Nicknames for random strangers

Daveysgingerlovechild

Daveysgingerlovechild

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Anyone else do it? Give nicknames to strangers you encounter on a regular or semi regular basis?

You know, that guy in the park who doesn't speak to anyone and his dog has a weird limp (Limpy Dog-Man). Or the woman at the swimming baths who looks so much like an ex Arsenal midfielder I mentally refer to her as 'Ray Parlour's ma'.


Yes, yes, I am a social inadequate who should really talk to people rather than giving them weird names, but I can't be the only one?
 

We’ve got a few by us :

Botox Billy - runs the cosmetic clinic above the shops. Looks like an Umpa Lumpa in a male nurses outfit.

Safe Cracker Ron - ex con who drinks in the local, who tells some very interesting tales about his life of crime.

Randy Sandy - elderly lady, who in her day was a looker and was fond of afternoon delights with younger men. ( no I haven’t )
 
In something of a cross over with the ‘how do you get through your work day’ thread, I do often do this for the people I work with.

But on point, yes I’ll often sit on the train and give strangers nick names in my mind but they’re so transient I can’t really recall any, although your Ray Parlour one struck a chord as there was a woman on the train the other day whom was the spit of Raymondo.

Here’s one example from Friday morning though, and the subsequent exchange with the Mrs.
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Yes. Quite a few.

Brown dog man (my dog absolutely hates his dog).

Pink hat lady (lady at the swimming pool who swims annoyingly slowly in the fast lane at the swimming pool).

The guy who picked his ear (a dude who walks past our house who we once saw pick his ear and wipe it on his shirt).

Horrid Henry (a local little thug).

"That weird kid" (self-explanatory).

Loud Laura (the estate bike).

Kirsty b*tch-face (my wife's mortal enemy).

Bernard the b@stard (a particularly grumpy and obnoxious old dude).
 
We called one fella Micky No Batteries because he used to (Still does to this day) walk about with a walkman on and headphones on.

Jeff and Dinner Jacket live across the street from us. She is Jeff because she does all the blue jobs and he is Dinner Jacket because he always wears a dinner jacket, even on a 7am walk to the park with his child.
 

Do it all the time, especially on holiday. I am not very good at remembering names, so a description makes it so much easier.

Last year me and the wife walked the west highland way, so you keep seeing the same people every day. There was Vegan boy (because his girlfriend ordered a vegetarian breakfast once), Terry Thomas (because she looked like Terry Thomas), The Belgians, any Irish person is called Ireland, Japanese people are called Japan, Gater man (gaters I found out are waterproof sleeves for your ankles), gater woman. Mr happy and I'm sure there are many others I can't recall
 

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