Nick names

**Woodwould** · 22nd November 2009, 05:46 PM

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** · 22nd November 2009, 08:22 PM

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

**SNAFU** · 22nd November 2009, 11:25 PM

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

**Rodgera** · 22nd November 2009, 11:45 PM

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

**HazzaB** · 23rd November 2009, 11:00 AM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 12:30 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 01:08 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 01:20 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 01:20 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 01:52 PM

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

**sundowner** · 23rd November 2009, 02:02 PM

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

**Grumpy John** · 23rd November 2009, 02:12 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 02:26 PM

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

**Grumpy John** · 23rd November 2009, 02:30 PM

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** · 23rd November 2009, 03:09 PM

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

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