# New name, same Dope(r)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 14, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992 "2003-02-14T03:27:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/21 "2003-02-17T11:55:36Z")

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Hmph. He gets all the support in the world, while _I_ still occasionally get shit for dropping the “Bo Diddly”…

Life ain’t fair…

😃

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**Author:** ![mogiaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mogiaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mogiaw)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/22 "2003-02-17T15:24:49Z")

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ah for feck’s sake, boyo is used in Ireland and Wales OK?

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/23 "2003-02-17T16:34:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by scout1222 \*  
> And what makes this even weirder to me, is that yojimbo sounds freakin’ JAPANESE to me!
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> And apparently that didn’t even enter into the equation.

It entered the equation as for as I’m concerned. [Yojimbo](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055630)

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-same-dope-r/154992/24 "2003-02-17T21:35:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yojimbo \*  
> \*\*It entered the equation as for as I’m concerned. [Yojimbo](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055630) \*\*

Me too. I had a friend who called me that, and insisted it was a great compliment. I didn’t understand til she referred me to the movie.

If you haven’t seen the movie, the movie _A Fistful of Dollars_ is a pretty direct steal from it. I have a lot of difficulty imagining anyone would see Clint Eastwood’s character in me.

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