22nd October 23, 1969 24th
Fuddy Duddy  The most memorable thing about our language group was the "Fuddy Duddy" thing I organized and we became known as the Fuddy Duddy group. Jas says a Hindi word and then signals us to respond saying the word in unison. So I set it up with the others and today we all yelled "Fuddy Duddy" then we laughed for five minutes because of the expression on his face. He didn't know what it meant and thought it had evil connotations. When he asked what it was we just replied he was one. We managed to keep him in the dark for some time and even got the other instructors to call him Fuddy Duddy and soon it was on everyone's lips. I took him aside and seriously explained that it was nothing bad and was intended as a joke. After that he enjoyed his fame and took on the name. A while later he became Mr Fuddy and I became Mr Duddy. I really felt a bond when I would say "Good Morning, Mr Fuddy" and he would reply "Good Morning, Mr. Duddy".
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