Glasseye Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 * That you personally remember. There are quite a few of them. In high school there was this white kid who had a headful of hair like Billy Preston's. We used to call him - "Burr Head". When I first began travelling to Costa Rica there was a guy who had a deformity. A small hand jutted out from his shoulder area. They called him - "Flipper Eddie" Anyone care to share ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Quite a few of my friends have funny nicknames as most of them are in the Hash House Harriers. Here's just a few: Vietnamese Violator Mount Me Sperm Polluter (we named a local reservoir after him - link) IHOP (he lost a leg in a climbing accident) No More Cum AnySex Dot Com Sip Baht (one of our regular baht bus drivers to run sites) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 There was somebody in the Army that I served with when we were both Sgts called Rick. What an asshole he was .... he never missed an opportunity to drop you in the shit to make himself look good.. He progressed through the ranks but never got further than WOII because finally the promotions board realised why his nickname was "Silent P" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nightcrawler Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I have a good mate who we call "Fester" as in Uncle Fester of the Adams Familly It was me who started it. Obviously because he is a slap head, but looks vaguely like Fester. These names stick after a while . He doesn't seem to mind, though he has little choice in the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 The classic one from Bob Mortimer was ‘Snipers Dream’ on account of one of his mates who had a large head ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 When I moved to Birmingham Just about everyone I socialized with had a Nickname. Mine was quite simple. From the moment in the pub I was introduced to another "Danny" I was universally known as "DA" and my new best friend instantly and forever after answered to "DH". In our group was "Mongrel", "Range Rover" and "Length". It was quite apparent "Length" was very proud of his. 😄 It was six months or so before I asked one night why Range Rover? Everyone looked at me as though I was as thick as two planks. The eventually reply was, needless to say, "He works at Range Rover." I said "I just knew you were going to say that!" 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I have recently received a new nickname " papie" I got it from a new adult apprentice he's a rarotongan in his 40s and a well know ex production supervisor The whole site would hear him call " hey papie come up to the bsb we got fires ( his slang for brakedowns) now many of production call for papie when they want me ( only the two of us on maintenance ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forqalso Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I worked with two guys with nicknames that were piercing related. Pinhead and Jimmy Nipples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I know a guy called "One arm". He only has one arm available to use as the other is always carrying a beer can. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 We had an aircraft electrician in Oman called Jim the Beer,for obvious reasons.I remember once one of us heavies had to do a soldering job for him as his hands were shaking so much. Another guy there was named Brian Day,known to all and sundry as Bidet. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I used to work with some real characters - one was a crazy Czech named Jan, whose well-deserved nickname was "Janimal"; another fellow named Rob underwent such a personality change when he was drunk that we'd call him "Walter" instead, and when he'd show up hungover the next day we'd tease him about Walter being out the night before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantern Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Spent a week working at "The Leeds Grand Theatre" doing a "get in" for "Death of a Salesman" starring Warren Mitchell" The lighting engineer went by the nickname "Half Round" When I asked him why, he told me his father who was the previous lighting engineer always took the crew over to the Wrens Pub where he would always buy a full round of drinks for them after every "get in" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Worked with a guy nicknamed Arfur 'cos he only never finished a job. Bastard used to call me Justin. Edited January 9, 2023 by bob lt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 At my last job we had a guy on our shift who was half English, half Pakistani. His name was Al Sheikh. I came up with the nickname ’Manny’ though not to his face. Think about it. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Had a mate from school who went into the Navy simply known as Jonathan Hunt, following basic training and a few trips on HMS Cardiff he came back as Iasac Hunt. he was then known as Isaac Those military lads do love a nickname Edited January 9, 2023 by AJSP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 We have a guy at work who is referred to as the angry chihuahua but not to his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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