Nick name thread and why

After high school the group of friends I had at the time used to play a lot of sand volleyball when the weather here would permit. I have never been a very athletic person. I was more of the tall and skinny nerd type growing up. Hanging out with the folks that I did after high school changed that to some degree. While I was about average at most of the sports they taught me how to play I still wasn't very graceful. Volleyball became one of my favorites. Even tho I had gotten pretty good at it they all said that I flopped around oddly when ever I would dive for the ball. And one day one of the guys started singing the theme song to the show Flipper. Ever since that day the nickname Flipper stuck. They would never let it go, which was fine with me I just made what fun out of it I could.