# Yojimboguy to Yojimbo (and anyone else): time for a new Member name? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/21 "2003-02-12T17:24:59Z")
That might make Les Jimboguy feel bad. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/22 "2003-02-12T18:27:55Z")
Are you a Seinfeld fan? How about: [Newman leaving Soup Nazi] **Jimbolia!** [Newman leaving Soup Nazi] ---
**Author:** ![Broodha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/23 "2003-02-12T18:41:08Z")
I would be a fan of **Taco Waffle Discman!** myself… Honestly - I think **Boyo Jim** or even **BoJimminy** would be cool. PS. Does the SDMB really let you change your name and retain your post history etc? That would be intriguing if I ever get exhausted with **Broodha** … ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/24 "2003-02-12T18:57:50Z")
We could call you **Dennis**. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/25 "2003-02-12T19:07:04Z")
**Not Yojimbo** ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/26 "2003-02-12T19:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Does the SDMB really let you change your name and retain your post history etc? That would be intriguing if I ever get exhausted with Broodha… Yes. E-mail an admin and politely request that your username be changed. Once changed, it will be changed on all past posts, but only in the little box to the left, not in the text of actual posts. This leads to silliness like a post being shown as being written by, say, **NewName** , but later quotes of it still saying “Originally posted by OldName.” ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/27 "2003-02-12T19:17:17Z")
Heyjimboguy? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/28 "2003-02-12T19:21:36Z")
Every once in a while I get the urge to change my name to **The Vorlon Ambassador** and start ordering my aide around. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/29 "2003-02-12T19:32:57Z")
Can I call you Ishmael? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/30 "2003-02-12T19:40:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > 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). Hmm, I actually changed my name because I got bored with the old one and wanted to synch it up with my other online names. Come to think of it, the jjimm/jjtm posts confused me, too. I’d usually search a thread for my posts using “jj”. I think I registered before him, too. But hey, glad to make things less confusing, inadvertantly or not. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/31 "2003-02-12T21:38:12Z")
yojimbogus? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/32 "2003-02-12T21:44:24Z")
Tim? ---
**Author:** ![mogiaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mogiaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mogiaw)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/33 "2003-02-12T21:55:33Z")
Howzabout Boyo Yim so as not to confuse with jjimm? ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/34 "2003-02-12T22:02:17Z")
When we’re done here, can we do something about **SPOOFE** and **spooje**? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/35 "2003-02-12T22:02:38Z")
How about an anagram? **You Go By Jim!** ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/36 "2003-02-12T22:10:10Z")
How about the simple expediency of the existing letters in your username titied up into alphabetic order: **bgijmoouyy** Or a simple anagram: **Yogi Bum Joy]** ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/37 "2003-02-12T22:11:10Z")
Ooooh. Good one **Skammer**. Regarding the OP. I agree that it is confusing and that **yojimboguy** should probably change. (choose **Atomic Badger Racing** just so **Mangetout** stops his incessant suggesting of it… please?) ~grin~ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/38 "2003-02-12T22:12:00Z")
Ooops, that really was supposed to say ti **d** ied, honestly, I don’t have boobs on the breast…err…I mean brain. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/39 "2003-02-13T00:01:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*I think I registered before him, too. But hey, glad to make things less confusing, inadvertantly or not. \*\* Damn, you did register way before me… Now I’m even more grateful (even though you weren’t necessarily doing it for my sake). Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490/40 "2003-02-13T00:39:45Z")
Just to mess with the table alignments, how about **The Artist Formerly Known as yojimboguy** or for added insanity **The Artist Formerly Known as yojimboguy, who changed his name to this because people thought he was yojimbo** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yojimboguy-to-yojimbo-and-anyone-else-time-for-a-new-member-name/154490.md?page=3)