On Friday, I was giddy for the weekend. So when this text came in to Early Breakfast, it really made me laugh:
- Hi there, great show! Could you say hello to Hair Spray Head and Fatboyslim from the Ryan Bros lads?!
Hair Spray Head! Nicknames are everywhere and seem to be particularly rampant among Irish men – I don’t even know some of my other half’s friends’ real names.
I’m not the only one – we got a huge reaction to this and some of these are really, really funny!
- “Paula I used to be chubby. Friends called me Avocado because I was the "good kind" of fat!
- “Hey Paula. I was called Danger Mouse after the cartoon. Played GAA when I was a kid. Apparently wasn't a bad little forward.”
- “Morning Sweet P. I had a friend we called the Bungalow, unfortunately he had nothing up stairs."
- “I know a bloke and his nickname is Cabbage because of the big cabbage head on him. He has a little brother as well so his nickname is Sprout!
- “Paula I knew a Guard who was so lazy, his nickname was Eternal Flame because he never went out!” – Will via Snapchat
- “Man in Carlow called Pot holes. You have to avoid him. Also I have a mate called Pumpkin.” - Ken
- “I know a fella whose nickname is the Drill Bit. If you look up the definition of drill bit in a dictionary it means a boring tool.”
- “I was called Morris because I was a good minor!” – Sean in Limerick
- “My nickname was Canoe because one of the lads robbed all our shoes and put them in a plunge pool. All the others sank but mine floated!”
- “Hi. I've a friend called Baghdad Dave. He tells all the ladies he got it from being in the army and fighting in Baghdad. Actually, he had a bag in school bought for him by his dad. Bag-dad!”
- “Paula, up to the Leaving cert., my (school) nickname was Cock. My last name is Roach.”
- “I know a man called Gerry Campbell - they call him Soup and his son is Cuppa Soup!”
- “Morning Paula, I have the unfortunate nickname Hairy Mick due to having long hair in my teens and early 20s. It stuck like glue even though I'm now almost 40 and going bald!” - Mick in Laois.
- “Hi Paula. Heard of a guy who was to do a parachute jump and land on the beach. He missed, landed in the sea and has been called Miss Ireland ever since!” - Tadgh
- "I knew a lad who was called Cinderella cause of his two sisters. Mark - Limerick
- “Hi Paula, I used to work with a guy who was missing part of his ear. He was nicknamed 18 months... ear and a half!!”
- “When I was young, a lad that used to drink with us would always wait to see if he could get out of buying his round. We called him Crime, cos crime doesn't pay. Cheers!” - Pat in Carlow.
- “Hi Paula years ago drinking a cuppa tea in a mates house and the handle broke off. The cup landed on my lap and ever since, I’m known as Scaldy Balls.” - Steve in Dublin
- “Paula, I heard of a fella called Pierce Boyle - his nickname was Lance!” -Jacqui in Cobh
- “Hi P, there is a man in Waterford called Mickey The Bush. His son is The Shrub and his wife The Briar. He is sound out! - Willie
