My friends, being the true firends they are, and the macho way in which we seem to need to greet one another with appropriate insults like to call me gay mears, which is almost a compliment, or if they want to annoy me bear grills. Others include tree hugger, hippy, jesus. The list goes on. The phrases "go whittle a spoon" and "have you foraged dinner" are often flung about too. Over in germany I have become increasingly called http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&searchLocRelinked=1&search=Öko&trestr=0x128001"Oko(Oeko)" which seems to translate as greenie. I mean, I like alage as much as the next sloth but I think thats a tad excessive.