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  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    blackpool72 said:

    I've got plenty of names for Roland.

    What's your favourite though. Weegie's Dushit ranks highly.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,672
    Someone at work had the surname Hoy and was known by all and sundry as Shipper, most fitting as he was involved in logistics.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,753
    LenGlover said:

    The former Kent batsman Neil Taylor was allegedly a little tight with his cash.

    One of his nicknames was accordingly Crime as in crime doesn't pay.

    Neil is the current Kent U17 coach and saw him last night. Don't know him well enough to call him "crime" though!
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,821
    McBobbin said:

    Blackheathen said:

    Colin Cowdrey was "kipper" because of his ability to take a 10 minute nap anytime, waiting to bat etc

    Wasn't Phil tufnel called the car for the same reason?

    Also liked Ashley Giles "king of Spain" after some "king of spin" merchandise came back with a typo
    Tuffers nickname was Cat, because he could catnap anywhere.

    A good one I heard while umpiring this year was a guy being called "Desi" though his name was Glenn; it slowly dawned on me that it came from his surname of Aukett, and he was named after the horse (Desert Orchid)!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Pedro45 said:

    McBobbin said:

    Blackheathen said:

    Colin Cowdrey was "kipper" because of his ability to take a 10 minute nap anytime, waiting to bat etc

    Wasn't Phil tufnel called the car for the same reason?

    Also liked Ashley Giles "king of Spain" after some "king of spin" merchandise came back with a typo
    Tuffers nickname was Cat, because he could catnap anywhere.

    A good one I heard while umpiring this year was a guy being called "Desi" though his name was Glenn; it slowly dawned on me that it came from his surname of Aukett, and he was named after the horse (Desert Orchid)!
    corrected my typo... "the car"... indeed.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Mark Frost - darts player - Frosty the Throw Man
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    ex rugby teammate of mine .. Dick Pett .. we called him crum(Pett)
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    edited September 2018
    Matt Tees .. Lino .. spent a lot of time on the floor (more lino than Matt lol)
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,897
    i employed an asian guy as a messenger in the City once ,his surname was Soni ..we nicknamed him the walkman
  • addickfanatic
    addickfanatic Posts: 1,113
    My personal favorite harbhajan Singh is called The Turbanator, even uses it himself on his Twitterfeed
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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    edited September 2018
    Always remember me cousins mate, Beer Mat
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Lincsaddick said:
    ex rugby teammate of mine .. Dick Pett .. we called him crum(Pett)
    bring this up again
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited November 2022
    Pedro45 said:
    Colin Cowdrey was "kipper" because of his ability to take a 10 minute nap anytime, waiting to bat etc
    Wasn't Phil tufnel called the car for the same reason? Also liked Ashley Giles "king of Spain" after some "king of spin" merchandise came back with a typo
    Tuffers nickname was Cat, because he could catnap anywhere. A good one I heard while umpiring this year was a guy being called "Desi" though his name was Glenn; it slowly dawned on me that it came from his surname of Aukett, and he was named after the horse (Desert Orchid)!

    IIRC Colin Cowdrey was nicknamed named Kipper, as he used to fall asleep at the wicket, or so its said.

  • Daarrzzetbum
    Daarrzzetbum Posts: 1,236
    Backdoor Bob, Bob Curry SAS vet of Iranian Embassy siege. 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    Can’t remember which one it was but I think Ray Parlour used to be called either the ginger Pele, or the Romford Pele, might have been both!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,141
    edited November 2022
    I’ve said this one before but a mate has a work colleague nicknamed “half Cnut “ because he’s of no use to anyone 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,582
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    Can’t remember which one it was but I think Ray Parlour used to be called either the ginger Pele, or the Romford Pele, might have been both!
    Parlour was the Romford Pele, our own Gary Doherty was the ginger one.

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