Glasgow nicknames

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Greedo

Guest
Mildly amusing

Nicknames in use that have been given to Glasgow characters by their friends and workmates:-

Two Soups - his real name is Campbell Baxter .
Norrie Two Bunnets - the Glasgow taxi-driver who wears a wig under his cloth cap.
The Colostomy - the girlfriend of a married man (ie. the wee bag on the side).
The Boomerang Kid - whenever anyone at work asks a question, he always replies: 'I'll get back to you on that.'
The Parachute - lets everyone down at the last minute.
Cashline - an experienced young lass who's open 24 hours a day.
Vaseline - his real name is Willie Burns .
Rembrandt - loves saying to colleagues: 'Let me put you in the picture...'
Bo Derek - a chap called Derek with terrible body odour.
Brewer's Droop - his real name is Willie Falls .
The Genie - magically appears whenever anyone opens a bottle.
The Marksman - when it's his turn to buy a round, he always shoots the craw
Dulux - his pals reckon he's only got one coat.
Soapy - washes his hands of any problems that crop up.
Captain Hook - continually late for work, it's believed he must be scared of the alarm clock..
The Yeti - always on the sick, there have been many unconfirmed sightings of this guy, but nobody can prove he actually exists.
The Gas Man - he's serviced loads of old boilers.
The Hostage - when anyone asks for help he always replies: 'Sorry, my hands are tied.
The Chernobyl Jannie - during the mid-Eighties this guy had a really bad complexion.
The Woodpecker - he's always tapping.
Mussolini - a woman in an office in Glasgow who has rather loose morals (aka the great dicktaker)
 

Maz

Guru
'Bo Derek'. Like it!
 

snakehips

Well-Known Member
People really should think twice , then maybe think again , before naming their son William

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goo_mason

Champion barbed-wire hurdler
Location
Leith, Edinburgh
Courtesy of Rob & Jon from the much-missed (at least in my house) Top Of The Pods podcast:

"The Clumsy Beekeeper" - a name they gave a guy in their office with bad acne.
 

PaulB

Legendary Member
Location
Colne
We had a Weedgie who worked for us who we called the Olympic Flame because he never went out.
 

Keith Oates

Janner
Location
Penarth, Wales
I worked with one guy who was called bugalow - Nothing up top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

gavintc

Guru
Location
Southsea
I know a couple whose surnames are Weir and Wolfe. They are married, but have retained their own surnames rather than double barrel the name.
 
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Greedo

Guest
I heard Chris Moyles use this exact term this morning on the radio!

I think he's on here stealing our patter!



PaulB said:
We had a Weedgie who worked for us who we called the Olympic Flame because he never went out.
 
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