People Called Jim.

[The Peepmaster]

Has anyone noticed that some people called Jim aren't really called Jim at all. More often than not it transpires that their actual name is James!

I doubt very much whether James I (a king), was ever called "Jim".

[Vulture]

James T didn't seem to mind being called Jim.

[The Peepmaster]

I just realised how few people called John I've known (personally). I mean, it's quite a common name, isn't it? I had a school friend called John Cole, when I was at Junior School, and his name was John, but apart from that I can't think of anyone off the top of my head, (other than another John from Art College who I didn't know all that well).

[The Peepmaster]

James T didn't seem to mind being called Jim.

James Theakston was Jamie actually.

[Vulture]

Ha Ha. Very funny. James T KIRK........

[Diane CBPFC]

I feel that Peepmaster is going to present us with his "Jim" poem if we aren't more careful with our responses in this thead.

[The Peepmaster]

What a great memory you have, Diane!

[dslex...dislex...confused]

I suspect "John" got less popular when it became the word used to describe the paying companion of a lady of ill repute, kind of ironic given that DDC is a John [in the name sense rather than a customer sense].

[Diane CBPFC]

What a great memory you have, Diane!

That's because I take these herbal memory pills - well I would do if I could find them.

[Malc]

They're in your knicker drawer with the squashed tube of Rectinol that you haven't used since your last pregnancy.

Oh, hang on, that's my missus...

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

 

[sheikharthur]

I knew a kid whose family name was Gurney ...he was christened Ernest...grew up as Ernie Gurney and later changed his name to Jim.... I thought that was bad but then saw signs for an estate agent in Bridgenorth..... His name is Nicholas Tart...(brave man to keep that name eh?)

[peter]

I worked with a Mr Rick
and yes his first name was Peter.
Parents what are they like.worse than a boy named Sue

[The Peepmaster]

I knew a kid whose family name was Gurney ...he was christened Ernest...grew up as Ernie Gurney and later changed his name to Jim.... I thought that was bad but then saw signs for an estate agent in Bridgenorth..... His name is Nicholas Tart...(brave man to keep that name eh?)

I lived very near Bridgnorth. One of the loveliest towns in England. I remember Nick Tart's Estate Agents. There's also an Estate Agent called Dolittle & Dalley.

[Joan]

Ah, Jim (and various versions thereof) - a common name in our family: father, both grandfathers, uncle (the said Jas Campbell, Malc), father's cousin, our cousins (two), cousin's son.  Needless to say, they're aren't any in the next generation.  My first boyfriend was a Jim.  My son is John, DDC - was always a bit worried about the American association with the loo rather than the one you mentioned.