IT IS A SILLY  STORY but I'M GOING TO TELL IT ANY WAY... When I was at  college and a good 20years younger! I used to be a DJ... I sat in the student bar and was talking to friends... There were no seats left so we were sat cross legged on the floor with are pints between our legs so not to spill our drinks!  The student prez was talking to someone who needed a DJ... He pointed me out saying "See the guy sat on the floor there.. can't miss him goatie beard,sat on the floor and if he had a fishing rod he would look like a garden gnome" well I got the gig... and landed the nickname as well!!!

"GNOME INDEED!!!!"

( I don't know what they are talking about!!!!! )