Right this might seem like a random question but whats the nickname for a plumber, i.e Chippy = Joiner/Carpenter Sparky = Electrician Bricky = Builder So whats a plumber?
Wetty? Drippy? Soggy? Pooey? P155y 5h1tty? ohh, I dunno, where's Ian (1990) when ya need him? he'd know.
ok so it's the reverse of the question... but the Armourer trade in the Air Force (Weapons Technicians) are known as Plumbers.
Dex - Thats weird. Is it true, do ALL the RAF run about saying 'what what' and when they laugh does every single one snort through their nose too?
Officers make up some stupid amount of the RAF, it always seems as if they are all officers, but some are higher than others....
My mate is a Corgi registered plumber, but ive only ever referred to him as a plumber. To be honest, ive never actually thought about a nickname for plumbers. Drippy doesnt sound right, cant say ive heard any plumbers called that before?
i always thought they were refered to as bomb heads..... incidently avionics techs are dog feckers! isn`t the word plumber its self a nick name as it was a name given to the "pipe fitters" when they used to fit lead pipes chemical element "Pb - plumbum" -- so you have it plumber is a nick name, case closed
Armourers are variously known as Plumbers and Bomb heads. Those who work in Bomb Disposal are known as Foot-Tappers (think about mine clearance...) and you were close with the Dog ****ers, it's actually aircraft electricicans who are known as that - the Avionics guys are known as fairies. (Although now the two trades have amalgamated and the techs have done trade crossover training - known as "Cross Dressing")
there is some weird saying in the forces, including their code names and alert status's, like "black bikini beach special" wtf is htat all about???
bikini, tahiti and tesseral are all alert states relating to different threats. I never get bored of phoning up female policeman to ask "what's your bikini state then love?"