From: Pele@yabbs
To: sienna@yabbs
Subject: re: Nicknames...
Date: Thu Jul 21 15:02:27 1994
Ok...if it isn't self-explanatory.....


I LOVE PELE!!!!!!!

Two reasons:Most people know that Pele is the great soccer player, the 
Muhammed Ali of soccer  (see my plan).  I grew up in Jamaica
where all of my friends and I played soccer all day (when not
in school of course!).  Pele was our idol and so when asked
for a name the first person I thought of was Pele.  

The other thing is...and I don't usually admit this...is Pele
is the name of the Hawaiian goddess of fire (or volcanoes,not
sure really).  It's not that I think I'm a godess (I'm a guy!)
It's just that I think the pictures of her (artist's pictures)
are really cool...so...well...there you go.

One more thing. My best friend Zippo and I found nicknames
for each other...his was Fred Flintstone and mine, of course,
was Pele.  He changed his name (I like Zippo better) and I 
kept mine.  That's it.

Bye


-Pele