I used to call a guy on my last job 'Tandalf' because his surname is Tandy and he's a bit of an electrical wizard. His mates call him 'Teapot' but he wouldn't explain why which is why I thought he needed a new nickname.
 
Knew Painter nicknamed Van Gogh, and he was, never seen gloss so well glossed, I mean absolutely mirror perfect.... Shouted at me once when I left a door open.

"Nick! Dust!"

i jumped.

he was also famous for getting lamped, the spread (his mate) warned me before he arrived, out of the blue once he shouted to me "Oi Nick you got any naked pictures of yer wife on that phone?"

so I said "NO"

so he said "d'yer want some!"

was quite funny I thought but he doesn't always chose victims well
 
We had a labourer that we used to call speed bump because the job always slowed down when he was about.
Mind you, his chases were absolutely perfect. Bullet straight, uniform depth all the way down, they really were a thing of beauty. Just used to take him hours for each one
 
When I was at sea helped a lad in my local get a job as a lecky, when I rejoined my ship he was also onboard, asked the 2nd lecky how he was doing he replied "Oh Weeble not to bad". Asked how the hell he got the nickname Weeble?

2nd replied well you now how you knock a weeble over and they come upright straight away well he falls over and stays down.
 
had a guy that used to work for us nicknamed speedy.

after about 20 smokes and 10 disapearences throughout the day he somehow managed to get a little work done:D

another guy moonhead - had a massive head

I get called gadgetman or hard drive etc cause I had loads of tools and playing with gadgets and computers

started calling me the warlock after he watched die hard
 
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Me "Inspector gadget" (because I like to buy new stuff tools gadgets etc)
Guy called Alex (His nickname was Soapy, he played in goal and he wasn't much good)
Jerry (Mellon because he had a rather large head)
Mick ( He was called Mullet because he was a bit thick)
Paul ( He was called teflon because it was never his fault)
Roger ( he was called Thrush because he was an irritating little ---- use your imagination) good mate
Simon ( Swampy he was a scruffy git)
Ken ( Tidy because he had OCD)
My boss (Jabba she was rather large)
Alec ( Shrek he was a large lad, lost a lot of weight well done mate)
Pete (Animal, he is one)
Chris (posh git because he is)
 
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