Early-mid 1980's figure of tragedy and fun. See here.

An attempt by a teacher to stop people using Joey as an insult was actually quite successful. As Joey had gone on to succeed despite his condition, this meant that calling Matthew a "Joey" was actually a compliment. He was promptly re-christened "Spastic Matthew", before he left the school.

A fine game for four players, helped if the fourth player is an unwitting stooge. The first player would herald a new game by saying "Joey A-con". A rush would then ensue to get in "Joey B-con" and "Joey C-con". The player left with "Joey D-con" would be roundly subjected to various spacker noises and comedy flailing hands.

aCTUALLY HAD A JOEY DEACON AT ME SCHOOL, HE WAS AND ALL, AND HE USED TO COME TO SCHOOL AND GO HOME IN A GREEN AMBULANCE

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Same idea as Ottoman's, but we'd first start with "joe-a", "joe-b" etc. Happless victim ends up with "joe-e". After much laughter and pointing, we'd move on to round 2 - "a-con" etc. The victim usually half cottoned on, so your mates'd leave a slight pause after "c-con". Victim usually jumped at chance of getting in early (or so they thought) to beat mate no 5 and shouts "d-con". Double the laughter and pointing.

An interesting, if not particularly amusing, historical footnote...

The name Joey also morphed to suggest 'man-servant' or 'slave'. If, for example, you were good enough to respond to a schoolmate's request to pass the tomato sauce, you were more likely to be met with a sarky "cheers, Joey" than a "thank you very much". Even if the recipient responded gratefully, the rest of your mates would ask "what are you... his Joey?"