Re: Why does HvK = Fluffy?

Charles Milton Ling <cmling@xxxxxxxxxx> appears to have caused the
following letters to be typed in news:73e9e$43c419fb$d52f8ebb$18424
@news.chello.at:

> Greetings!
>
> I was just wondering how he got his nickname (here?).
>
> Charley

Supposedly that (or the like in German) was an early girlfriend's nickname
for him, on account of his hair.

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