A real Dick

Hello! My name is Dick. I was actually confirmed in the Catholic faith as Richard some 58 years ago but you can guess what I was called since I was able to fight my way to the first school I attended. Johnny Cash sang about "A Boy Named Sue" and I guess that would have been a worse name but that's about my only consolation. You see, if I make an attempt on occasion to be Richard (especially when meeting a lady for the first time) guess what I hear from my friends if they should be around to overhear her call me Richard, "hey, Dickie boy, are you ashamed of being a dick?" As Ralph Kramden used to say, "hardy har har", meaning that's about as funny as a fart in church. And if you remember who Ralph Kramden was you can just about guess how long I have been a Dick. That's just one example of the gazillion dick taunts I have heard in my lifetime of being a Dick. Let's just put it this way, being a Dick is not easy, while being a dick, for some men, comes naturally. 

Contrary to popular belief not all men are dicks

Since the name dick has grown to be synonymous with less than ideal circumstances surrounding a male of the species I thought that it might be a good time to set the record straight and have some fun too. Consider these pages to be my dick coming out party. Whoops, see even I do it! What I mean to say is let's explore all the ways we can use the term "dick" to describe our boss, boyfriend, husband, uncle, co-worker, etc, using the negative connotation (hard dick) that we have grown so fond of. The former would be examples of bad dicks. Good Dicks are like police detectives, famous Dicks can be good or bad, Dick celebrities like Dick Clark and guys named Dick that are good guys (like me!)

I am at an age where things don't bother me so much anymore and being a Dick is the least of my problems. Just look em in the eye while shaking hands and say it proudly, "hi, glad to meetcha, my name is Dick!"