We had €1000 every day to give away this week thanks to Irish Life. We based these questions around life in Ireland ( and everyone who sent a text in to 53102 was put into a draw to play for the money. For every question they got right, they got €100 euro - but obviously, not everyone got 10/10. SO, today, we had a whopping €1600 left in the pot to give away - and we did so while extracting some of the funniest texts we've ever had from our listeners. They simply had to text in their nickname and why they were called said name. From the thousands of entries we received (and laughed at!) here are some of the funniest - and the winner can be found at the end.
My nickname is Bird because my school friends found out that I use to pluck turkeys. Adrian
Liam, nickname: Speedy, everyone thought it was because I played basketball at school but it was actually because I was really slow at writing in national school and would always be the last taking stuff down off the board, think it was even my teacher at the time who first said it and it just stuck!
My nick name was Splodge because i was a rotund child and looked like a round mark that had been dropped from a big height. - Simon
Fatty because I was 10 1/2 pounds when I was born. Eimear
Nesthead - before I started baldong I had thick curly hair, one friend one night suggested birds could live in my 'fro... Its like a nest on your head, it stuck. Tom King
Sconey - because my da was a baker in the army. Mick
My nickname is STOCKY because I'm about 8 and a half stone all my life and I eat like a horse. Real name Kieran
Ginger or ginge I’m bald since I was 21 (now 36) but I used to have a big mop of Red/Ginger hair :-( Patrick
My mate calls me Stretch cos I am 5ft 4, always been smaller since I was a kid
Darren Douglas ;-)
My nick name is Sausage because when asked how many sausages I wanted I said 2 while holding up 4 fingers. Paul O Reilly Co Sligo
Dracula. Sean O Donoghue. I smashed my two front teeth when I was small. The rest is history
Pinhead - my brother in law has always called me this saying I’ve a small head. Siobhan
Skippy was my nickname cos when I was young and asked to do anything I'd go tut tut. Like a kangaroo. Aido
My nick name is Bear. Sometimes cuddly and sometimes grizzly (when I'm hungry)! Have to admit it’s very apt! Gerry
Nickname was Chili.... As my second name was Carney - as in the food chili con carne. From Colin
Jimmy the Weed , jimmy Fitzgerald ( I'm a florist )
My nickname is Jobber, real name John O'Brien. But I always get the job done!!
Shergar was my name. As I was never to be found. Sean
My friends call me Baby Chief - as my Dad was known as The Chief when he was involved over 25 years ago with our club & County GAA teams. Greg
My nick name is Whitey because when I moved house when I was a young boy. I had a white Aran jumper on me and no one knew my name, so one fella called me Whitey and it stuck with me. I was only 8 years old - I'm now 52! Mick
My name is Ivan but my nickname is Dirty as I have a habit of saying inappropriate things and dirty things at the wrong time
Bony M was my nickname because I have such skinny legs. Marion
Our whole family were called HONK in school because we have slightly bigger noses!!! Cathal
Hootymacboob my husband calls me this as I have rather large boobs m Tierney
Krusty same as the Simpons, because of how I laugh - Eamonn
Suitcase. Cos my girlfriend threw me out after every row. John
I'm The Duck coz I can't swim! Brendan
Mortgage Murphy, cause I bought a house in the 80's, Ray
Cyclops - my name is Fiona ni Shuilleabhain (súil amháin) súil amháin in English is one eye.
50p head. Couldn't head football in right direction. Alan keely
My nickname is John Lennon, cause I married a Japanese girl and split up our group of 4. Mark
Zippy from rainbow because people said I have a big mouth - John
AND THE WINNER IS.....
Swordfish. It's because of my big nose!! Glenn Loughran.
@sweetpmac @todayfmofficial @IanDempsey Thanks a million lads! pic.twitter.com/gqW0uZMh7B
— Glen Loughran (@glenio1234) October 24, 2014
