the secret origin of pickering as an insult:

feeble kitten: ryan totally started a band with those pickering kids...
deleriumhead: dude... wait... did you use pickering as an insult?
feeble kitten: uh... no... not really...
feeble kitten: just to say that they're from pickering...
deleriumhead: okay... but... wow... it could totally be used as an insult...
feeble kitten: yeah... it probably should, too...
feeble kitten: i'm gonna call ryan's band "that pickering band"
feeble kitten: insultingly