A long time co-worker and E-mail compadre sent me a list of police deparmtment retirees and wanted assistance to fill in the blanks for nicknames. This was truly a trip back in time. Starting with the letter A for Adams, I began to laugh out loud with my recollection of the names and why they were assigned to a particular person.
My old squad car partner, John was known as "Troll", since his stature resembled that of a troll. Then came Jim, who had a rather long face and was called, "horse-face" and "Mr. Ed". My dear friend, Bobbie, was called "Mobie", after that large whale of folklore origin. A detective named, Al was known as "Idiamin"...well, he did long like him!
One of the school officers who was folically challenged and decided to get a perm was called, "Bozo". There is Leo the Lip, Shorty-hog, Humma, Asa, Abie, Smokey, Two-dogs, Bear, trooper shoes, God (given with respect) and the list goes on. The scary part, I didn't have a nickname or did I ?
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My favorite in Flint was a detective with a nickname of "Tuna." First name was Charles, of course.
ReplyDeleteThat's one difficult to beat! Some of those guys have quite the wit for assigning nicknames!
ReplyDeleteYou remember Bozo, he's doing life for the murder of his wife, the television anchor person.