# After 19 years...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 9, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296 "2003-07-09T19:02:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296/1 "2003-07-09T19:02:08Z")

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a man wakes up from being in a coma.

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CAN YOU _IMAGINE_?!?

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**Author:** ![Crivens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296/2 "2003-07-09T19:09:54Z")

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God… He’s been in a coma longer than I’ve been alive.

I wonder what he’ll think of the world, when he’s gotten used to it a bit?

He wont even know who Cecil is!

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296/3 "2003-07-09T19:10:28Z")

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> CAN YOU IMAGINE?!?

… This being the fourth thread on the subject? Nope. Can’t imagine it at all.

Heh.

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296/4 "2003-07-09T19:12:42Z")

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… Make that fifth.

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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-19-years/187296/5 "2003-07-09T19:13:05Z")

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Sorry, my PC is too slow for me to check every new posting…I’d be here until midnight. I just saw it on [msn.com](http://msn.com) so it was news to me!