WDHPPR

The Story of WDHPPR

As a fan of Kung Fu television series, I enjoyed the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine. Caine, a Shaolin monk, was trying to passively travel through the old American West but always ended up kicking someone's butt with his mastery of the martial art; Kung Fu. The show featured large segments of flash back to Caine's youth where his blind master Po often referred to him as Grasshopper.

The popularity of the show created a few spin off attempts as well as a few parities. One such parity was a commercial by the soda company 7up which, being careful not to tread too heavily on the copyright material, featured a Kung Fu student Grasshopper and his Master Po. The ad centered on Caine choosing either the 'Cola Nut' or UnCola Nut', asking him to choose wisely but referring to Caine as 'Weedhopper'. It was a very funny advertisement.

Growing up in high school, the reference to my last name, 'Kane' and the Kung Fu character, as well as the popular commercial earned me the name of Grasshopper and Weedhopper. Being a less innocuous nickname, I keep it throughout the years as my internet pseudo name but always finding it already taken, I removed all of the vowels to whdppr which seems to most always be available. So WeeDHoPPeR is my nom de plume or pen name.