The Origin of The Bagelfather
I've had this nickname for a bit over 14 years now. Or course 14 years ago online we called them "handles."
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So a long long time ago, in a valley far far away (Spring Valley, CA) I had gotten my first job working at a movie theater and so I was actually saving up money to buy my own stuff. I have always been a big fan of fedoras and thought they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. So I finally went out and bought a very nice one which was a felt made of rabbit fur.
Well a fedora doesn't go with a t-shirt and jeans. So I put on my blue blazer, shirt, tie, slacks and dark sunglasses. I was about to head to my friend Amara's house when my mother spotted me and said I looked like something out of the Mafia, like I was some sort of Godfather.
I went to my friend Amara's and her boyfriend John was there. John looked up at me and said "who the hell are you supposed to be."
Off the cuff I said "I'm the Bagelfather," to which he thought this was hilarious. I came up with Bagelfather as it was a play on Godfather, a jewish godfather.
The name took right away and soon my friends who weren't online were referring to me as "Bagel" or "Bagelfather."
One of my "greatest" nickname achievements was meeting writer Terry Pratchet and having him sign something to "The Bagelfather" and he broke out of his robotic like signing routine, and just gave me this look and thought it was the funniest thing since sliced rubber duckies. He signed my book and poster to my nickanme.