Jizzmopper Origins

Most people who have found my blog and twitter feed quickly realize why I have the nickname Jizzmopper, but what you might not know is that a lot of people called me Jizz long before I started sharing these stories with the world.

As far as I know, Kevin Smith’s Clerks was the movie that brought the term Jizzmopper into the mainstream. Since this movie came out in 1994, there was plenty of time for people to add this word into their vocabulary before I started working at the porn store in 1998. A few friends gave me a hard time for being a Jizzmopper, but it didn’t stick as a nickname until I moved to Korea.

When I was teaching English in Seoul, I became involved with the Southside Hash House Harriers, a drinking group with a running problem. We’d meet every Sunday at 10 a.m. to drink beer, sing dirty songs and run a trail laid by one of the “hares”. On their sixth trail, new members are giving an incredibly inappropriate nickname. By this point, the other members had talked with me enough to learn about my porn clerk past, so the hash name Jizzmopper was almost a given. I did come dangerously close to being nicknamed Whack Shack, and am glad that Jizzmopper came out as the winner.

You’d be surprised how quickly you can get used to being called Jizz. I have my nicknamed embroidered on clothing and a sharp-eyed reader of this blog even found a picture of the patch that was made in my honor when I moved away from Korea. (I can't find the link anymore, but I will post an image as soon as I can.)

I continued being involved with the Hash House Harriers when I returned to the United States and still attend trails set by the Minneapolis Hash House Harriers from time to time. This has kept me comfortable with being referred to as Jizz and my wife will even call me by this name in certain situations. (For more information about the Minneapolis Hash House Harriers and hashing in general, check out www.minneapolish3.com or www.grhhh.com).

Anyway, the whole point of this post was to give you an idea of how long these stories have been percolating in my mind and how long I’ve been known as Jizzmopper. It also explains why there are three h’s in my email address.

Hopefully it gives you a little insight into my background and encourages you to ask more questions about me. The Ask Jizz mailbag has been running dry lately.

jizz_mopperhhh@hotmail.com or via Twitter @jizzchronicles