nicknames on site

[shanky887614]

any interesting ones you or workmates are called?

 

[Adam W]

I used to call a guy on my last job 'Tandalf' because his surname is Tandy and he's a bit of an electrical wizard. His mates call him 'Teapot' but he wouldn't explain why which is why I thought he needed a new nickname.

 

[ipf]

I used to call a guy on my last job 'Tandalf' because his surname is Tandy and he's a bit of an electrical wizard. His mates call him 'Teapot' but he wouldn't explain why which is why I thought he needed a new nickname.

They didn't call you 'batman' did they Adam W

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Knew Painter nicknamed Van Gogh, and he was, never seen gloss so well glossed, I mean absolutely mirror perfect.... Shouted at me once when I left a door open.

"Nick! Dust!"

i jumped.

he was also famous for getting lamped, the spread (his mate) warned me before he arrived, out of the blue once he shouted to me "Oi Nick you got any naked pictures of yer wife on that phone?"

so I said "NO"

so he said "d'yer want some!"

was quite funny I thought but he doesn't always chose victims well

 

[camerabloke]

had an apprentice we nicknamed spunky. dirty barsteward

 

[sarky spark]

A lad I used to work with turned up for work one day with yellow overalls, ever since he has been known as La La.

 

[Englishman]

had an apprentice we thought was well spunky, right dirty barsteward

Erm, ok....

 

[camerabloke]

yeah, shouldnt go into it on a public forum, but use your imagination

 

[trev]

We had a labourer that we used to call speed bump because the job always slowed down when he was about.
Mind you, his chases were absolutely perfect. Bullet straight, uniform depth all the way down, they really were a thing of beauty. Just used to take him hours for each one

 

[ian.settle1]

When I was at sea helped a lad in my local get a job as a lecky, when I rejoined my ship he was also onboard, asked the 2nd lecky how he was doing he replied "Oh Weeble not to bad". Asked how the hell he got the nickname Weeble?

2nd replied well you now how you knock a weeble over and they come upright straight away well he falls over and stays down.

 

[D Skelton]

had an apprentice we nicknamed spunky. dirty barsteward

Haha! No way! My first apprentice was nicknamed Spunky!

 

[trev]

When I was working in London many years ago, even though I wasn't having sex while I was away I was still known as "That ****ing Geordie"

 

[shanky887614]

had a guy that used to work for us nicknamed speedy.

after about 20 smokes and 10 disapearences throughout the day he somehow managed to get a little work done

another guy moonhead - had a massive head

I get called gadgetman or hard drive etc cause I had loads of tools and playing with gadgets and computers

started calling me the warlock after he watched die hard

 

[Pete999]

Right are you ready?
Me "Inspector gadget" (because I like to buy new stuff tools gadgets etc)
Guy called Alex (His nickname was Soapy, he played in goal and he wasn't much good)
Jerry (Mellon because he had a rather large head)
Mick ( He was called Mullet because he was a bit thick)
Paul ( He was called teflon because it was never his fault)
Roger ( he was called Thrush because he was an irritating little ---- use your imagination) good mate
Simon ( Swampy he was a scruffy git)
Ken ( Tidy because he had OCD)
My boss (Jabba she was rather large)
Alec ( Shrek he was a large lad, lost a lot of weight well done mate)
Pete (Animal, he is one)
Chris (posh git because he is)

 

[joe.ninety]

They didn't call you 'batman' did they Adam W

Showing your age there...

Let's hope our AW has a slimmer waistline than his on-screen counterpart.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

any interesting ones you or workmates are called?

well...

i`v been called piggy

as in:



some of the characters i`v worked with?...hmm well:

there was `hoppertosser`...used to work in the wool house...and was always ----in it off...

there were `joe90`...from spain...caus looked like joe90..

`pintpot`....cas he were a midgy...

there was `blackadder`...caus he were always mucky...needed a bath...and his father `dadadder`...caus he were the same...

`darrenbarrel`...caus he looked like a barrel....

loads of em....

 

[joe.ninety]

there were `joe90`...from spain...caus looked like joe90..

A handsome devil no doubt, I like him already :wink5:

 

[Adam W]

They didn't call you 'batman' did they Adam W

Funny you should mention that - I used to have a picture of Adam West as the mayor of Quahog from Family Guy as my facebook profile pic.

 

[nomad79]

Plasterer on a site,was nicknamed bloodclot.Had been telling everybody to donate blood like he is.Went to give blood and promptly feinted.

 

[Adam W]

My mate likes to moan a lot and can be a bit depressing to be around. His workmates used to call him 'Halon' because they reckoned he sucked the life out of a room like a halon fire extinguisher.
He started doing MMA and they started calling him 'the ninja whinger'.
They weren't very nice people.