Hey, it's Waters from the Waters Wake Up Call.
Great wind on Wednesday this morning.
I declared nickname day here on the Waters Wake Up Call.
You didn't even remember me.
I don't call you for a couple times.
Oh, ding dong, you gotta call me more often.
I mentioned people who've called recently, okay?
I don't know if I've heard from you in a year.
Well, it ain't been that long.
Okay.
What have you been doing, ding dong?
Trying to stay out of trouble.
That's why I'm not calling.
So usually when you call me, trouble happens?
Yeah, pretty
much.
Proud of that!
I still like the streaking story when your parents happen to be there.
That's my favorite Ding Dong story, I think.
I still play that call every once in a while, just because it's classic.
Yeah.
Well, you enjoy your day, Mike.
It was nice talking to you.
Yeah, you too.
Thank you for reminding me that you still exist, Ding Dong.
Now go
cause
some trouble.
I'm going to try.
No, you don't have to try.
Just step outside.
It'll happen.
I'll call you tomorrow if I get in trouble today.
Please
do.
Okay.
When I was visiting one of my relatives out in California, one of their good friends that they introduced me to, and he has the trifecta of kind of a nickname, I would say.
Okay.
Because his real name is actually Thomas Richard Harrison.
Okay.
What's short for those three names?
Tom, Tom Dick and Harry.
That's awesome.
Oh my God.
I don't know if that was intentional, but I see it.
Thomas Richard Harrison, Tom Dick and Harry.
Oh, man.
That is perfect.
That is perfect.
Isn't it?
Yeah, so he just says, call me Tom Dick and Harry.
I'm sure that's great to tell.
Everybody tells everybody the first time he meets them.
You can call me Tom Dick and Harry.
Oh, it's
great.
Hey, is this mine?
It is indeed.
Who's this?
Good morning.
It's Lakin Bacon.
Lakin Bacon.
Now is that your real name or...?
Well, it's kind of an alien.
Yeah, I like it.
Lakin Bacon.
So is this something you just came up with?
Is this something you've been using for years?
For years.
My name is...
Pretty complicated.
So I always tell people it rhymes with bacon.
Well, if it rhymes with bacon, it's gotta be good.
Bacon bacon.
So is lakin like your last name?
First name.
Oh, your first name?
Yeah.
You put bacon in there.
Is it because it's spelled L-A-C-O-N?
No
way.
I didn't think so.
I knew that was dumb right when I started saying it.
I've waited tables for years, and people would be like, wow, that's so unique.
You know, where's your mom?
Find that, you know, and she don't have no good story.
So
I
would make up a story, you
know,
to keep it interesting.
All right, you have to tell me that story, Lake and Bacon.
Okay, so I would tell people that my grandmother's cousin's sister was a queen in Germany.
Yeah?
And people freaking believe me that there was a queen in Germany, yes.
That was, what is it again?
Your cousin's mother's sister?
What was it?
Yeah, cousin's sister.
My grandmother's cousin's sister,
yeah.
Okay.
Your grandmother's cousin's sister.
That's good.
I love that.
You sound like a very creative person, Lake and Bacon.
Oh, thanks Mike.
Yeah.
I'll bet that really worked with customers.
I'll bet you got a lot of tips when you would tell that story.
Oh man, they would be so intrigued.
I'll bet.
Plus, you put bacon in there and automatically people love
you.
Oh, yes, that's so true.
Everyone can relate to bacon.
Yeah, no kidding.
Well, being in Iowa, you should come up with a special brand and have lacon bacon and have it the meatiest, juiciest bacon you can find in
Iowa.
And then I could go to that bacon fest.
I'll bet you could.
That'd be a good excuse to go and just eat all the bacon you could.
No kidding.
I've never been there, but they say it's a good thing to
see.
I'll bet we could come up with a pretty good commercial with it, you know, involving the queen and your grandmother's whatever sister.
All that.
I love that.
Lakin Bacon.
That is one of my favorites ever.
Well, thanks, Mike.
You can just call me shirtless.
Shirtless mow.
Do you always go shirtless or only when you're mowing?
No.
When I did concrete for 21
years, I
never wore a shirt.
Did you have concrete abs at that time?
I
did.
Now I have just a little bit of shadow
on me.
Just a little bit of shadow.
You know, I still have washboard abs.
But there are a few towels tossed in there.
I love you!
Yeah, that's me, alright.
Washboard waters, they call me, with a few towels.
Yeah, man.
Sure, Liz Moe, it's good to have you with a nickname.
Of course, I've talked to you many times, but now to have a nickname for you.
That's perfect.
Hey,
good morning, Mike.
Hello, good morning.
How are you doing?
I
am doing fine.
How about yourself?
I'm doing pretty good.
What's happening today?
What is the hard action?
I've got the grand kids coming, school's getting ready to kick back then again, and so I only have them a couple more days.
Is it going to be
tearful?
Well...
or
celebratory?
Yes, then that's how it should be.
But are we talking nicknames?
I have a nickname.
It's Susie.
And what's your real
name?
I have been Marion.
So your name's Marion.
They call you Susie.
Why do they call you Susie?
What was the reason for that?
My dad's name was Marion.
OK.
So your dad's name was Marion.
Were you Marion Junior then?
How does that
work?
No, because we spelled them different.
Well, I know Marion spelled M-A-R-I-O.
Oh, N, like Marion Ross, and the town Marion is spelled that way.
That's usually the male form.
And what's the female form?
As if I didn't know.
M-A-R-I-A-N for female.
Oh, I didn't know that.
They named me after my dad, and so my middle name was Sue, and so they just called me Susie.
Okay, because they didn't want to get you mixed up you they didn't want to like call out Mary and your dress is ready And then your dad comes running and puts on your dress.
Yeah, you don't need that kind of confusion
Yeah, except when I started working I was told that I couldn't use Susie and my name tag
Because it was so far away from my real name.
Well, it was a middle name, though.
Doesn't that count?
Or it's got to be your first name.
I would have thought it would have been fine.
Now they just let you put what you want on your nametag.
Yeah, as long as it's not profanity.
And I think there are some places that will let you put profanity on your nametag.
I was going to say...
I don't know, would you really want to have somebody wait on you whose name was
dumb?
No, but most of them lately, that's what I call them anyway.
It's hard to find good help these days is what I'm saying, Mary and Susie.
Weekday mornings, 5.30 to
10.