radspank, came about when we were designing a unifrom for our basketball team, the Hobart Hangers, and we had to come up with court names for the back of our tops. Rad came from the fact that I am indeed and most certainly, rad. NOT from my surname as some would have you to believe. And spank came from one of the members of the band, The Bloodhound Gang (remember "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire..."?), whose stage name was Spanky G Q-Ball. It didn't come from my alleged preoccupation with spanking people, as some would have you believe. That is only for mums and dads who love each other very much.

For those who need help connecting the dots, Rad + Spanky turned into Radspank. It was only meant for the team, and was intended to stay exclusively on court. As fate would have it, the name stuck. So there you go, hope that answers all your burning questions.

Cheers – Nath