# JimB shreds the pesky silent B and gets promoted, too. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760 "2001-11-11T14:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/1 "2001-11-11T14:24:42Z")
Yep, folks I got rid of the **B** ee that wouldn’t seem to stay quiet in spite of my best efforts. Don’t ask what I did with it. Let’s just say it’s in a far better place. I took the Lord part because in my little domain, I can do that. Besides liking Peter O’Toole. Jim (formerly known as Jim) ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/2 "2001-11-11T14:27:06Z")
As long as the **B** ee isn’t in your bonnet, you should be all set. 😉 And glad to meet the new you, Sire. _bows to the Lord_ ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/3 "2001-11-11T15:20:54Z")
Does this mean we have to curtsy to you at dopefests? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/4 "2001-11-11T15:43:12Z")
Lordy, lordy, my SDMB directory is just a mess! 😉 All hail **Lord Jim**! ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/5 "2001-11-11T16:32:39Z")
**Lord Jim**! I love the name. I understand it’s a good book, too. But I only enjoyed my Dad’s _Classics Illustrated_ Comic Book version. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/6 "2001-11-11T17:19:08Z")
Stop it!!! No one else is allowed to change their name, damnit! 😃 As with **beatle** , I’ll still be calling you **Jim** 😛 :: curtsies her way out of the thread :: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/7 "2001-11-11T17:26:00Z")
**TruePisces** , the **B** ee is no longer, it is an un **B** ee. **Zy** , I would think curtsy is the least you should do. **bea** … I mean **Ringo** , see, I’m obviously having trouble with my SDMB directory, too. **Katie** , thanks, you may hug and kiss me all you want the next time we meet, I won’t mind, really. **Mauvaise** , see note above to **Katie** , same goes for you. I won’t mind, promise. Jim (the invisible ‘B’ version) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/8 "2001-11-11T18:23:02Z")
Dude. My virtual daddy-in-law is a Lord. I wonder if I get a funky title now . . . ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/9 "2001-11-11T18:51:19Z")
::enters slowly and majestically in my dark purple very low cut evening gown \:: Why my dear friend, **Lord Jim**. I am so pleased to see that you are finally getting the recognition you deserve. ::drops into a deep curtsey, overbalances slightly, and has to be rescued by the Lord himself, who in helping me regain my footing pulls me rather closer to him than I expected to find myself:: _BLUSH_ Oh. My. Well. Thank you so much, kind sir. ::reaches up and kisses him on his cheek, then rushes out of the room, too embarrassed to stay:: 😃 Congrats, hon. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/10 "2001-11-11T18:58:28Z")
Could this be…an arch-enemy? Have at thee, Coward of the Light! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/11 "2001-11-11T19:21:06Z")
**’punha** , the title “esquire” immediately comes to mind. iampunha, esq. That sounds kinda cool, let me know, it can be arranged. **Purp** , come back here. You can curtsy all you want in that low cut gown. If you lose your balance, all the better. **DLD** , I don’t make a very good arch-enemy, a little to easy going for such a role. Jim (who’s kinda liking the Lord thing) ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/12 "2001-11-11T19:50:45Z")
::hearing my name just as I’m about to make my exit, I turn to see who called me:: Oh, well, if you insist, I will stay. For a while, anyway. Did you happen to have any er…refreshments… on hand? _wide-eyed coquettish look_ And what’s up with you, **Dark Lord**? It would seem to me that _you_ would be the Coward of the Light, since you’re the **Dark** Lord. Or, perhaps you misplaced a comma \ and you meant to say Coward\*\*,\*\* of the Light? 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/13 "2001-11-11T20:37:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by purplebear \* > \*\*::hearing my name just as I’m about to make my exit, I turn to see who called me:: Oh, well, if you insist, I will stay. For a while, anyway. Did you happen to have any er…refreshments… on hand? _wide-eyed coquettish look_ > > And what’s up with you, **Dark Lord**? It would seem to me that _you_ would be the Coward of the Light, since you’re the **Dark** Lord. Or, perhaps you misplaced a comma \ and you meant to say Coward\*\*,\*\* of the Light? 😛 😉 \*\* Actually I could be considered a Coward FROM the Light, not OF the light. He’d be the Coward OF the Light. And I’m not a Coward! I’m so evil I can manage to pass by a pet store without making “ooh-ahh” noises at the kittens in the window, and occasionally don’t help old women cross the street! How’s THAT for Dark? MWAAAAHAAAHAAAAAAAAAAA!! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/14 "2001-11-11T20:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Jim \* > **’punha** , the title “esquire” immediately comes to mind. iampunha, esq. That sounds kinda cool, let me know, it can be arranged. Cool. Could you get my virtual wife a matching outfit or whatnot? Make the Role-Playing even more interesting?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/15 "2001-11-11T21:22:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > Cool. Could you get my virtual wife a matching outfit or whatnot? Make the Role-Playing even more interesting?😉 I have to reserve ‘Lady’, but I have Maiden available. The fair maiden Palmyra. Hmmm, a bit long. How about Maid 'Myra? Or should it be a more formal? **DLD** , I get it, I think, but based on this: \<\<\\>\>, you are WAY too evil for me. Begone! Jim (not the Coward of the Light, the title is LORD!) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/16 "2001-11-11T21:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Jim \* > I have to reserve ‘Lady’, but I have Maiden available. The fair maiden Palmyra. Hmmm, a bit long. How about Maid 'Myra? Or should it be a more formal? Dude, you may be a Lord, but when it comes to naming your daughter you bite royal ass. What you want to do is **suck up to royal ass**. Crucial difference:) And she ain’t not maiden. ::RUNNING FAR AWAY:: ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/17 "2001-11-11T21:34:00Z")
Lord? Kinda high falutin’ for a cowboy, ain’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/18 "2001-11-11T21:34:35Z")
There’s an extraneous T in there somewhere. See if you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/19 "2001-11-11T21:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > Dude, you may be a Lord, but when it comes to naming your daughter you bite royal ass. > > What you want to do is **suck up to royal ass**. Crucial difference:) > > And she ain’t no(\*t) maiden. Hey, kid, help me out here. Do Lord’s get to have Dukes and Duchesses? If so, y’all are in. **Arden** , I thought so too, but they went for it anyway. \*[sup]Extraneous T, what did I win?[/sup] Jim (still without the B) ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760/20 "2001-11-11T21:59:19Z")
**Jim** you went for a shakespear quote. _To be, or not to be_ obviously you are _not to be_ So why just a Lord and not go whole hog and be a king? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimb-shreds-the-pesky-silent-b-and-gets-promoted-too/92760.md?page=2)