When I was little and being looked after by my grandparents predominantly since my mum went straight back to work, my grandfather nicknamed me Batfink. I wasn't sure what to think about this but I believe it was an affectionate term for when I was being a bit naughty. To this day my granddad doesn't really remember why the nickname started, I just looked like a batfink. Apparently at the time (mid-late 80s) Batfink the cartoon was pretty popular even though it was originally released as a spoof on Batman back in 1966, with memorable catchphrases. Anyway guess there are worst things to be nicknamed after than a superpowered crime fighting grey bat with wings of steel and super sonic sonar radar. Now just to find my own vaguely racist Asian stereotype depicted muscle man Karate to get me out of trouble just in the nick of time. And drive me around in a cool batmobile-esque cars but that are pink naturally.
2 comments:
That's hilarious. I never even knew what Batfink was till I read this blog post either.
Yeah think it was one of those things we picked up from the mother country!
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