truncheon came about when a friend and i, long ago when we worked the late shift in the tv control room of a horse track, were bored and decided to create a 'fake' punk band. we came up with album titles, songs, the whole nine yards. thus the imaginary punk band 'truncheon' was born. then realized there was another 'fake' punk band with the same name from the US, so we rebranded our original band 'truncheon u.k.', to differentiate from the US truncheon. at one point, when my friend moved to LA, he went so far as to recruit some musicians to put a few of our fake song titles to actual music/lyrics.
After that, i used 'team truncheon' as my geocaching handle for myself and my kids when we cache, and i've used the moniker 'truncheon' elsewhere online.
i have no avatar yet, as i've not found a good one fitting for ECF...