Nicknames

In our street we have a chocolate teapot, broken leg, the druggies and one now moved on by police who we correctly callen neanderthal.

We used to live in a house by the park and my then toddler son used to see a man every day walking his dog.

He called to him mandog!

Oh! I've just seen that you said he was short! Could be him.

I wonder if he could have moved this way after that, and got with a Scots lady? Was he quite a cheeky kind of short man with a beard? Bit of a hippy?

MissAdventure this Lenny frequented a North London pub and was married to Dolly

Oh wow! I know of a Lenny the hat! Could it be the same man, or the same hat? Or are there lots of Lenny the hats?

Lenny the hat-----always wore a trilby
One coat-------always wore the same coat winter and summer for 20 + yrs
Dinky------5ft tall

My dad often called me Molly, I’ve no idea why. He had nicknames for various neighbours too, e.g. “The Stornaway Gazette”, a woman who came from the Western Isles, there was nothing she liked better than to pass on a bit of neighbourhood gossip!

...and it's not because he has a dog.

We have a neighbour, called "Pitbull" by all the other neighbours.

My children called one of our neighbours Mrs Clock, because she walked down the road at exactly the same time each morning, and when they saw her they knew it was time for them to set off for school.

kittylester have you had a or two?
Or is it your auto-correct?


of course it could be me misreading after a glass or two .....

Blessed phone - our surname is very easy......

Our sure BBC are is very easy to shorten and at one stage DH and all 5 children gad the same one - made answering the phone difficult.

Hello, can I speak to xxxxx
Yes, which one?
You know, xxxxx!

Davy Crockett

Nobby Clark, Dusty Rhodes , Chalky White etc
I know one or two of those!

Dusty Miller
Ruby (Murray)
Charlie (Brown)
Larry (Lamb)

etc

Just remembered - my school friend's uncle never looked where he was walking - nickname Trod-in-it.

My dad was a postman and had nicknames for several people on his round. One poor woman was referred to as Bogside because she was Irish. We have names for the neighbours, - Afghan (he looks like his dog, long and lanky), Hairy Nose (no explanation needed) and his wife, Mrs Busy (always walking at top speed with an empty shopping bag on her arm. Maybe it's an inherited trait because both our son and daughter have nicknames for their friends.

I had an ex called Lip....because he had lips like Mick Jagger!

That is so sad [Mollie]

Dai full pelt Because he always had to run for the train

I remember someone referring to a 'bloke' where he worked as stinky. When I asked why, he said "cos he stinks!"

Someone we know is referred to as "Ariston" because he goes on, and on, and on and on

Anyone remember the advert?

Things weren't very pc in those days. My dads friend had nicknames for everyone in our family. My sister was egg on legs. (Plump) I was mouth on a stick (skinny)

My Dad was called Split pin as a boy. He had long legs and a round head!??