Funny (genuine) nicknames for people you have known of.

[Alba Zeus]

We had a janitor when I was at high school who only had four fingers on one of his hands.

He was called Kit Kat

 

[Poacher]

We had a janitor when I was at high school who only had four fingers on one of his hands.

He was called Kit Kat

Surely four fingers per hand is normal, unless you're from Norfolk?

 

[matticus]

He means the hand didn't have a thumb, tail, or nose attached. I think!

 

[Chromatic]

We had a janitor when I was at high school who only had four fingers on one of his hands.

He was called Kit Kat

This is the best one since the Heid First post.

 

[bruce1530]

I did hear a story about a guy who was known as "Toidi", and even referred to himself by that name.

Nobody explained to him that it was because he was a "backwards idiot".

 

[Kempstonian]

My dad worked with a guy they all called Harpic - because he was 'clean round the bend'.

I knew a guy whose name was Day. His nickname was of course 'Daisy', but if ever a female asked him why he was called that he would say 'it's because I have a long stalk'. (He didn't!)

 

[Brains]

I got my nickname at school, as I looked like the bloke of Thunderbirds.
When I started work I got the same nickname.
After a 45 year career in a number of companies I was still known by the same nickname.
Despite no longer looking like the bloke of Thunderbirds (nor most of my younger colleagues knowing what Thunderbirds was)

 

[Fnaar]

This was quite cruel, in retrospect, but a teacher who had deformation of his hands (on one, two of the fingers were fused together, the other was simply a huge thumb and a huge finger. He was known (only to the kids) as "Creature Teacher". He was an excellent teacher, and we all held him in high regard, despite the nickname.

 

[battered]

This was quite cruel, in retrospect, but a teacher who had deformation of his hands (on one, two of the fingers were fused together, the other was simply a huge thumb and a huge finger. He was known (only to the kids) as "Creature Teacher". He was an excellent teacher, and we all held him in high regard, despite the nickname.

That condition is called "congenital lobsterclaw" and is quite common. A schoolmate had it on his left hand.