Defend Your Handle Part II

frydaddy · 06-30-2021, 10:44 PM

I spent about 12 years working in kitchens. I was primarily a fry cook at this one restaurant, and I had 3 kids at the time, so the manager started calling me frydaddy. I got a kick out of it, so I embraced it. Now I'm 8 kids deep and I call them my tater tots.

jeanpierre · 07-01-2021, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

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Try to keep this simple; born in Thibodaux - raised on Bayou Cane (Houma)

How I got my nickname/alter ego?

We have a vendor, Bryan that visits for the first time and wants local cuisine and to meet real Cajuns.

Our best friend, Bubba, arranges for a couple of his hunting podnuhs to have Lunch with us at what is now Hebert's Cafe...

Bryan sits next to one of Bubba's friends, Jean; and Bryan is just eating up the sidebar conversation - having the time of his life...

I drive him back to New Orleans for Dinner and we meet with Bryan and his boss, Jim, who had flown in to NOLA, but didn't want to leave the city...

Jim asks Bryan about the day's events in front of several people at the table...

Bryan geauxs on about the area, the food, and the people with respect to Lunch that day; Jim asks him what Bryan and Jean talked about - Bryan says "I don't know, it was all in Cajun French - isn't that great!?!"

I started laughing and then had to explain to him that Jean doesn't speak French but that he talks fast and low (i.e. Farmer Fran/Waterboy)

Well this just slayed Bryan; his boss was not impressed as he's pretty much an Adam Henry...

Bryan and I went out for drinks with some of my buddies in NOLA to ease his public disappointment and somewhere between Lucy's and Fat Harry's I became Jean Pierre as we laughed about it...

So that's it...

06-30-2021, 10:44 PM	#1
frydaddy 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Lafayette Posts: 1,952 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Defend Your Handle Part II I spent about 12 years working in kitchens. I was primarily a fry cook at this one restaurant, and I had 3 kids at the time, so the manager started calling me frydaddy. I got a kick out of it, so I embraced it. Now I'm 8 kids deep and I call them my tater tots. iceshack149, jnormand, neugey and 12 others like this.

07-01-2021, 02:02 AM	#2
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Defend Your Handle Part II Originally Posted by jeanpierre Shared Post Try to keep this simple; born in Thibodaux - raised on Bayou Cane (Houma) How I got my nickname/alter ego? We have a vendor, Bryan that visits for the first time and wants local cuisine and to meet real Cajuns. Our best friend, Bubba, arranges for a couple of his hunting podnuhs to have Lunch with us at what is now Hebert's Cafe... Bryan sits next to one of Bubba's friends, Jean; and Bryan is just eating up the sidebar conversation - having the time of his life... I drive him back to New Orleans for Dinner and we meet with Bryan and his boss, Jim, who had flown in to NOLA, but didn't want to leave the city... Jim asks Bryan about the day's events in front of several people at the table... Bryan geauxs on about the area, the food, and the people with respect to Lunch that day; Jim asks him what Bryan and Jean talked about - Bryan says "I don't know, it was all in Cajun French - isn't that great!?!" I started laughing and then had to explain to him that Jean doesn't speak French but that he talks fast and low (i.e. Farmer Fran/Waterboy) Well this just slayed Bryan; his boss was not impressed as he's pretty much an Adam Henry... Bryan and I went out for drinks with some of my buddies in NOLA to ease his public disappointment and somewhere between Lucy's and Fat Harry's I became Jean Pierre as we laughed about it... So that's it... iceshack149, jnormand, RailBoss and 6 others like this.
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