Think of poor Rudolph in the popular Christmas song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."It means they called him by different names to mock him.
Think of poor Rudolph in the popular Christmas song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
"All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games."
One can imagine the other reindeer saying things like "Hey, Red-Nose!" to Rudolph. I'm also reminded of your infamous "fat face" thread, tufguy.
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