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Not from a crew room, but an old rugby buddy of mine was nicknamed 'Hot Rod'
His surname, Cockburn....
His surname, Cockburn....
I wasn't there at the time but am relating this story as it was told to me:
Back in the day when a girl military pilot was a real novelty, a certain red-haired big mustachioed RAAF helicopter pilot who shares a name with a kind of beer made famous by 'The Simpsons' (but who shall remain nameless), was on an exercise involving Australian and Kiwi helicopters.
The Kiwis had a female pilot nicknamed 'BC' for some reason. Seeing this name on the tasking board but blissfully unaware that it referred to the girl, our hero was heard loudly conjecturing whether the initials stood for 'Big C***'.
Imagine his red-faced back-pedalling when he was overheard by said pilot...
Arrrf!
Back in the day when a girl military pilot was a real novelty, a certain red-haired big mustachioed RAAF helicopter pilot who shares a name with a kind of beer made famous by 'The Simpsons' (but who shall remain nameless), was on an exercise involving Australian and Kiwi helicopters.
The Kiwis had a female pilot nicknamed 'BC' for some reason. Seeing this name on the tasking board but blissfully unaware that it referred to the girl, our hero was heard loudly conjecturing whether the initials stood for 'Big C***'.
Imagine his red-faced back-pedalling when he was overheard by said pilot...
Arrrf!
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there is a girl driving around Perth with a custom numberplate
"WOFTAM"
(waste of effing time and money)
I wonder what he told her it meant.
she gets really pissed when I drive past laughing.
there was a guy in my unit once nicknamed morphine.
(a slow acting dope)
"WOFTAM"
(waste of effing time and money)
I wonder what he told her it meant.
she gets really pissed when I drive past laughing.
there was a guy in my unit once nicknamed morphine.
(a slow acting dope)
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Throm
We had a guy whose nickname was Throm. It was short for Thrombosis - a slow moving or stationary clot.
Ah yes, there was a 'Thrombo' down at RAF Stanley in the early days - so named as he was considered to be a wandering clot. Also known, due to his profile when wearing a flying suit, as AWF - Avocado With Feet.
Credit has to go to some pongo outfit, who christened the RAF officer attached to them as 'Lobbo' (as in 'lobster'). He thought it was because he was 'a superior form of crab' - whereas actually it was because he had a head full of $hit....
Credit has to go to some pongo outfit, who christened the RAF officer attached to them as 'Lobbo' (as in 'lobster'). He thought it was because he was 'a superior form of crab' - whereas actually it was because he had a head full of $hit....
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There was a JT Doe I once worked with, commonly called Dill.
I also worked with a Bob Vere who's father had been called Percy by his Grandfather on account of the time taken to father him.
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I also worked with a Bob Vere who's father had been called Percy by his Grandfather on account of the time taken to father him.
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Not nicknames as such but, over a short period, the Met Office of only about 2500 bodies had at least one each of :
Gale
Snow
Waterfall
Wind
Frost
Flood
Hales
did some subliminal urge drive them to the desperate lengths of joining the asylum?
Gale
Snow
Waterfall
Wind
Frost
Flood
Hales
did some subliminal urge drive them to the desperate lengths of joining the asylum?
Charley Hawson :
"CART"
Great scientist, got one of the last ISOs to be awarded.
"CART"
Great scientist, got one of the last ISOs to be awarded.