# "I want to be a yoyo man"

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [September 20, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965 "2023-09-20T02:05:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fradiger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fradiger/32/66850_2.png) [@fradiger](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fradiger)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/1 "2023-09-20T02:05:48Z")

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_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/1))_

how many times y’all been linked this video (or some variant of it):

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/f/e/afec7186cd2847f930e0f2822c5b9c09ee24c01d.jpeg "“I want to be a yo-yo man” he cried “make me a yo-yo man” vine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTYJgOWRY8Q)

there’s zero chance i’m the only one who gets this in a message at least once a month.

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**Author:** ![Kaylinity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kaylinity/32/201672_2.png) [@Kaylinity](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Kaylinity)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/2 "2023-09-20T03:25:03Z")

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i think ive gotten this message about 200 damn times

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**Author:** ![ProbablyNotBadRawb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/probablynotbadrawb/32/239459_2.png) [@ProbablyNotBadRawb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ProbablyNotBadRawb)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/3 "2023-09-20T03:31:43Z")

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I have never seen this before. :joy:😲

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**Author:** ![RC\_yo-yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rc_yo-yo/32/168781_2.png) [@RC\_yo-yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RC_yo-yo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/4 "2023-09-20T04:19:11Z")

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You should see the whole video. I had it on vhs as a kid.

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**Author:** ![Benthrowsyoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/benthrowsyoyo/32/300522_2.png) [@Benthrowsyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Benthrowsyoyo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-yoyo-man/384965/5 "2023-09-20T13:36:05Z")

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I saw the post title and thought this was a nod to Primus’ “John the Fisherman” cus it sounds like the line “I want to be a fisherman”