PJ, Homer, Foreigner and whatever else

[atm84]

Those of you that are employed and do jobs on the side, what do you call them.

Up North we used to call them Foreigners (never found out why) but since moving Darn South I heard them call PJ's and Homers. Just wondered what everyone else tended to call them and if they had heard of any others.

 

[Guest77]

Cobbles, thats the name here.

 

[rapparee]

Call them nixers or homers



The term nixer comes from the word nix which means nothing as that is precisely what the tax man gets out of it

 

[dan86]

homers

 

[Carlosfandango]

Sideys.

 

[Adam W]

We just call them private jobs. I expect that's what 'PJ' stands for.

 

[Richo77]

Hobblers

 

[Guest77]

Very suprised none of you guys have heard the word cobbles regardling this, we also use the word foreigner.

 

[Andy78]

They're a guvvy job round here. No idea why though.

 

[trev]

They're a guvvy job round here. No idea why though.

They're also guvvys in the north east mate. It comes from "one for the government" why? I have no idea because the government gets nothing from them.
Of course I never do them. I wouldn't even consider not paying my due to HMRC so that Osborne can have £10 burgers or IDS can charge a change of under crackers to us.
Heaven forbid that the taxpayer subsidised bars should ever run dry of expensive champagne.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

'Scotch','Scotcher', 'Scotching'.

 

[Slowhand]

They're also guvvys in the north east mate. It comes from "one for the government" why? I have no idea because the government gets nothing from them.
Of course I never do them. I wouldn't even consider not paying my due to HMRC so that Osborne can have £10 burgers or IDS can charge a change of under crackers to us.
Heaven forbid that the taxpayer subsidised bars should ever run dry of expensive champagne.

Great to see you know what side your bread's buttered Trev ;-)

 

[Andy78]

Ah yeah that makes sense trev.
I imagined it was from governer, as in "on this job I'm the governer" when working outside your main job.

 

[AndrewMgan1976]

Homers, up this way

 

[7029 dave]

Private job (pj)