i got this guy in an eco-themed school field game. it consisted of tasks that were dispersed around an open-air museum. they were supposed to “make us more environmentally conscious” but i felt like most of them would be more appropriate for preschoolers, not teenagers. one task required us to make a pot for a plant out of a plastic bottle. super boring BUT that's the origin story of Mieczysław! my team and i took care of him for the remainder of the game and one of the named him like that and it stuck.