# Ask a stupid question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-stupid-question/978950 "2023-01-28T17:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-stupid-question/978950/10 "2023-01-28T19:56:42Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Me: (pause) The Porcupine Mountains. Ok, but… > [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread/931945/6012): > > There’s a section of the Grand Canyon where all of the side canyons were optimistically named by prospectors who presumably thought it might bring them luck. Agate, Sapphire, Turquoise, Ruby, Emerald, Serpentine. None of these things were ever found by the miners, so I always thought they should have continued the tradition of naming the side canyons after things that are not there. Plum, Giraffe, Obama, Cyclotron, Mozzarella. There’s a famous Elephant Canyon in Canyonlands NP, too. But I guess I’m less skeptical about Fish River. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-stupid-question/978950)._