# Yojimboguy to Yojimbo (and anyone else): time for a new Member name?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 12, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490 "2003-02-12T01:32:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/1 "2003-02-12T01:32:23Z")
Ok, I’m tired of making corrections about who’s posted what. I’'ve lost count of the posts I’ve made where I say, **"No, I am yojimboguy. Yojimbo is a different member."**
I see that yojimbo has had to make[similar corrections.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162029&perpage=50&highlight=yojimboguy&pagenumber=3) Yojimbo is the senior member, both in time and post count. Therefore, as a fair-minded sort, it seems incumbent upon me to make any necessary changes.
If you come across this thread, yojimbo, I’d like to know whether you find this identity issue troublesome. I feel some connection with you. I’ve never been to Ireland, but I’m an Irish citizen. I find your wit and posting style similar to my own, which probably exacerbates the confusion of others.
I’d also appreciate suggestions for a new name. I don’t want to make a drastic change. Some of my friends have called me Jimbo or Yojimbo in RL, I’ve had a “yojimboguy” email address at one ISP or another for 5 or 6 years now.
I want to, as much as possible, preserve my “Jim-ness”; even my “Yo-ness” and my “Bo-ness”. And I don’t want to be lost in a sea of Jims.
(Corrected bolding tag–Veb}
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/2 "2003-02-12T02:07:38Z")
Jimbolicious
jimborama
jimilimidingdong
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/3 "2003-02-12T02:47:09Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \*
> **I want to, as much as possible, preserve my “Jim-ness”; even my “Yo-ness” and my “Bo-ness”. And I don’t want to be lost in a sea of Jims.**
You could follow the Welsh lead, and call yourself “Boyo Jim.”
I can understand your concern, as I share the Board with (among others) **TWDuke** , **the\_duke\_69** , **heyduke lives!** , **Dooku** , and **Dukie**.
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### Author:  [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/4 "2003-02-12T03:51:58Z")
I second **Boyo Jim**.
Make sure that whatever it is, it doesn’t look too much like **Dread Pirate Jimbo**.
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/5 "2003-02-12T04:16:50Z")
How about **jo-yimbo**?
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### Author:  [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/6 "2003-02-12T04:26:15Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Duke \*
> \*\*You could follow the Welsh lead, and call yourself “Boyo Jim.”
>
> I can understand your concern, as I share the Board with (among others) **TWDuke** , **the\_duke\_69** , **heyduke lives!** , **Dooku** , and **Dukie**. \*\*
Sorry. Can I change it to TWJimbo?
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/7 "2003-02-12T06:15:50Z")
Bojimyo?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/8 "2003-02-12T08:43:17Z")
**Yo Jimbo!** , perhaps?
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/9 "2003-02-12T09:04:17Z")
Yojumboguy? That’s distinctive!
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### Author:  [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/10 "2003-02-12T09:18:41Z")
I Mojo By.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/11 "2003-02-12T10:38:35Z")
**Atomic Badger Racing**!
Or **Elastic Moral Standards**
Oh, you wanted jim-ness and bo-ness
how about **BoJimminy**?
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### Author:  [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/12 "2003-02-12T10:44:17Z")
D’oh, I still got the two of you confused. :smack:
**By Og, J, I’m You!**
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### Author:  [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/13 "2003-02-12T10:52:30Z")
Rochambo?
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/14 "2003-02-12T10:52:32Z")
Though I can quite clearly distinguish between you two (especially because I know **yojimbo** IRL), I have noticed the corrections being made occasionally.
This is very noble of you.
Some of these suggestions are getting a wee bit close to **jjimm** for my liking (and I commend **jjtm** for changing his name to **Troy McLure SFO** to avoid the same confusion).
I like the **Boyo Jim** suggestion, too.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/15 "2003-02-12T11:12:28Z")
It only bothered me when you first registered as I thought you may be taking the piss. You clearly were not a troll so I let it go.
While I’ve had to do the whole it’s me or it’s not me a few times I don’t really have a problem with it as I know who I am and who you are. Other people seem to be confused by it however.
I’ve used **yojimbo** for a long time now. It was my Quake 1 handle and I use it were ever I can.
So in conclusion if you want to change that’s cool but it’s also cool if you want to stay the way you are.
Get you’re arse over here sometime and we can go around calling each other the same name and confuse real people in real pubs 🙂
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### Author:  [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/16 "2003-02-12T12:21:02Z")
[Fimbo?](http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimbles/purplemeadow/game3/hungry1.shtml)
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/17 "2003-02-12T13:37:36Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by TWDuke \*
> \*\*Sorry. Can I change it to TWJimbo? \*\*
Yeah, but then the **Yojis** will be confused too… 😛
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/18 "2003-02-12T14:50:57Z")
How about using spaces and punctuation to alter **yojimboguy** to something with a more distinct short form? Like **Yoji M. Boguy**?
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### Author:  [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/19 "2003-02-12T16:31:36Z")
yolibido!
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### Author:  [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/20 "2003-02-12T17:12:35Z")
Mo’ Jimboguy?
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