Worst Nicknames EverEveryone wants a cool nickname like "Ace", "Boss", or "Iron". Kids being kids, that's not what we get - the kid with polio gets called Johnny Spazm, your Ginger Fuhrer was called Rob Man-you-smell and your question master was "Tommy" Trinder despite him being dead for years.
Tell us the worst you've heard and the stories behind them.
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chthonic, Thu 18 May 2006, 15:45)
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"Speedy"A few years ago I worked for a reputable Music Retail establishment, and we had a work experience boy called Adam. Adam had downs syndrome but was extremely bright, helpful, and very fun to be around. The only thing wrong with him was that he loved pop music - Westlife, Gareth Gates, anything. Whenever we gave him a job to do he'd accomplish it really really quickly, thus we gave him the nickname 'Speedy', because he was so quick to perform his tasks. On the evenings that he worked, invariably we'd end up playing him the weeks new releases, the usual pop dross. One memorable night he was at the far end of the shop, so I put on the next song I thought he'd like and shouted "This one's for you Speedy!" as the Daphne & Celeste track "UGLY" kicked in. I was completely oblivious to it, but a few people looked at me like I was a complete cnut.
(, Thu 18 May 2006, 18:27, Reply)
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