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Permalink Reply by anthony on November 24, 2009 at 8:32am

I'm having 'Sheffield Ant' before JuJu robs the steel city tag. But you're right Higherford Dave, we just ain't got the geography for the blues. However, I am originally from the Deep South.
All the best,
Eastbourne Ant

Permalink Reply by timothy scalliwag on November 24, 2009 at 8:46am

you want to try coming from 'ull. sorry i meant Hull !

Permalink Reply by Pete lewis on November 24, 2009 at 9:22am

Could be worse, try Penistone Pete, or even Cockermouth Chuck!

Permalink Reply by Fergus Morris on November 24, 2009 at 9:32am

Cardiff Dave is an awesome name.

Permalink Reply by David L. on November 24, 2009 at 10:07am

It is an old concept but in order to work out what your name would be if you became a porn star you take the name of a pet (same gender as yourself - Lucky the cat in my case) and this becomes your christian name and then you take the name of the street you grew up in (Wheelman Road) and this becomes your surname - in my case "Mr Lucky Wheelman" - it sounds more like a dodgy get away driver for a bank robber team than porn star - still it could work "....Hi gorgeous blonde woman with surgically enhanced breasts I have just escaped from the police chase and I have come to mend your washing machine ... what you keep it in the bedroom!"
Back in the real world I am trying to figure out if such a thing might work for CBGers nicknames - I did think of adding a hobby to the first name but that would lead to a load of "Cigar box guitar making Daves" out there and "Trainspotting Derek" or "Going down the pub with me mates Kevin" still doesn't come close to our USA CBGers.
Any other ideas welcome,
"No decent nickname David"

Permalink Reply by Little Soul Eric on November 24, 2009 at 8:50pm

well mine came from messing with cb radios my nick was soulcatcher and where i got that nick from is a really long story.
But the Doofa Diddley bit is something you cant describe like a ''thingy ma jig'' or a ''what ja mi call it''.... So that how i put mine together......

Permalink Reply by Pete lewis on November 24, 2009 at 10:16pm

There was a run on home-spun blues names on the radio some years ago.
The principle was that your first name was an affliction, blind, lame, deaf
etc. Your second name was a fruit, your third was a U.S. presedent.
A good example adapted for the U.K. would be;-
Cretinous Raspberry Brown.

Permalink Reply by Roosterman on November 25, 2009 at 1:59am

'Sheffield Ant'?? Nope mate, you'll always be 'Banjo Ant' to us.... !!!

anthony said:

I'm having 'Sheffield Ant' before JuJu robs the steel city tag. But you're right Higherford Dave, we just ain't got the geography for the blues. However, I am originally from the Deep South.
All the best,
Eastbourne Ant

Permalink Reply by HOGS GRUNT on November 25, 2009 at 4:07am

My handle comes from the name that my Son and myself used when we gigged in Ireland as a duo.

Forest Gate Del don't sound too good methinks, so I will stick with what I have got.
Hogs.

Permalink Reply by anthony on November 25, 2009 at 5:14am

Ha ha Ben. I guess that fits in with Pete's comment about naming yourself after an affliction...
thought I'd got away with it, damn,
(renamed) banjo ant
ps. you can have the sheffield tag back then juju.

Permalink Reply by smojo on November 29, 2009 at 12:07am

We have some great town names in Yorkshire but I don't think any of those work too well either. How about Cleckheaton Colin - nah, Heckmondwyke Harry - don't think so, Blubberhouses Bill - huh, Tadcaster Ted (getting better) or Slack Bottom Sue - now we're getting somewhere and yes there is a place called Slack Bottom.

My pet/street name would be Blackie Cairn - nah I prefer Smojo

Permalink Reply by HOLLOWBELLY on November 29, 2009 at 9:24am

I dont think the UK is completely without cool names based on geographical location/town names..Sheffield being known as Steel city has already been mentioned- so, say, "Steel City Joe' sounds pretty cool to me.I'm from Warrington originally,the rugby team was known as "the wire" cos of its industry-so 'Wiretown Johnny' maybe.. me dads from Widnes, rugby team the Chemics-(anyone who's breathed the air there will know why- so "Chemicalboy' ..I'm sure many other possibilities exist... :)

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