# Inigo Montoya (username) is retiring. You may now call me “The Great Sun Jester.” **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555 "2013-03-21T18:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 22, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/21 "2013-03-22T00:03:27Z")
There is more to this story than we have been told. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/22 "2013-03-22T00:04:28Z")
Here comes The Great Sun Jester. Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon. Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/23 "2013-03-22T00:48:28Z")
Well, best wishes for you and your new name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/24 "2013-03-22T00:52:36Z")
Finally! Now _I_ can change my username to Inigo Montoya and really confuse the hell out of people on this board! Muahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/25 "2013-03-22T01:37:34Z")
Nice choice. Have you read the two Moorcock novels the song is based around? The Fireclown was quite the enigmatic character. > **[The Fireclown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fireclown)** > > The Fireclown (later published under the title The Winds of Limbo) is the fourth science fiction novel written by Michael Moorcock, published by Compact in 1965. > The novel is based in a future where the majority of the human population live underground. Alan Powys works at the transport department. His grandfather, Simon Powys, is the minister for space transport and is the presumptive nominee for his party to succeed the current president. Alan's cousin Helen Curtis is leader of the Radical L... > **[The Dancers at the End of Time | The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dancers_at_the_End_of_Time#The_Transformation_of_Miss_Mavis_Ming)** > > Chronicling the transformation of Miss Mavis Ming and the parts played by Doctor Volospion, his fellow residents at the End of Time, and Mr Emmanuel Bloom, also known as The Fireclown. The ending originally involved a scene where the main character, Mavis Ming, was whipped into submission by Bloom. This was later rewritten by the author. The novel has also been published, with differences, under the titles A Messiah at the End of Time and Constant Fire. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/26 "2013-03-22T02:11:14Z")
In point of fact I did get through fireclown while pondering the name change. Moorcock is not my favorite author, however, so that’s as far as I got. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/27 "2013-03-22T06:25:03Z")
Congratulations on the new name, but specially on being at a better point in your life than when you chose the previous one. _raises glass_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/28 "2013-03-22T06:37:24Z")
**The Great Sun Jester.** _I do not think it means what you think it means._ ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/29 "2013-03-22T09:45:22Z")
Just remember, you have to wait fifteen minutes for full potency. And you shouldn’t go in swimming after, for at least, what? An hour, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/30 "2013-03-22T12:52:31Z")
_Never forget this: when I found you, you were so slobbering drunk, you couldn’t buy Brandy!_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/31 "2013-03-22T13:18:13Z")
As a mod, I’ve shut down more than a couple of **Inigo** ’s more manic (i.e., content-free) OPs. As he knows, though, I’m also the daughter of a bipolar mother, whose condition was undiagnosed as such (and thus untreated) until I was in college. I have always had an enormous amount of sympathy for his condition, which I have tried to communicate to him both on the Boards and behind the scenes in various PMs and emails over the years. So, good to see you, **Sun Jester** – congratulations on reaching this point in your journey, and may you continue to enjoy the not entirely unmixed blessings of a “saner” life. Best, **twicks** ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/32 "2013-03-22T13:18:36Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > _Never forget this: when I found you, you were so slobbering drunk, you couldn’t buy Brandy!_ Ah yes, the old name suited me **so** much better back then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/33 "2013-03-22T13:29:15Z")
Oh, well then, _ **hey!!** _ I’ll echo **twickster** ’s congratulations on your journey thus far. May it continue. Stay strong, **Great Sun Jester**. Now, _no more rhymes now, I mean it_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/34 "2013-03-22T15:49:47Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > [QUOTE=echo7tango] > _Never forget this: when I found you, you were so slobbering drunk, you couldn’t buy Brandy!_ Ah yes, the old name suited me **so** much better back then. 😃 [/QUOTE] I’ll let you explain. No, there is too much. I’ll let you sum up. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/35 "2013-03-22T16:38:05Z")
I’m afraid I can’t condone this name change, but hey, congrats on the positive life changes. 🙂 I’m not left-handed either. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/36 "2013-03-22T17:04:06Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > No smarter, no more insightful, and much less inclined to discuss mental disorders with those who don’t have 'em (the judgment never seems to be worth the effort). I’m the same guy I was 9 (even 5) years ago, but not the same person, and I won’t be going back. Still a great writer. I hope this path works out for you. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/37 "2013-03-22T17:33:11Z")
I hope your identity change goes more smoothly than that of **Hostile Fetus** , **Farmer Pained** and many others who’ve gone before you. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/38 "2013-03-22T17:41:04Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > You may now call me “The Great Sun Jester." Jester the Solester? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/39 "2013-03-22T18:18:56Z")
Joan Crawford The Reaper Godzilla ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555/40 "2013-03-22T18:33:42Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Awww. ☹ Someone started a thread a while ago asking what it’s like to be manic, and you posted one of the most nuanced, thoughtful, detailed responses I have ever read. It was a fascinating insight for me into the way someone else’s mind works. I’m sure you’ve gotten plenty of shit over the years (there IS a stigma around mental illness, after all) but I want you to know that I think your strength and perseverence and sheer willpower are pretty damn awesome. > > Anyway, welcome(ish) to the SDMB, **The Great Sun Jester**. I must agree with this, and thank you for your thoughtful posts in the other thread. They helped me understand a couple I’ve known quite a bit better, and the rules you posted in another thread are useful for many, many people. Not just manics. Congrats! on being in a better place in your life, and on your great new name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inigo-montoya-username-is-retiring-you-may-now-call-me-the-great-sun-jester/653555.md?page=3)