It has been driving me crazy.

[Gon Fishun]

When a name or nick names meaning just bugs you.

Chas meaning and name origin

Chas \

chas\ as a boy's name is a variant of Charles (Old German) and Chaz, and the meaning of Chas is "free man".

Clarry meaning and name origin

Clarry \c-lar

ry, cl(ar)-ry\ as a girl's name is a variant of Claire (Latin), Clara (Latin) and Clarissa (Latin), and the meaning of Clarry is "bright, famous; most bright, most famous".

[Chas & Clarry]

Lol, thanks for that Gon Fishun

Interesting to see a bit about the origin of Chas and Clarry

The thought behind our "fishing" nicknames is:

Tim = "Chas": when we were first fishing together (about 35 years ago!), and for the next 30 years after that, I (ie "Tim") only ever used Alvey reels (I hated threadline reels). Alvey = Charles Alvey (the originator of the brand)...Charles = "Chas"

Trace = "Clarry": again when we were first fishing together Trace only ever used her much loved and unbelievably prolific Jarvis Walker "Clarrence" fishing rod to catch everything from whiting and bream to luderic and tailor. She still has the rod though it is in retirement. Clarrence = "Clarry"

Cheers
Tim and Trace

[Gon Fishun]

Thanks for that guys. Everytime I saw the names it reminded of a chap I new a lot of years ago and it would stick in my mind like a song would.
Regards.
Bob.

[finga]

Lol, thanks for that Gon Fishun

Interesting to see a bit about the origin of Chas and Clarry

The thought behind our "fishing" nicknames is:

Tim = "Chas": when we were first fishing together (about 35 years ago!), and for the next 30 years after that, I (ie "Tim") only ever used Alvey reels (I hated threadline reels). Alvey = Charles Alvey (the originator of the brand)...Charles = "Chas"

Trace = "Clarry": again when we were first fishing together Trace only ever used her much loved and unbelievably prolific Jarvis Walker "Clarrence" fishing rod to catch everything from whiting and bream to luderic and tailor. She still has the rod though it is in retirement. Clarrence = "Clarry"

Cheers
Tim and Trace

Q: So what would you call someone who uses the Jarvis Walker Clarence with an Alvey attached??
A: Smart

They're both legendary bits of fishing gear by the way.

[Dignity]

gone fishun - what is bugging you, you seemed to have solved the puzzle ???

I have a daugter of a friend and her nick name is Tins, her real name is Erin which through several variations (memory fading) ended up being Tin Tin (for some strange reason she saw a TV show when she was about 3 yrs old about Rin Tin Tin and loved the dog) and eventually Tins, some 20 years later I still call her that but some of her newer friends can't work it out.

[PinHead]

there has been some classic nick names for people over the years. Used to work with a bloke nick named the taxidermist..everything he touched he stuffed

[Funchy]

there has been some classic nick names for people over the years. Used to work with a bloke nick named the taxidermist..everything he touched he stuffed

When I was a T.A my nickname was passion fingers or fingers Malloy....... Didnt last long in the manual arts arena. Now I push a pen

[finga]

The local Mazda dealer was called either Alternator (just keeps charging) or Mirror (I'll look into it).
A local lad's nickname is Pothole (he's always in the road).

[Greg P]

I call one of our diesel fitter apprentices kid dynamite - he thinks it is cool but I will wait till something else explodes due to him to let him know

[Giffo65]

In the Fire Service there is a lot of nick names,one bloke was only in the job for a few months and was as lazy as a labrador,he was called Harvey Norman, which is, 6 months no interest !

[Mike Delisser]

The boys at the Rocklea fruit markets use to call one of their co-workers "The Judge", that's because he was always sitting on a case.

[WalrusLike]

Don't be pleased if you get called Kero. It's short for Kerosene Lantern.

The thing about a Kero Lantern is that it's dim and has to be carried.

And you need to be sure it's said in jest when you are nicknamed Fulla.

[Funchy]

and I suppose everyone's heard of the nickname Blister...... turns up after the work is done?

[benji64]

one of the funniest i have heard was calling a shiela a prawn :: you would eat the body and throw the head away .

[Gazza]

I just "assumed" that Chas & Clarry were 2 gay fisherpersons living together

p.s. the ALVEY-user obviously wears the pants