# Hey, guys named Bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712 "2021-05-09T21:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/1 "2021-05-09T21:09:12Z")
Just curious: when was the last time you heard “oh, no, Mr. Bill!”. Has that unfunny exclamation finally died? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/2 "2021-05-09T21:52:31Z")
Dude, its most definitly still popular. Not! Been like going on 40 years now. Otay! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/3 "2021-05-09T22:20:34Z")
My little brother, named Bill, has a Mr. Bill T-shirt he wears occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/4 "2021-05-10T00:46:49Z")
Many decades back, I owned a Mr Bill roach clip. During a night of partaking, I stood up to fetch refreshments, accidentally stepping on Mr Bill. Both arms and both legs snapped off his body. And his O expression! Five stoners laughed way too long. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/5 "2021-05-10T01:37:39Z")
No, man, I’m hardly impaired at all and that shit’s hilarious. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/6 "2021-05-10T02:09:22Z")
I don’t believe anyone has said that to my uncle. But then again he’s built like a brick wall, so… ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/7 "2021-05-10T02:11:47Z")
Still use it on a regular basis. But most of my recipients are my age and know about it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/8 "2021-05-10T03:07:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Many decades back, I owned a Mr Bill roach clip. During a night of partaking, I stood up to fetch refreshments, accidentally stepping on Mr Bill. > > Both arms and both legs snapped off his body. And his O expression! Five stoners laughed way too long.   OMG! This must be the biggest life-altering tragedy since Allan Sherman sat down on his Old Chinese Back-Scratcher! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5YbiGU4auG4/hqdefault.jpg "That Old Back Scratcher by Allan Sherman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YbiGU4auG4) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/9 "2021-05-10T04:47:26Z")
I feel for the people with names turned into memes or catchphrases. Mr. Bill, _Aaaaaaadriennn!,_ “Dave’s not here, man…”, _A-A-ron,_ that poor new kid named Inigo Montoya… And of course all the kind and humble Karens out there. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-named-bill/941712/10 "2021-05-10T04:55:25Z")
“Open the door Richard” is for all practical purposes dead, along with the generation that spawned it.