Unwanted nicknames
We've all had them...but why? Tell us the grim truth behind you being known as 'Brown Keith' or 'The Tampon'.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Wed 3 Nov 2010, 8:22, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Were you known as the number 2 in your younger days?

(boozehound is drinking your bar dry, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 8:34, Reply)

j-dubs, boosh,
I've always wanted a nickname, and until about 5 seconds ago thought that i'd never really had one.

However on reflection, it appears each job i've had since leaving school has resulted in varying degrees of shit nicknames.

Boosh - putting up marquees in the summer after i left school the cheery but not what you'd call inventive blokes that i worked with gave everyone nicknames and thinking back they seemed to centre around hair. Dan became, Swede, he was a big chap, but wasn't named for his fair comlpection and blonde locks. No its because they thought he was slightly dumpy, and swede is also another name for hair in the south of England. I was givent he name boosh, as my stupidly long 'teenage rebellion' haircut reminded them of Noel Fielding from the mighty boosh - couldn't have helped that i wore high heels and a cape to work everyday.

Tarquin - Asked by an office colleague at a temporary call centre job the poshest name i could think of as i sat down to start on my first day, my reply was 'Tarquin'. For the next 2 months that was how people refered to me. I actually emailed the girl next to me oneday to ask if she fancied having a fag break and she leaned over to me and asked who lucosae was as she'd never heard the name before.

Roger - when i first got together with the gf, 4 years ago, i met her 3 closest friends for the first time at the pub. We played drinking games, one 'rule' was no real names. 4 years later everytime I see them they call me roger.

J-Dubs - my least favourite - given top me by a particularly cunt job of a boss from the otherside of the pond. made no sense what so ever. and to make matters worse, n-dubz the uk grime band who can only be described as fukwit monkey cunts, 'broke' onto the pop chart and people thought that i was somehow trying to cashin on their floppy beanie, brian harvey-wanna be cuntduggery.
( lucosade is counting down the minutes until, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 10:01, Reply)

since when has swede been a term for hair in the south of England?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)