Like for instance someone saying “Gopher John” when answering the phone. What does this mean?

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    11 months ago

    This question has plagued my mind for decades, because the main character of the tv show Eureka, Jack Carter, always answered his radio/phone with this. And to this day I have no idea what words he was saying or why he always said it. I had started to think he was saying “gofer” which is

    An employee who runs errands in addition to performing regular duties.

    But that seemed a bit weird for the sheriff to say