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LuckyCharms

(20,664 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:28 PM Sep 18

Good morning, Jimmy.

Went to the doctor's this morning.

Was walking down the hall to go to the little room, and this gentleman, probably well into his 90's, was standing in the hallway, talking to a doctor.

The guy looks at me as I walked by, and said "Good morning, Jimmy".

I said "Good morning, but I'm not Jimmy".

He said "I figured that, but I call everyone Jimmy".

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Good morning, Jimmy. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Sep 18 OP
That's great. Harker Sep 18 #1
I laughed pretty hard... LuckyCharms Sep 18 #2
Every now and then he must encounter a true Jimmy. Harker Sep 18 #5
You know, I kind of like the idea of calling everyone Jimmy. LuckyCharms Sep 18 #6
There are 129 DUers whose user name has "Jimmy" in it. Harker Sep 18 #7
That's some good research, Jimmy! LuckyCharms Sep 18 #8
Luca. That's good. Harker Sep 18 #9
He's got a better chance of being right EYESORE 9001 Sep 18 #3
Yep, he's probably right sometimes! LuckyCharms Sep 18 #4

Harker

(16,899 posts)
5. Every now and then he must encounter a true Jimmy.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:57 PM
Sep 18

"Do I know you?.. How do you know me?"

See ya, Jimmy.

LuckyCharms

(20,664 posts)
6. You know, I kind of like the idea of calling everyone Jimmy.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:58 PM
Sep 18

I may try doing that...especially on DU.

Harker

(16,899 posts)
7. There are 129 DUers whose user name has "Jimmy" in it.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:38 PM
Sep 18

One straight up "Jimmy" and 128 others, including "Jimmythesquid" and JimmydaRustler."

I gotta tell you... "JimmyCharms" has a certain ring to it.

LuckyCharms

(20,664 posts)
8. That's some good research, Jimmy!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:47 PM
Sep 18

My best friend is actually named Jim. I call him Jimbo or Jimmy.

He assigns nicknames to everyone, and he's given me several. He never calls me by my real name. He most commonly calls me "Luca", after Luca Brasi in the Godfather movie.

Harker

(16,899 posts)
9. Luca. That's good.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:30 PM
Sep 18

I also knew a guy who slapped perfect nicknames on everyone. A very big mutual friend got "Lenny", but my favorite was a guy called " Snack bar."

EYESORE 9001

(29,074 posts)
3. He's got a better chance of being right
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:40 PM
Sep 18

than if he said, ‘good morning, Aloysius’.

In a previous life I did a gig with a non-emergency ambulance service, transporting patients hither & yon, when my meanderings once took me to a garden-variety nursing home. I had to wait outside the room while the patient was made ready. In the hallway, an elderly man sat in a chair near the door, ardently and repeatedly informing me that he wanted an 18-year-old girl. I asked if he needed help with cooking & cleaning, but he didn’t appreciate my attempt at humor.

LuckyCharms

(20,664 posts)
4. Yep, he's probably right sometimes!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:46 PM
Sep 18

Your story reminds me of another...

My mom was in a nursing home.

My mother was the type of person who, once you got on her bad side, it was all over for you.

I was walking down the hall to visit my mother.

An old Italian woman in a wheelchair was parked in the hallway, close to my mom's room.

I said hello to the woman as I walked by.

She grabbed my sleeve and stopped me.

She said in broken English..."Your mama...she no like me".

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