Originally Posted by
CUfishfan
http:///forum/post/2978562
Probably not the MOST embarrassing, but here's the story of how I got my high school nickname....
Went to a waterpark with my family, they had a HUGE and really steep waterslide... (i'm sure you see where this is going...) I climb up the massive stairs, get to the top and see the practically 45* drop. I'm scared, but there are tons of people standing around the bottom of the slide, so I can't chicken out.
I'm FLYING down the slide, water is shooting past me so fast it hurts. The slide levels out at the bottom, but I'm still going so fast that water is rushing past me. I get so much water up my nose, in my mouth, eyes and ears. I sit up, coughing and trying to wipe water out of my eyes, manage to retrieve the bottom of my suit from it's uncomfortable hiding place and realize that everyone's looking at me. I realize my top is halfway to my neck, covering nothing. Quickly overcompensate and pull it halfway down my stomach. Finally get myself covered and realized several friends from school are standing around the bottom...
Monday morning, I'm in gym class and we're doing a gymnastics unit. I'm on the high bar about to flip off, and I stop to take a breath. My teacher thinks I'm nervous and says "I thought you weren't afraid of heights... 'top-liz' (my name is liz, sounds like topless....)
So the entire schools knows about it... and when graduation rolls around, I'm named valedictorian. And just before I walk up to the podium for my speech, my principal refers to me as "top-liz" so my entire class is reminded of me sitting at the bottom of a waterslide, on display.
Your teacher and principal called you that??
