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The news story about a policeman who was called Dolly Parton by his fellow officers because he only worked… wait for it… 9-to-5, has really tickled me.

I think the Brits and Irish are particularly good with nicknames.

I worked with a miserable chap years ago whose name was Winter so, of course, he got called Nuclear.

My footie-mad 55-year-cousin in Belfast has been called Nobby – after the footballer Nobby Stiles – for so long, nobody remembers his first name any more.

And my nickname for The Dark Lord is Half-a-job, because, well, it’s self-explanatory.

My nickname at school was Pam Ayres because my mother gave me a severe bowl cut (yes I haven’t forgotten, Mum, you just wait till it’s time to choose the old folks’ home).

Then at work in the 1990s, I was called Mcnasty after the Filthy Mcnasty’s pub chain. I was then renamed Back Alley by my Mirror colleagues, I hope just because it rhymed.

I have a friend called Johnny Five Bellies who happens to carry a bit of extra timber.

And then there’s Neil, who always likes to be in charge, and was nicknamed Bomber by Kipper, aka Nick, who can sleep anywhere and has even been known to nod off standing up.

Among my female friends, there’s Candy Big Ones (rhymes with Dignum), and my old friend, Jude, who’s called Ganja Gran because of her hippy attitude to free love and making hash cakes in the 1960s.

Finally, closer to home, my best mate, Ali, calls me Bog Breath, while I call her Trollop. And no, it’s not because she reads Aga sagas about rectors’ wives.

Would love to hear if you, or someone in your family or at work, has a funny nickname?

■ Email me at siobhan.mcnally@mirror.co.uk or write to Community Corner, PO Box 791, Winchester SO23 3RP.

It’s thought that hares originally came from the grasslands of central

Asia and were introduced to Britain in the Roman times.

Now found all over the UK, especially in the lowland cereal-growing counties like

East Anglia, this beautiful golden-haired brown hare is the work of amateur artist Deb Jones.

“I’ve painted for as long as I can remember,” says the 60-year-old from Kidderminster in Worcestershire.

The talented painter is inspired by anything to do with nature.

“Animals are my favourite things to paint and I work in watercolour and acrylics.”

Calling all artists, photographers and crafters – send snaps of your work to siobhan.mcnally@mirror.co.uk and don’t forget to include a selfie, your age and location, and tell us what inspires you.