How i got my nickname
They call me Rooster, everyone asks why this is my nickname, the truth is so random/bizarre/strange/whatever that they dont believe me and assume I'm lying to protect some sinister truth

Roughly 2002, working on a rewire in a posh part of Sheffield, with 2 other lads roughly my age, we finish it at at an early enough time to just sit relaxing in the van until its time to set off home, the sun is in my eyes as I'm slumped in the drivers seat, so i reach out and pull the sun visor down, and notice a photograph shoved into it, i take it out and the photo is of a little old lady, blowing out candles on a birthday cake, the cake tells us its her 80th birthday. "where's this come from?" says I. "dunno" comes the reply, I casually flip the photo round to be greeted by the phrase (my name replaced by asterix here).... *** "Rooster' ****** loves Doris Hepplethwaite TLA" the other 2 lads in the van dont claim responsibility, neither do any of the other 11 people working for the company at the time, each and every one of them bemused by the photo, its appearance in the van or indeed the message on the back.

To this day, I dont know who wrote it, why they chose to give me the nickname Rooster or why they didn't own up to something that nearly everyone who witnessed it found very funny. A truly strange little situation
(whorsepower needs an amusing sig, Sun 24 Apr 2011, 23:06, 7 replies)

Your life sounds so working class!

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 25 Apr 2011, 0:10, closed)

maybe because i work
you should try it
(whorsepower needs an amusing sig, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 0:13, closed)

Good Lord no.
Drive around in a white van with 'the lads' and get given a nickname that's a synonym for "Cock"? Not my sort of thing at all.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 25 Apr 2011, 10:22, closed)

But shirley, isn't your username a synonym for a sore arsehole..?
(anvil, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 11:52, closed)

Nope. It's a song.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:07, closed)

Mine is...
:)
& don't call him Shirley.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:12, closed)

You're Stephen Fry
AICMFP
( bane, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:16, closed)