# My Name Is "Bill"! Use It!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-bill-use-it/125264>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 23, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-bill-use-it/125264 "2002-08-23T17:19:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-bill-use-it/125264/21 "2002-08-27T16:15:35Z")

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Maybe she’s joking and,

a. You don’t know her well enough to know she’s joking or to _get_ her crazy sense of humour.  
b. She doesn’t know you well enough for joking to be appropriate or expected.  
c. Sigh soap hall.

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