Thursday, February 19, 2004

I have come to the realization that people reading this post may wonder why the title is "Twench's Web Log". I am an online gamer and am currently an avid player of Day of Defeat. When one is an online gamer, I find it important to have a good handle. I, personally, had a hard time coming up with a good name to use. Then, one day, my name came to me thanks to a restaurant faux pas.
I eat lunch out everyday with a good group of friends. One particular day, a group of about 10 of us went to a local Chinese restaurant. This is the type of restaurant where it is free hot tea for everyone at the table. When the first pot of hot tea was served, one friend took it upon himself to pour tea for everyone at the table.
Before I go any further, let me state that I am a smart-alec. I enjoy saying things that make people laugh. If I can say something especially humorous that makes at least 1 person snort, I feel elated. Now, back to the story.
When I was handed my cup of hot tea, I proceeded to say "Thanks tea wench!" Not thinking this was particularly horrible (or even that funny), I looked up to see everyone staring at me with horrified face. Apparently, I had not realized at that exact moment, the waiter just dropped off the second pot of tea. Did he hear me or think I was talking to him? I nor my friends really know, but we're pretty sure he went back to spit in my food.

Now, the evolution from "Tea Wench" to "Twench" is quite simple. I am a male, so having a word like wench might give a bad signal to the prepubescent kiddies who also play this game. I really didn't feel like being hit on by boys while playing. So, the evolution went like:
Tea Wench
T-Wench
Twench

And VOILA! That is the story of how I got the handle Twench.

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