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The last CO of Finningley was BMW - Barking Mad W*lby.
And there's the stumpy F4/F3 jock who looks like a James Bond baddy - Nik-Nak
And there's the stumpy F4/F3 jock who looks like a James Bond baddy - Nik-Nak
One of the students on my Pilot's course had joined us from the RCT Port & Maritime Regt where he'd bee navigating Landing Ships.
Having got lost on his first Chipmunk solo nav, he became 'Vasco'
Having got lost on his first Chipmunk solo nav, he became 'Vasco'
The full version - which was still current in my early service - was "crabfat" which was indeed the nickname of the specific issued against pubic lice, ie crabs.
It's colour was precisely that of the then (whenever that was) RAF uniform, be it the current blue/grey or the transient ex-Russian sky blue.
All good stuff, apart from the fact that the Royal Navy is recorded as referring to the paint used for warships' hulls as "crab-fat" long before the Royal Air Force was formed, and that the name for the ointment subsequently derived from the colour of the paint ......
Jack
PS Re: ".... an RAF blue ungent ....." - Could have been one of many"!
It's colour was precisely that of the then (whenever that was) RAF uniform, be it the current blue/grey or the transient ex-Russian sky blue.
All good stuff, apart from the fact that the Royal Navy is recorded as referring to the paint used for warships' hulls as "crab-fat" long before the Royal Air Force was formed, and that the name for the ointment subsequently derived from the colour of the paint ......
Jack
PS Re: ".... an RAF blue ungent ....." - Could have been one of many"!
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Just a couple
If Brains were made of rubber he would not have enough to make a pair of Flip Flops.
As much use as a back pocket in a sock or as much use as an ash tray on a motorbike.
If Brains were made of rubber he would not have enough to make a pair of Flip Flops.
As much use as a back pocket in a sock or as much use as an ash tray on a motorbike.
Brilliant stuff guys!
Just remembered three individuals that were renamed on ChinDet during GW1...
Jack, MAC and the JCB.
Jack - cos he got a free ride to civilisation but didnt let anyone else have a chance of going.
MAC - Man's a C**t (no futher details)
JCB - Job Creating Bast**d (no further details)
Just remembered three individuals that were renamed on ChinDet during GW1...
Jack, MAC and the JCB.
Jack - cos he got a free ride to civilisation but didnt let anyone else have a chance of going.
MAC - Man's a C**t (no futher details)
JCB - Job Creating Bast**d (no further details)
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Was introduced to a range of lads as a guest; all had a nickname, none of which I can remember. I was also introduced to a delightful young lady known as 'The Dentist'. After enquiring (a few Happy hour beers in) as to the reason for the nick-name - it transpired that the delightful young lady was the Station Dentist.
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One of my more able UAS students had the surname Towell.
After he'd been awarded his PFB 'budgie wings', I congratulated him in the crewroom and said "So that'll make you a 'Towell with Wings' then..... We'll have to think of a suitable nickname for you".
The girls just glared rather frostily.....
After he'd been awarded his PFB 'budgie wings', I congratulated him in the crewroom and said "So that'll make you a 'Towell with Wings' then..... We'll have to think of a suitable nickname for you".
The girls just glared rather frostily.....
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