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Nicknames for the neighbours

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FrankButchersDickieBow · 21/04/2021 01:26

Are we being unreasonable for not knowing our neighbours real names and have nicknames for them instead?

We have Mr P - Mr perfect, you know the type, wears his charity t-shirt going for his jog, reels his washing line in when the clothes are dried, wears tartan for golfing etc.

Onslo and Daisy, argue on the street, loves a velor tracksuit,

The horse whisperer - walks bandy legged, obsessed with horses, has it on their letterbox

The Young Ones - only young couple who live in the street and always have people round

The Exhibitionist-loves to get out the shower and trot round naked in his room after a shower

Batty old art teacher - curly hair, does yoga, smokes weed

Shagarada - heard her shagging one night whilst we were in the garden, she had her windows open.

My name, is Michael Caine, and I am a nosey neighbour

Anyone else use nicknames?

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sweetkitty · 23/04/2021 18:44

This thread is brilliant
We used to have
Shagging Couple - every Friday at about 1pm he would pull up followed by her 10 minutes later, they would stay for 2 hours then leave. This was an empty 3 bed semi too. They sold it.
Now we have
Clinkety Clinks - they are most probably alcoholics judging by the fact they are constantly drinking in the garden and all you hear is the bottle bin being filled, the noise on bottle bin day!
Weirdo John
5 by 4 - she told me this, one of the other neighbours asked if she was a childminder with all the kids being picked up and dropped off.

I think we must be either the mad house or the zoo or haven’t they got a telly house (we have a lot of children and animals - were the biggest and nosiest house on the street)

Gemma2019 · 23/04/2021 19:00

I called my neighbour Sandra for 14 years, must have said it a hundred times. The week before I moved house I found out her name was actually Jackie.

Jojoanna · 23/04/2021 19:04

We have :
Grey
The ferrels
Schoolteacher
Laddie
The Canadians
Land grabbers

TaighNamGastaOrt · 23/04/2021 19:27

We have the human doodle, so called as he's covered in tattoos that look like scribbles. The Gingers, yeah they're all ginger (so is dh, I suspect they call us similar!)
We have Digs Poop man who never picks up his dogs poop, he digs holes beside it and buries it! Twat!
We have Crazy hair wifey who is dragged round the block by her two wee rat dogs on extending leads.
That's just a few nicknames we have, fairly certain our neighbours have a name for us!!

TangoWhiskyAlphaTango · 23/04/2021 19:32

We used to have Pompous Peter and his wife Sour Puss live next door to us. Last house was Big Gob Bal who had the loudest voice of any woman I had the displeasure of meeting.

triceratopsmama · 23/04/2021 19:45

[quote BumCat]@triceratopsmama 🤣🤣🤣 “Not the Mama”!!![/quote]
Honestly if I could post a pic I would. She is a dead ringer🤣🤣

Lucyllama · 23/04/2021 20:14

We have ' Barky dog woman' who lives on the next street and has a dog that yaps loudly and constantly when it goes for a walk. You know when she is walking past because you can hear the dog with all your windows shut and the TV on.

There is also 'the bin bandit' because on bin day he goes along everyone else's bins putting his extra rubbish in them and 'the wind chimes' because they have a noisy one.

Totallydefeated · 23/04/2021 20:35

I used to have a similar problem @totallydefeated till I bought some spray cans of bright paint and coloured all the shit pink and gold. It got the neighbours talking about it and seemed to shame our dog shit man into action.

This is genius LadyFidget! I can feel an Amazon order coming on....

vodkacat · 23/04/2021 20:53

We have
The fatties ..
Skeletor-all thats needed is the costume
Uber eats ( lots of takeaways)
Shouty sweary ... loud sweary and used to love a scrap!
No tv ( lots of kids)
Neighbourhood watch :-) nosy Parker’s :-)

guffaux · 23/04/2021 20:55

taekwando - because his personalised number plate reads more like that than his name

the religious freaks- they sent us a christmas card with a nativity scene (bearing in mind i am a church member and attend very regularly)

the blondes -he was blond and about 15 years ago she had blond streaks for about a fortnight,though he is now grey and she returned to her brunette locks and has remained so ever since

mr he HEH heh heerr- this is his constantly repeated laugh that we hear from spring to late autumn every time we are in our garden- there is no conversation,just this fucking laugh!

dino de horrendous and son - remember dino from the flintstones? her loud voice sounds just like dino's yapping,and she yaps away at her teenage son constantly-bet he leaves home as soon as he's 16

the saviours- a nice young couple who bought the house (saved us all) from a snooty pain in the arse who used to snarl up everyones parking by taking two spaces on the opposite side to where everyone else parks,leaving her drive empty (i know she had the right to do so.but the houses on her side have drives,the opposite side dont.and she parked in front of her house causing a chicane,which left two spaces unusable)

i dread to think what we might be called by others- the judgemental twats no doubt! Grin

guffaux · 23/04/2021 21:13

catbumjuice- oh the cat names-!!! Smile

we are visited by-

'tab hunter'- gorgeous slender tabby who stalks the birds(never seen him catch one)

'ringo'- splendid ginger with fabulous rings on her tail

'puss-cuss', -hisses and spits at next door's dog

'not slinky' -used to have visits from a black and white sinuous elegant cat we called slinky,but her family moved,we have a new black and white visitor who is not slinky

'fluffy stan-looking cat'- we know a tabby and white cat called stan who is smooth haired-this one has the same colouring but is very fluffy

StuntEgg · 23/04/2021 22:46

@Gemma2019

I called my neighbour Sandra for 14 years, must have said it a hundred times. The week before I moved house I found out her name was actually Jackie.

Ooh, snap! Called her Sandra for years then discovered she was actually Yvette. There must just be a certain "Sandra" type...

Lindy2 · 23/04/2021 22:54

For years we had "the bloke with the crazy dogs". This year we have actually found out his real name (thanks to lockdown and all that extra time at home actually talking to the neighbours outside).

It's a very ordinary, quite nice name. It's just not quite the same calling him an actual name though. I will secretly stick with using "the bloke with the crazy dogs".

Babyroobs · 23/04/2021 23:13

We have the land rover boys, hot tub house, boy racers , yappy cypriot terriers house, builder guy with the big nipples ( always got his shirt off ).

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Lunar2020 · 24/04/2021 02:33

Yessss!!!! In a previous street I lived in the guy that live opposite me was called ‘shagger’ by everyone in the street. Every week he’d be bringing home a lady after going clubbing and then you want with his bedroom windows open for the whole street to hear. We all thought it was hilarious, no one knew his real name.

Where I live now there’s a really horrid couple living opposite. Everyone on the street calls him ‘dickhead’, again no knows his real name, his wife just just gets referred to as ‘dickheads wife’s. They’ve fallen out with everyone on the street multiple times for years and no one likes them.

Sunbird24 · 24/04/2021 02:43

Horrid Henry - loud and annoying ginger son of blonde drippy mum and tall skinny dark haired dad.

Lunar2020 · 24/04/2021 02:47

Funnily enough I know and have remembered all the neighbourhood cats names. I think it’s highly likely I’m known as the crazy cat lady, in fact I’d put money on it!

LunaNorth · 24/04/2021 08:09

The Happy Wanderer - not sure if he’s a neighbour or not but he’s always walking around in a purposeful manner, in full proper walking gear.

Killing It Woman - incredibly stylish lady who we see walking her dachshund. She never looks anything other than amazing - she’s always killing it.

Joseph Fritzl - patriarch of a very odd family who walk everywhere at breakneck speed and never speak or look up. He was one of my DC’s high school teachers and was known for being a tad inappropriate.

That Miserable Cow Opposite - had a go at my son when he went to pick up a parcel from her five years ago. What can I say? I bear grudges.

The Party Animals. They have noisy karaoke parties in their garden.

triceratopsmama · 24/04/2021 09:30

[quote StuntEgg]@Gemma2019

I called my neighbour Sandra for 14 years, must have said it a hundred times. The week before I moved house I found out her name was actually Jackie.

Ooh, snap! Called her Sandra for years then discovered she was actually Yvette. There must just be a certain "Sandra" type...[/quote]
🤣🤣 this made me laugh. I called my neighbour Nigel last week. His name is Paul🤦🏻‍♀️

cungryhow · 24/04/2021 13:53

We’ve got Reuters an incredibly nosy neighbour, what she doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing.
Torvil and Dean, cycling couple in matching outfits.
Johnny the flares (wore flares!)
Roadside Mike- repairs old bangers on the road

ihavethehighground · 24/04/2021 18:29

@guffaux

taekwando - because his personalised number plate reads more like that than his name

the religious freaks- they sent us a christmas card with a nativity scene (bearing in mind i am a church member and attend very regularly)

the blondes -he was blond and about 15 years ago she had blond streaks for about a fortnight,though he is now grey and she returned to her brunette locks and has remained so ever since

mr he HEH heh heerr- this is his constantly repeated laugh that we hear from spring to late autumn every time we are in our garden- there is no conversation,just this fucking laugh!

dino de horrendous and son - remember dino from the flintstones? her loud voice sounds just like dino's yapping,and she yaps away at her teenage son constantly-bet he leaves home as soon as he's 16

the saviours- a nice young couple who bought the house (saved us all) from a snooty pain in the arse who used to snarl up everyones parking by taking two spaces on the opposite side to where everyone else parks,leaving her drive empty (i know she had the right to do so.but the houses on her side have drives,the opposite side dont.and she parked in front of her house causing a chicane,which left two spaces unusable)

i dread to think what we might be called by others- the judgemental twats no doubt! Grin

I hope this isn't our taekwondo instructor? Flashy sport car ?
guffaux · 24/04/2021 18:44

ihavethehighground

no its just his personalised number plate- should be his initials and part of his last name,but looks more like taekwando (sounds daft i know)- he's a golfer Grin

beginningoftheend · 24/04/2021 18:48

Yes all of ours, we know a few of their names but mostly refer them by characteristics or their main activities. Dread to think what they call us...

Have got quite a few new neighbours who are nameless so far.

funkylittleboatrace · 24/04/2021 18:50

We have
Dickhead Dad
Penguin looks like ( DannyDevito in Batman Returns)
Fucking Fiona
Drunk Drew

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