Marvin Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 We nicknamed a boring bloke at work "Bomb scare", because as soon as he joined a group everyone would scarper in different directions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, Sniper said: I've heard some good ones over the years! A guy whose nickname was KitKat as if only had 4 fingers. Another with one leg shorter than the others was called Foot Pump A guy who was called Thrush as he was an irritating c u next tuesday The bloke i knew with 4 fingers was known as 80 pence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 53 minutes ago, Marvin said: We nicknamed a boring bloke at work "Bomb scare", because as soon as he joined a group everyone would scarper in different directions. The other one I know is a chap who worked on the oil rigs. This is probably something we shouldn't be laughing at in more enlightened times but..... Apparently he had found out his wife was having an affair and was planning on leaving him. After a few drinks he had decided to end it all by jumping off the rig with his bag of tools tied around his neck to take him under quickly. Luckily, one of the crew found him in time, dragged him down from the rails and talked some sense into him. For years after he was known as tank top", because he was an "incomplete jumper".. 1 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sniper said: Another with one leg shorter than the others was called Foot Pump I knew a girl with the same problem. Her name was Eileen. Also had a friend in Oz who was a Policeman. His nickname was SCUD because if he was having a bad time it was going to be "Some C***s Unlucky Day" Edited February 21 by BigTone 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Ah! Blackjack,and his bag of tricks,nothing much to look at,but absolutely mental. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Used to work with a guy called David Hunt whom everyone knew as Isaac, just because he was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Read this one online once... Blokes mate with a limp was called Sniper's Nightmare 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Jeremy Beadle was know as “The Clock” because he had one hand smaller than the other 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 (edited) 3 hours ago, Sniper said: I've heard some good ones over the years! A guy whose nickname was KitKat as if only had 4 fingers. Another with one leg shorter than the others was called Foot Pump A guy who was called Thrush as he was an irritating c u next tuesday I’ve got a mate who is referred to as Sexy Fingers…… as everything he touches he f ks up! Edited February 21 by cider hoss rules 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 A driver who used to deliver into a place I worked years ago used to refer to his wife as the The Junkyard Dog! I asked him why one day, and he said it was because when he met her she was hornier than a Junkyard Dog! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowie Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Was an Electrician who looked like Elton John. Everyone called him Socket Man. Used to know a guy who had half of one ear. Got nicked named 18 months. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 11 hours ago, Bazooka Joe said: Yeah, I remember and knew some from them long gone days. Blackjack, Jiffy, Angus, Larry the Limp, Paddy Walsh, The Pascoes, John Feeney, Chris Saunders, Heavy Duty, Moussah, and Boner spring to mind. Blackjack and Moussah had brothers who were well-known. Some of those that followed City in those days, were bitter enemies “off the pitch”, who put their differences aside temporarily on match days. You're forgetting Beaney,the Wescotts,Ray Harding,Rob Barry,Jeff Eades,Dave Elvins Mike Oads etc,etc.A coach load of nutters.Me or Angus would hire a Turners coach to leave the city centre at some strange hour of the morning after a night in the stage door.Them days were fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 8 minutes ago, BobbyC said: You're forgetting Beaney,the Wescotts,Ray Harding,Rob Barry,Jeff Eades,Dave Elvins Mike Oads etc,etc.A coach load of nutters.Me or Angus would hire a Turners coach to leave the city centre at some strange hour of the morning after a night in the stage door.Them days were fun. I remember Western Roadways . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 4 hours ago, cider hoss rules said: I’ve got a mate who is referred to as Sexy Fingers…… as everything he touches he f ks up! i nicknamed our last trainee mechanic amoco cadiz because he kept forgetting to put sump bungs back in before refilling the engines with oil. he didnt have a clue what it meant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 (edited) Worked with an engineer years ago with an abnormally long head, nicknamed 'Tefal'. He wasn't the best engineer so, when the company asked us to set up our own individual businesses and go sub contract, he called his 'Deja vu ltd' as he always had to go back. Strange looking fella but a good laugh! Edited February 21 by Ska Junkie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 (edited) 19 hours ago, BobbyC said: You're forgetting Beaney,the Wescotts,Ray Harding,Rob Barry,Jeff Eades,Dave Elvins Mike Oads etc,etc.A coach load of nutters.Me or Angus would hire a Turners coach to leave the city centre at some strange hour of the morning after a night in the stage door.Them days were fun. Forgot these and a fair few others, I'm sure. Didn't know them all by name/nickname. Friends have asked me what about . . . . Elmer F, the Polaks, the Stephens family, Shamrock, the Belleras, Big Arfur, Flannagan and Martin (House That Jack Built)? The problem when you mention a name or names, is that you unintentionally exclude those who think they (as do others) deserve a mention. Some rightly so. Rob Barry and mates were from Hartcliffe/Withywood if I'm not mistaken. I once saw Rob have a massive brawl with Dave BWZ, a tough character from Long Ashton, on the City Centre. One of the hardest and scariest City-mad characters I met in the early 70s, was an Irish brute in his early forties who we called "Crazy Sullivan". He was a trench-digger who drank heavily and lodged at a house on Coronation Road, close to Allington Road. He was not affiliated to any group, but just came to games when he felt like it. During games he usually stood in the Grandstand, his big voice booming out obscenities (unchallenged, of course) at visiting fans. Outside the ground, he'd be everywhere spoiling for a fight. No matter what the weather, he would stomp around (usually half-sozzled) wearing an open, baggy shirt, hanging over his trousers, with his big, hairy barrel-chest on display, shouting out stuff like "CITTYYYY . . . CITTYYYY . . . who wants to try their luck?" He got arrested for "greeting" Man U fans at Temple Meads and giving them his personal, hostile reception. When he got sent down, we saw his real name and realised it had absolutely no connection or relevance to the name "Sullivan." Some of the old guard on here may remember him, One of my brothers reckons "Sullivan" looked like a big, but uglier version of Steve Logan, the wrestler, with his greasy black unkempt hair. I don't quite see that, but maybe it's the closest way of describing him. When I go down to Ashton Gate now, it's a very, very different place and experience. Edited February 22 by Bazooka Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saturday Boy Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 On a lad's weekend in Dublin, one of the group put a bar of soap in another's Guinness while he wasn't looking. After downing his pint, he was nicknamed Frothy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Used to play footy with a lad who had lost a bollock. We nicknamed him Orinoco. As in...Womball.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 There was a character from Ashton vale called pretty chris, who was a right character,and not the most handsome fella, his friend was called chinner, who's chin was bigger and better than Jimmy hills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I was at school with a boy with the surname Tew. His nickname was ‘Munch’. His younger brother was known as ‘Nibble’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Johnny Vaughan has a feature on his Radio X show regarding this topic. So many good ones which I cannot recall. One I do remember : Bloke nicknamed "The Skip", but not because he was team leader or foreman, but because he was full of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 There was the Yorkshire cricketer Peter Hartley who was known for his inconsistency. He was known as Daisy, as in some days 'e does, some days 'e doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red DNA Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Once ‘worked with a guy at Westland’s known as the GOAT - Guru Of All Things. Had a high opinion of himself and a right know all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneTeamInBristol Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 One of the previously banned Russian athletes from this year's Olympics is the high jumper Michael Knockabollockoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, OneTeamInBristol said: One of the previously banned Russian athletes from this year's Olympics is the high jumper Michael Knockabollockoff And Enoch Abollockoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saturday Boy Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 When I started kids football coaching, one of the dads was convinced my name was Stuart (it isn't) and still calls me it 12 years on - so he is Trigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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