Nick names

[Woodwould]

While living in the UK, my Aussie-born wife was known as Connie (Convict).
A friend's sister was known as Kleenex ("Thicker than most").
I employed a young apprentice once whose prowess with the ladies earned him the name Archimedes.
An aquaintance by the name of Sidebottom was known as Angle ####.
Another aquaintance was known as Osram (the light was on but nobody was home).
A farming aquaintance was known as Goat. You work it out.
A school mate by the name of Livingstone was known as Dead Rock.

[Rodgera]

I had a school buddy that they called "Oppie" (aka opium)
Cos he was a slow working dope

[SNAFU]

We used to call one of my supervisors "Teflon", cos nothing ever stuck to him.

[Rodgera]

I call my labourer, at work, "the London Fog " - he never lifts

[HazzaB]

My mate calls his missus 'Hesh' cause she's as rough as Hesian undies,

My wife's kids used to call her 'Cadbury's' cause 'a glass and a half' and she was gone.

I used to work with a bloke we called 'Brains' not because he had any

HazzaB

[Bob38S]

Bloke called "tin cup" cause he was always pannikin.

"Opium" the slow working dope

"2 dads" because of a 2 part surname

"Dynamite" not enough brains to blow his nose

[rosewood]

Got a bloke here at work we call EMU.
Ask him a question and he just looks at you funny and goes -- Huh?

[The Bleeder]

Work with a guy we call 74.

Apparently some phsycologist worked out it took an IQ of > 75 to tie your shoe laces.

This guy boasted he only has slip-ons or velco straps. (BTW he's thick as S#*T)

[wheelinround]

Fellow at one depot was called Ankles it was the only part you saw hanging out the bosses #### any lower and they called him snake

Wrong Way Reynolds (from Giligan's Island ) name says it all

Mule 2 reasons stubbourn as the first

Moses so old he looked like him.

Me I had Hoppie (a few reasons)

[AlexS]

Oblong...surname Cassidy. (Say it quickly)

[sundowner]

surname down
me sun
wife,ida
wally at work www. wally wont work
light fingered,hydrolic ,lifts anything

[Grumpy John]

I worked at a place where the Sales Manager was known as Gunna. Gunna do this, gunna do that.
Another place I worked one of the apprentices was called Hemorrhoids, because when he swept up he just left the "piles" of dirt next to the bin.

[seriola]

worked with a fella who stressed a tad, nicknamed tow truck, headed for a break down

[Grumpy John]

Oops, I forgot about one of the leading hands when I worked at GM. We called him back-axle, because he followed the Foreman around everywhere.

[Ian Smith]

Used to work with a bloke whose last name was Smallwood - everyone called him "Chips"

My Dad was in the army with a bloke whose last name was Raines - they called him "Sprinkler"

The one I really like though was a bloke who was a supervising technician in an exchange back in the early 70's. To his face he was called Stew (Stewart was his first name I guess) but at every other time he was called Mister Pid.


Must be a sign of the times but there seems to be a dearth of creative nicknames these days

Ian