What's the story behind your username?

[bluebottle]

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No, CC. But I did have a colleague who had a passing resemblance to the gorilla in the video. He was massive and as tall and he was wide. His nickname was "Sasquache" or "Big Foot". He came into the Control Room one Late Turn, dragging a prisoner behind him, who was due to be transferred to West Midlands Police at Droitwich. The prisoner was absolutely terrified.

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As an aside, Merseyside Police once had a division called the O.S.D., which stood for "Operational Support Division". A lot of divisional officers used to call it, rather unkindly, the "Odds and Sods Department". We had a similar division in one of the forces I served with called the Police Support Unit, but they were usually called the "Wittering Wallies".

Did you have any colleagues like PC Brian Plectrum?

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I remember back in the day when this came out which I thought was pretty apt for yourself

Subtext: Buy our chocolate and you will also go ape.

As for the reason behind my sobriquet, that should be self-evident. :rofl:

[fuzzybrain]

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Mine is simple - my brain is fuzzy!!!!


I was going to go for stupid twit but Fuzzybrain sounds slightly nicer....

[bluebottle]

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Just found this BB



http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary086.htm

Thanks for that, CD. Makes interesting reading. Now I know why Scousers call police officers Bizzies. As an aside, Merseyside Police once had a division called the O.S.D., which stood for "Operational Support Division". A lot of divisional officers used to call it, rather unkindly, the "Odds and Sods Department". We had a similar division in one of the forces I served with called the Police Support Unit, but they were usually called the "Wittering Wallies".

As you will have guessed, police officers can be somewhat unkind to each other. Most of it, however, comes from the somewhat black, gallows sense of humour uniformed police officers have.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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I forgot to add to mine,
Mine was Puffrose, my childhood nickname and name mixed, and Celestine added the word Hurricane to it after, to quote Jar Jar Binks.. I had an Iiiiiity bitty accidenty which resulted in a hairline fracture of my pinky finger!

Friends all i need are roller blades and I will be a complete bloody disaster, trimming my toenails can result in a slipped disc and total below knee amputation!!

I am the only person I have we ever known who ended up in hopsital after lighting a fag!!!

[cards down]

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Just found this BB

My username, Bluebottle, is an old slang term for a police officer, which I was for a number of years. I juggled with other slang terms, like Rozzer, but finally plumped for the one I have had since joining LB. One slang term for a police officer, Bizzy, seems to be peculiar to Merseyside. If anyone can shed any light on this, I would be interested to learn more about the origin of the term.

http://www.translationdirectory.com/glossaries/glossary086.htm

[EXC]

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EXC is the model designation of one of my race bikes (KTM 200 EXC) and stands for Enduro/Cross Country.

[leclerc]

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I must admit, I thought your 'Nattiepig' avatar went well with your abbreviated 'Nattie' username, Monsieur L - but all things must pass.

Boring, I know, but I have kept my username the same since I first started throwing my carp at reclaim sites, so Bill is me and 'K' is my surname initial. I would like to think I am chivalrous, but the truth is I am merely a 'K' without a horse. As a bit of a 'midnight toker,' I have a tendency to reply to posts in the early hours, but some people might think of me as 'Maurice,' in the Steve Miller 'The Joker' sense.

I saw peeps using ingenious avatars in the first forum I joined (SurlyBond's Muppet Show was one of my fave Ave's - along with dear bewigged and befuddled BankFodder's of course, which got given a red nose on the appointed day). I eventually found that a vacancy seemed to exist for a grumpy g'rilla, and I decided to use a King Kong piccie for an avatar. This was eventually replaced by the current 'digitally enhanced' guy, which seems to convey my attitude toward those who pretend to respect endangered species, such as banks and politicians.

Natch, of course...I am a skinny balding wretch with less brain cells than teeth - and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep up the pretence. Life may imitate art - but art eventually challenges life, and the winner of the duel lives on. Ars Longa, Vita Brevis - and I hope that what I try and construct down here will live beyond me.

There - that'll teach you to start provocative threads, M. L !!!

I remember back in the day when this came out which I thought was pretty apt for yourself

[bluebottle]

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In the Blue Light services, it is not unusual for those who work in them to be given a nickname. Names like "Metal Mickey", "Duracell", "Bald Eagle", "Frog" and "The Chocolate Frog" are just some of them. Some acquired their nicknames after incidents. One inspector on my shift managed to reverse an incident car into a tree. For months after, he was known as "Crack-A-Tree Kirk". A sergeant managed to collide with a belisha beacon and then a bus shelter, demolishing both. At that time, a film with the title "Demolition Man" was on in the cinemas and the sergeant was known, thereafter, as "Demolition Man".

N.B. The names of those involved in incidents have been changed to spare their blushes.

[Bill-K]

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Ok my username is a childhood nickname that I am unsure of origin.

some say its because when I was tiny, I had white blonde ringlets and looked like a powder puff, others say its cos I started smoking aged 13, and others say I've always been a bloody dragon... The choice, is yours

The Magic Dragon seems right to me, Puff - no offence intended !!!

I think I started on fags at about 15, and the first one I tried was a menthol one. "Consulate - Cool as a Mountain Stream.," - I think they actually advertised those fags during our kidz Saturday Morning Piktures, along with Kia-Ora and Mivvi's. All available in the Foyer, of course.

My username, Bluebottle, is an old slang term for a police officer, which I was for a number of years. I juggled with other slang terms, like Rozzer, but finally plumped for the one I have had since joining LB. One slang term for a police officer, Bizzy, seems to be peculiar to Merseyside. If anyone can shed any light on this, I would be interested to learn more about the origin of the term.

Never heard of the 'Bizzy' slangname, BB. I recall the old TV 'The Sweeney' term that was often used - "The Filth."

Sure - the 'Blue Meanies' weren't exactly everybody's idea of fun, but if we had opted to dispose of "The Filth" down the loo, then I reckon we would be down there with them right now. It may not be perfect, but there's still a structure in place - and the Bluebottle is as much a part of that as the rest of us 'orrible characters.

[Eloise01]

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My middle name!

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The tale I was told as a kid was coppers are servants of the Queen...and she expects them to uphold laws she can't cos shes busy being the Queen....Elizabeth....Lizzie....BizzyLizzie....... ..Bizzys
Probably a load of twaddle but heyho

[Hurricane Puffrose]

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Aiden once said that was due to it being Liverpool and the police were always zooming about non stop, so hence they were always busy bobbies... Hence bizzys

[Bill-K]

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Dear Wales,

It's an easy mistake to make. He and I are very similar - but with a few subtle differences. I don't quite have the muscle-build of the gorillagram model I employed for my avatar. And perhaps a little less hair, if the truth be told. I can still fully extend my central digit as he does - but only for limited periods of time.

The "Up Thine" attitude, however, remains the same !!!

....Ars Longa !!!