# 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:** 3
**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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/41 "2007-03-26T14:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] What’s the frequency, Kenneth? [/QUOTE] YES! YES! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/42 "2007-03-27T11:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Like most suburbs of NYC, New Jersey is well known indeed. One only needs to follow one’s nose. [/QUOTE] Hey! Alaskaboy. Most of NJ smells just fine. It’s only those said parts that can be called suburbs of NYC that take up NYC’s crap and smell bad. Delaware on the other hand just smells like fish. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/43 "2007-03-27T11:53:54Z")
Is it true that if you see a hill, you’re really in Maryland? ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/44 "2007-03-27T12:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Hey! Alaskaboy. Most of NJ smells just fine. It’s only those said parts that can be called suburbs of NYC that take up NYC’s crap and smell bad. Delaware on the other hand just smells like fish. [/QUOTE] Delaware does not smell like fish. It smells like chickens and chickenshit 😃 Thankyouverymuch! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/45 "2007-03-27T12:29:24Z")
Hold on a second. I _have_ been to Wyoming. I’m positive of it. Delaware, though, no. Although I had a friend in college who claimed to be from Delaware. She always seemed like such a nice girl, too. Now I know the truth. Thanks, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/46 "2007-03-27T12:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] Hold on a second. I _have_ been to Wyoming. I’m positive of it. Delaware, though, no. Although I had a friend in college who claimed to be from Delaware. She always seemed like such a nice girl, too. Now I know the truth. Thanks, guys. [/QUOTE] Just doin my little part to fight ignorance 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/47 "2007-03-27T13:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost, with emendation by Polycarp] Ore has gone (Oregon) to pay her [del]taxes[/del]Texas [/QUOTE] As for me, I’m convinced that the whole Area 51 gambit is simply to distract people’s attention from where the **real** secret stuff is – the Wedge. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/48 "2007-03-27T14:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] Delaware does not smell like fish. It smells like chickens and chickenshit 😃 Thankyouverymuch! [/QUOTE] Well the bit where my grandpa lived smelled like fish. But maybe that means he wasn’t really in Delaware. And more evidence that Delaware dosn’t exist :dubious: . ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/49 "2007-03-27T14:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] As for me, I’m convinced that the whole Area 51 gambit is simply to distract people’s attention from where the **real** secret stuff is – the Wedge. :eek: [/QUOTE] SHHHHHH!!! Don’t make them send out the DIB 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/50 "2007-03-27T14:28:20Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Well the bit where my grandpa lived smelled like fish. But maybe that means he wasn’t really in Delaware. And more evidence that Delaware dosn’t exist :dubious: . [/QUOTE] Your grandpa musta lived near the bay. Kent and New Castle county, well, don’t really smell like anything. But Sussex County (where I work)…Chickenshit. And the smell lingers for days. I am ashamed to admit this but I can tell the difference between cow manure, pig manure, and chickenshit byt the smell ☹ ::hangs head in shame, walks away:: ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_of\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@Sock\_of\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_of_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/51 "2007-03-27T14:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Is it true that if you see a hill, you’re really in Maryland? [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, yes. Or PA. [http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/de\_geography.htm](http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/de_geography.htm) > [@](#): > > The highest point in Delaware is only 450 feet above sea level; in a mobile home park just west of Ebright Road. Ebright Road is in northern Delaware near the Pennsylvania border. I grew up a few miles from there. We joked about nosebleeds. - S-O, former Delawarean (or AM I? muah hah ha!) Edit: A trailer home park? Damn, must’ve missed that one. How pathetic is that? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/52 "2007-03-27T14:42:51Z")
[QUOTE=Redfrost] I am ashamed to admit this but I can tell the difference between cow manure, pig manure, and chickenshit byt the smell ☹ ::hangs head in shame, walks away:: [/QUOTE] Now now. When the terrorist come with their pig manure bomb we’ll be needing you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/53 "2007-03-27T15:47:23Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Now now. When the terrorist come with their pig manure bomb we’ll be needing you. 🙂 [/QUOTE] You nearly made me choke on my salad 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/54 "2007-03-27T16:21:05Z")
Hmm… Well I thought I’d visited Rehoboth beach, DE, but now I am not so sure. If it was really Delaware, Why did I fly in to Wicomico? And Why were there all those DC and MD license plates on the cars? And futhermore, ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/55 "2007-03-27T17:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Hmm… Well I thought I’d visited Rehoboth beach, DE, but now I am not so sure. If it was really Delaware, Why did I fly in to Wicomico? And Why were there all those DC and MD license plates on the cars? And futhermore, [/QUOTE] Camoflage [sp?], duh. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/56 "2007-03-27T19:53:29Z")
I gots to know. Delaware-ian? or Delaware-ite? ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/57 "2007-03-27T21:53:20Z")
A fan of Taxi and the Rev Jim I see 🙂 Delawarean. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/58 "2007-04-01T22:29:15Z")
I’ve got conclusive proof that Delaware does not, in fact, exist. Please go to [http://maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com). Look for directions from Washington DC, to Salem, DE. Given the rumor that Delaware is just north of Maryland, one would expect this to be on the order of 100-150 miles one way. But no - the actual distance is [4471 miles!!!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=washington,+DC&daddr=salem,+de&layer=&sll=49.724479,-31.992187&sspn=47.900795,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=3&ll=44.465151,-33.925781&spn=52.248626,119.53125&om=1) 😕 Obviously this whole “duPont” that is supposed to be located in “Delaware” really refers to a very long bridge to Germany (hell of a toll on that bridge… I wonder if they take EZ Pass? 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/59 "2007-04-02T03:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] I’ve got conclusive proof that Delaware does not, in fact, exist. Please go to [http://maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com). Look for directions from Washington DC, to Salem, DE. Given the rumor that Delaware is just north of Maryland, one would expect this to be on the order of 100-150 miles one way. But no - the actual distance is [4471 miles!!!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=washington,+DC&daddr=salem,+de&layer=&sll=49.724479,-31.992187&sspn=47.900795,119.53125&ie=UTF8&z=3&ll=44.465151,-33.925781&spn=52.248626,119.53125&om=1) 😕 Obviously this whole “duPont” that is supposed to be located in “Delaware” really refers to a very long bridge to Germany (hell of a toll on that bridge… I wonder if they take EZ Pass? 😉 ) [/QUOTE] I love item 21 on the directions: [QUOTE=Google Maps] Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi [/QUOTE] You have to love a giant corporation with a sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/60 "2007-04-02T15:04:46Z")
Yeah, I got nothin for this. Seems I’ve been living in Germay all this time 😃 Or maybe we just _want_ you to think that. Convient how they steer you away from the Air Base, huh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310.md?page=4)