coachx Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Who came up with the 9-5 nickname ? I'm guessing it was Nique or a person who never worked a real job in their life. To them 9 - 5 describes a full work day for a hard worker. To me, a full work day is longer then 8 hours. To me, just 8 hours is the bare minimum. I'm guessing "9 - 5" just doesn't sound like a nickname for a "hard working tough guy" to most of us working folks. When I think "9 - 5" I picture the slackest person at the office who leaves work the second it hits 5:00 no matter what............Heaven forbid they stay late to get their job done. That nickname is just not how I picture a hard worker like Ivan at all. That is how I picture the biggest slacker in the office. Perhaps I'm just old fashioned..............either that or what one generation called lazy is now considered hard working. Edited February 3, 2012 by coachx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 LOL, OMG, WTF, LMFAO..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I dunno how hard any of us who get on here during the day can say we're working ... but I do agree that 9-5 is a severely outdated work schedule that no longer applies to most Americans. If anything 8-5 is the norm now and personally I'm an 8:30 to 6:30-7 guy, but again I'm obviously not working too hard judging by how often I'm on here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Ivan The Terrible is much more appropriate. He even lumbers down the court like a Viking whose upper body is more developed and burly than his bottom half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankthetank966 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 It was Nique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted February 3, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I thought that name was terrible too and completely agree...9 - 5 means you are out as soon as the clock hits 5. It doesn't sound good either....you are not going to call out to him and say 'hey 9 - 5 ...nice game' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_dirt Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 not a good nickname, but i think you're really thinking about it too much. going off the 9-5 theme, why not call him "overtime" instead, or how about "time and a half"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAambassador Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ivan The Terrible is much more appropriate. He even lumbers down the court like a Viking whose upper body is more developed and burly than his bottom half. I agree, it's what I call him. Gotta say Turrible (Barkley voice) though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceCase Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I coined 20 to Life off of the 9 to 5 moniker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I think Dominique meant the 9-5 as a compliment, but its not. 9-5 is 8 hours. Unless you don't eat lunch, its not a full day. I doubt many people really work those hours now (if they ever did.) I'm with Ivan the Turrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHawks89 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I like Ivan the terrible or Overtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhay610 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Is this really a thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbraves93 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) You are overthinking this one. "9-5" is not just a term used by people "who never worked a real job in their lives", it is a very common cliche used by pretty much everyone to describe a job, particularly a blue-collar type job, even though not a lot of people actually work from the hours of 9 to 5 anymore; this is what Nique was probably thinking. Edited February 5, 2012 by atlbraves93 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member BrazilianHawk Posted February 6, 2012 Premium Member Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 The Turrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLSmith Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 24/7 would have been better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'd prefer 187 for when he kills* Josh for being a lazy idiot or Joe for just being lazy or Zaza for having the worst hands in the NBA or LD for showing no emotion or Marvin for disappearing. *Disclaimer - neither I, Dolfan23, nor Hawksquawk, officially endorse the killing of any of the Hawks players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceCase Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'd prefer 187 for when he kills* Josh for being a lazy idiot or Joe for just being lazy or Zaza for having the worst hands in the NBA or LD for showing no emotion or Marvin for disappearing. *Disclaimer - neither I, Dolfan23, nor Hawksquawk, officially endorse the killing of any of the Hawks players. That's why I like "20 to Life" I would kill to have Bob scream "20-Life with another double homicide in points and rebounds!" or use other emphasized puns like "Ivan with a 1st degree murderous jam on the rim!" "Ivan with a breaking away and entering steal and jam!" "Assault with a deadly weapon by Ivan on the block!" and just generally say at the end of every stint when Ivan goes back to the bench "that was 5 minutes of hard time by Ivan" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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