It is all the result of a Cross Country trip to Stanford the Sophomore year of High School. It was a bonding experience for us all. We stayed up late watching TV, and late at night, a dumb stunt show came on, I don't remember the name. The star of this show was a guy called "Spanky Spangler," and he did these totally fake stunts where the cars exploded before he "accidentally" ran into them while trying to jump over them. The crowd was held in mock anticipation as the announcer was saying, "I don't know if Spanky made it...", and the crowd began crying and all of a sudden, Spanky emerges from the smoke! He's alright! The crowd cheers! All of us watching TV say, "This is really stupid!"

So, two of my friends, (who were in the mood of giving nicknames) stopped and said. "Spanky is a good nickname, but who is it appropriate to?" "Well, who among us would be most likely to drive a car into another pile of exploding cars?" "Andy!"

So the called me Spanky for the rest of the trip. And the rest of the year. Thank goodness they stopped by the time we graduated.

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