Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
Yes I recall "flid" though the timeless classics, sadly lost in the modern world, were the simple references of Joey Deacon (shortened to Joey) and Gaylord neither of which had any comeback.
How could I forget Joey? And gaylord was a good one. One of Dick Emery's characters was called Gaylord.

I was wondering if Gay Byrne's full name was Gaylord Byrne, only to google him and discover it wasn't (short for Gabriel), but that his middle name is 'Mary'.

His parents really didn't like him, did they?

I also discovered that 'Gaybo' is one of his nicknames.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne