Juggie Me!!!

Ideas for blogs hit when most unexpected. This one came during my trip back from home. I had been home to Hyderabad for holi. Raju had his farewell to attend, so he left early and I was destined to travel all alone. The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy was not enough to keep me occupied through all of the 20 hours of journey, and coupled with me travel insomnia, my creativity went into overdrive.
Now Jughead has been my LAN id and nickname around the college for quite some time. Surprisingly, most of the guys here have no idea who Jughead is, and always keep asking me about my obsession with him. Let me tell you that I just happen to identify myself with him a lot. So I thought, why not put up a blog about him. This also gave me a reason to dig up on this character, with a bit of help from wikipedia. What came up was pretty interesting.

For starters, Jughead Jones is a fictional character in Archies comics. Though Archie and his gals, Betty and Veronica are the main protagonists of the series, Jughead Jones, Archie’s best friend, is easily one of the most liked characters. The "weird one" of Archie’s friends circle, Jughead is notorious for his eating habits, cheeseburgers being his favourite. He has an enormous appetitie and has won all eating contests in Riverdale in the past 10 years! As a result, Jughead is the most preferred customer of most of Riverdale's food establishments, especially Pop Tate's Chocklit Shoppe, and a very respected food critic who is said to have perfect taste, in that he can taste a dish and tell you exactly what's wrong with it. His other major interest is sleeping. He has white sheepdog named Hot Dog (I wonder why it wasn’t named Cheeseburger) and is often chased by Ethel Muggs, whom he loves to hate. In fact, Jughead does his best to avoid girls—unless a free meal is involved. Always dressed in his blue turtle neck with a big "S" written on it and his trademark crown-shaped felt hat, Jughead is seldom known to have opened his eyes. He loves to skateboard, plays drums for the Archies band and is the second best student in the school next only to Dilton!!! His IQ levels are known to be way above average and has street smarts that will knock you off your feet. Definitely the funniest character around, for those of you who haven't read Archies ever, let me tell you that you have definitely missed something.

Some other lesser known facts about him :

1. Full name : Forsythe Pendleton Jones, named after an uncle who fought in the revolutionary war.

2. In the Spanish versions of the comic book, Jughead's name is Torombolo.

3. He has a baby sister, Forsythia Jones, who is named after him! She is also known as "Jellybean", because she was born in a traffic jam caused by a hijacked jellybean truck!!!

4. The reason why Jughead doesn't like girls? He had a childhood sweetheart named Joani Jumpp, and when they were 6, Jughead's family moved to Riverdale, and had to leave Joani behind. Determined not to go through the heartbreak again, he swore off girls.

5. In the TV movie and subsequent comic book To Riverdale and Back Again, which portrayed all the characters 15 years after their graduation from high school, Jughead has become a psychiatrist.

6. To this day, the letter "S" on Jughead's sweatshirt is the biggest secret that Archie Comics has ever kept. No one knows what it stands for.

7. Instead of spending him money on girls, Jughead often blows his allowance at Pop Tate's, and currently, he holds two records...one for eating the most burgers at Pop's, and one for having the largest tab at Pop's!

Regardless of that fact, there's always something to like about Jughead, not very unlike me ;-).