So Heroin Bob was named as such 'cause he was afraid of needles, but you know not just needles, the guy was afraid of drugs too. We couldn't even get him to take a damn asprin. He drank, and he smoked cigarettes, but that was it.

The speaker explains an ironic nickname. Bob, called Heroin, was afraid of needles and even of drugs generally, refusing an aspirin. His own indulgences were limited to alcohol and cigarettes. The humour comes from the mismatch between the fearsome label and a person whose habits were so ordinary.

Context reviewed 29 September 2026