“Gym” sounds like the personal name “Jim” (a male name for “James”). “A buddy and I used to call the gym “the James” because we didn’t know it well enough to call it Jim” was posted on Twitter on September 10, 2009. “I go to the gym so infrequently that I still call it the James” was posted on Twitter by Alec Sulkin‏ on April 7, 2013.
   
“I go to the gym so infrequently I call it the James” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on September 20, 2016. “I’m so unfamiliar with my gym that I have started calling it Mr. James” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on January 15, 2018.
 
     
Twitter
danielbartel‏
@danielbartel
Replying to @zarias
@zarias A buddy and I used to call the gym “the James” because we didn’t know it well enough to call it Jim.
10:03 AM - 10 Sep 2009
 
Twitter
Sydnie Major‏
@SYDTH3K1D
gym. jim. jimmy. jimbo. james. the rec ....many people call it by many different names. #seemethere getting my physique right.
3:28 PM - 3 Mar 2011
   
Twitter
The Storage Team‏
@TheStorageTeam
It’s a posh gym though, we call it a James (think about it gym (jim!)). That was bad I know.
4:13 PM - 24 Jun 2011
   
Twitter
TJ Balous‏
@TJ_JustTJ
Fat bitch, you’re so unfamiliar with the gym (Jim), you call it James #YouBetterHitTheJamesFatBitch
12:40 AM - 12 Jul 2011
   
Twitter
Sarah Weinstein‏
@sqweinstein
Replying to @npappy2
@npappy2 No! I call it the James because “gym” sounds like “Jim” #shazam
9:57 AM - 18 Jan 2012
   
Twitter
Alec Sulkin‏
@thesulk
I go to the gym so infrequently that I still call it the James.
9:59 PM - 7 Apr 2013
   
Twitter
Strangeness&Charm‏
@Shaa__rice
Read a meme yesterday:  “I’m so unfamiliar with the gym I call him James.”
We always refer to gym as Jim!! Too funny
@jessreadsforfun
11:35 AM - 4 Oct 2013
   
Twitter
Fallon Tonight‏
@FallonTonight
Thank you, fancy gyms, or as I like to call you…James. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfhbxHfy5U&index=2&list=UU8-Th83bH_thdKZDJCrn88g …
5:50 AM - 15 Aug 2015
   
Reddit—Oneliners
I go to the gym so infrequently I call it the James.
submitted September 20, 2016 by motherstep
 
Reddit—Oneliners
I’m so unfamiliar with my gym that I have started calling it Mr. James.
submitted January 15, 2018 by porichoygupto
 
Twitter
JokeFarm‏
@_JokeFarm
I’m so unfamiliar with my gym that I have started calling it Mr. James. #joke #jokes
8:50 PM - 15 Jan 2018