Whistle-Britches and Sport-Model, just to name a few...

Dad enjoyed using nicknames. Particularly if the name got under the skin of the person to whom the nickname was directed - which was not necessarily the person being called the name.

Take, for instance, Whistle-Britches. Whistle-Britches was probably the most frequently used nickname in Dad's arsenal. You see, it was his name for EVERY BOY who ever showed any interest in dating any one of Dad's daughters, or, much more recently, his grand-daughters. (You can only imagine the horror of a teen-aged girl hearing her father shout - into the uncovered phone receiver -  "Whistle-Britches is on the phone for you...")

Then, there was Sport-Model. Those boys Dad called Sport-Model were usually some sort of hot shot - or they thought they were. Or, they were live-wire, full-speed ahead, little BOYS!

There were also nicknames specific to people: my youngest sister has mentioned being "Nut", and there are Barefoot, Little Man, Priss, and several others as well.

So, if you happen to have been called "Knuckle-Head" or something similar by Dad, just know that you were in good company. And, that no matter what you might have thought at the time, it was all in good fun. Because, if for some reason you got on Dad's bad side, you knew it straight-away, because he would call you by your real name. Your full name.