# Ask the Guy Who Claims to be from Delaware **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310 "2007-03-24T13:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/21 "2007-03-24T20:36:49Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] Delaware is Wyoming, Wyoming is Delaware. The rabbit hole gets deeper :eek: In fact, there is a town in DE, just south of Dover, called Wyoming!! [/QUOTE] Oh, my gods! _That_ must be why ludfisk comes in an aluminum can! ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/22 "2007-03-24T20:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] Oh, my gods! _That_ must be why ludfisk comes in an aluminum can! [/QUOTE] Precisely. But it has nothing to do with the Apple Scrapple Festival or the Punkin Chunkin. You must try some scrapple…mmmmmgooood. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/23 "2007-03-24T21:05:22Z")
Dear person who supposedly comes from Delaware, Why isn’t George Thorogood on the state quarter? Don’t you think he should on there? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/24 "2007-03-24T21:54:49Z")
[QUOTE=Scruloose] Dear person who supposedly comes from Delaware, Why isn’t George Thorogood on the state quarter? Don’t you think he should on there? Thanks. [/QUOTE] [John Lovitz] Umm, he was too drunk to pose. Yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket [JL] ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/25 "2007-03-25T04:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] \ [/QUOTE] You sir…are a location thief. PS - The DIBs (Delawareans in Black) will be knocking on your door soon. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/26 "2007-03-25T05:19:56Z")
My grandfather left my grandma to go live in Delaware. So he said. Sadly they have taking him pack to the mothership so I can’t ask him anything else. Redfrost, you must have met him…right? His name is Joe. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/27 "2007-03-25T11:31:21Z")
OK, Guy Who Claims… If Delaware is a real place, explain Metroform. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/28 "2007-03-25T11:44:57Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] My cousin went to school in a town called “Newark, Delaware” when everybody KNOWS Newark is in Joisey!.. [/QUOTE] Wrong!!! Both Newark and Delaware are clearly in Ohio! (And it’s _Nerk_, thankyewverymuch. GT ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/29 "2007-03-25T12:12:56Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] Gentlemen, please! You’re all only getting sucked farther into the conspricy! Delaware is real, of course. People have driven through it, you meet people from there, clearly it exists. What does not exist, however, is Wyoming. Just think: have you ever met someone from Wyoming?.. [/QUOTE] Well, Dick Cheney served in Congress from Wyoming, and we all know he’s entirely reliable, trustworthy and… Dear God, you’re right! :eek: I wonder if Wyoming is a fully-owned Halliburton offshore subsidiary? ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/30 "2007-03-25T12:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Ok, then. What did Tennessee? What did Mississip? Where has Oregon? [/QUOTE] Ore went to get her **gun** , she uses it on easterners who don’t know how to pronounce Or’-a-gun. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/31 "2007-03-25T14:09:09Z")
If Delaware doesn’t exist, who or what is memorialized by the Delaware Memorial Bridge? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/32 "2007-03-25T14:29:36Z")
Didn’t Washington cross Delaware at some point? Or maybe he just stepped in it, “delaware” being an Indian word for bear shit. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/33 "2007-03-25T14:34:08Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] The arc is a 12 mile radius measured from the cupola of the courthouse in New Castle (the town, not the county). The arc is only in PA. [/QUOTE] Nope. [Wiki-Cite.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Mile_Circle) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/34 "2007-03-25T15:19:45Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Didn’t Washington cross Delaware at some point? Or maybe he just stepped in it, “delaware” being an Indian word for bear shit. [/QUOTE] Bah! He crossed the Delaware RIVER. To get to the Promised Land of New Jersey. (Work with me here). At least we know NJ exists. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/35 "2007-03-25T15:21:18Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Bah! He crossed the Delaware RIVER. To get to the Promised Land of New Jersey. (Work with me here). At least we know NJ exists. [/QUOTE] Like most suburbs of NYC, New Jersey is well known indeed. One only needs to follow one’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/36 "2007-03-25T15:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] Oh, my gods! _That_ must be why ludfisk comes in an aluminum can! [/QUOTE] Psst! Its spelled lutefisk, kemosabe. ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/37 "2007-03-26T12:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] My grandfather left my grandma to go live in Delaware. So he said. Sadly they have taking him pack to the mothership so I can’t ask him anything else. Redfrost, you must have met him…right? His name is Joe. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I met him. He said he’d be right back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/38 "2007-03-26T12:23:12Z")
[QUOTE=Napier] OK, Guy Who Claims… If Delaware is a real place, explain Metroform. [/QUOTE] Never heard of metroform. But Gortex was invented here, as well as nylon, rayon, and many other synthetic fibers. The guy who invented the heimleich manuver is from Wilmington. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/39 "2007-03-26T13:57:24Z")
What’s the frequency, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/40 "2007-03-26T14:34:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Just think: have you ever met someone from Wyoming? No, I’ve never Wyomed. Certainly not with strangers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310.md?page=3)