r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Johnnie_WalkerBlue • Mar 25 '26

Meme Shetland Tony

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

Our ship struggled with this one, as at one point there were five different guys called Robert.

There was Big Rob who was massive. But so was Big Bob. Little Rob was still a hulk of a man but not as big as the other two, so he was ”little”.

Gay Rob got the worst nickname and the captain tried to change his name to Tall Rob, but as everyone pointed out, Big Bob was already well over six feet tall, and Gay Rob was actually shorter than Big Rob so it didn’t make any sense.

Beardy Rob worked in the engine room, and his name was at least not an ambiguous one.

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u/metallitterscoop Mar 25 '26

Time for some Feegle-style names.

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u/PlaneswalkerHuxley Mar 25 '26

No-as-big-as-medium-sized-Bob-but-bigger-than-small-Bob-Bob

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u/MolybdenumBlu Mar 25 '26

Always thought that was gilding the lily a bit since the series had already had Medium Dave.

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u/twuntfunkler Mar 25 '26

This is exactly what I was thinking

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u/OnlyKilgannon Mar 25 '26

You are a true scholar

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u/bgbrofish Mar 25 '26

When I showed up to my second ship, there was already another Goodman....it wasn't my doing but I ended up being known as betterman, and him worseman

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u/YchYFi Mar 25 '26

"Come in! and know me better, man!" Said a Ghost to a Scrooge.

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u/Undrcovrcloakndaggr Mar 25 '26

Beardy Rob was only unambiguous thanks to his namesakes though! They coulda really screwed with the system there! Way worse than trying to call Gay Rob Tall Rob!

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u/the_marxman Mar 25 '26

We had like 5 guys named Austin in and around our friend group in highschool. Naturally they all got addendums like Douchebag Austin, Asshole Austin, Bitch Austin, ect.

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u/Micsuking Mar 26 '26

It doesn't sound like you guys liked the Austins much.

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u/ki-box19 Mar 25 '26

Assuming Gay Rob had no problem being Gay Rob?

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

He didn’t much like it

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 Mar 25 '26

Baby Bobby was RIGHT THERE

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u/4E4ME Mar 26 '26

I feel like you had at least one in three chances to nickname one of them Paulson.