A local 'character' around here was known as 'The Pounder' because of his somewhat pugilistic reputation
We were in the local bar one night when he came in and started chatting up an attractive young woman visitor
"They call me 'The Pounder' he said proudly
His neighbour, sitting a few stools away, down the bar cut in, "No - your father was 'The Pounder' - you're only the half-pounder'

Another local character was 'Timber Tony'
An American woman once asked him how hie got his name and, instead of replying, he took out a sharp penknife and began stabbing himself in the leg, which was wooden
Jim Carroll