Jim Bexley Speed

[Seb Patrick]

Is the consensus that “Bexley” is his middle name, or part of his surname?

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[Pete Part Three]

I always thought Bexley was the surname, “Speed” was the nickname.

Kind of like Michael Jordan being nicknamed Air Jordan.

[hummingbird]

I’ve always taken it to be his middle name, as Lister names one of his sons Bexley, but I suppose it could be either.

[Danny Stephenson]

I’ve always thought that it was the middle name.

[Ian Symes]

Middle name.

[Kris ‘Drivaaar’ Carter]

Good ol’ James Speed, eh?

[Carlito]

Double-barrelled surname, in my opinion. Jim Bexley-Speed.

If it has ever appeared written otherwise in anything ‘official’, I propose that hyphens have become obsolete in the future.

[Dave]

It never occurred to me that it could be anything other than a middle name.

It doesn’t seem right though: “Are you one of the Milton Keynes Bexley-Speeds?”

[Plastic Percy]

Perhaps in the future there was another celebrity that had the name James Speed and Jim used his middle professionally to differentiate from the other guy.

[Andrew]

Joe Willie Namath, cited by Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters II. That is all.

[Mr Flibble]

I vote for Speed being his surname and Bexley being his middle name.

As to hyphens becoming extinct – Sabrina Mulholland-Jjones?

[Carlito]

> As to hyphens becoming extinct – Sabrina Mulholland-Jjones?

How do you know her name is hyphenated? You assume? Or is it credited on screen? (can’t recall)

Probably the hyphen is related to Lister changing the timeline… the extinction of the hyphen is intrinsically linked – somehow – to Lister turning out the way he did…

Jim Bexley-Speed is never credited on-screen (to my knowledge) so we’ll never know… until he makes his special cameo appearance in series IX, that is…

[cheesegirl1986]

I know this doesn’t add anything to the debate (if that’s what it is) but…

She’s me bird.

[redhead85]

I think my brain just melted…

[Andrew]

Speed is named in the books. Jjones Is hyphenated. And Bexley’s like the Lee in John Lee Hooker or the Thomas in Paul Thomas Anderson.

[The PerformingMonkey]

> or the Thomas in Paul Thomas Anderson.

Draaaaaaaainage! Draaaaainage, Eli, you boy…

[Plastic Percy]

Now I think about it, does anyone have any idea who played ol’ Jimmy boy in the photo he ‘happily’ posed with Lister for?

[Seb Patrick]

Hmm.

Still, though, “BEXLEY SPEED” would look better (and more distinctive) on the back of a shirt than just “SPEED”, wouldn’t it? I think I’m going to take artistic licence on this one…

[Jo]

You could go for “J B Speed” or is that too rubbish?

[Tanya Jones]

I’ve named the little hamster in Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box ‘Bexley’. But yes, Seb, Bexley Speed would probably look better!

[Seb Patrick]

>You could go for ?J B Speed? or is that too rubbish?

I did actually ponder that originally! But I’ve now bought enough letters to make BEXLEY SPEED (I needed two packs in order to have enough Es)… We’ll see what looks good, anyway ;-)

[Danny Stephenson]

surely they should account for E being very popular? or was there 3 in a pack and you needed one more?

[Seb Patrick]

There were 3 in a pack ;-)

It now looks like it is going to be “J B SPEED”, anyway, due to space constraints…

[Danny Stephenson]

put the letters in a microwave, make them smaller… unless they’re made of Marshmallow in which case DON’T!

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