# Ask the Guy Who Claims to be from Delaware

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/61 "2007-04-02T16:38:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Shagnasty]  
It is that type of divisionary propaganda that starts to solidify my convictions that what we are dealing with here is very strange.

A C-5 military plane crashes and the location is listed as Delaware. It seems a little too convenient for me. I don’t know what that plane was carrying but that report means definitely that they never want anyone to inquire much about the mission. It is almost a cliche but giving fake locations are a staple of the military.

Joe Biden - I don’t think that anyone has ever suggested that Delaware doesn’t exist as an idea, a business entity, nor a political tactic. My theory is that New Jersey and Maryland have one extra Senator each because of a back room deal in the old days. Delaware is almost like a wildcard slot in sports. A strong showing by a dark horse can be dropped into that slot while keeping the traditional state politics intact.  
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Just curious: where in Delaware are those coal mines that Joe’s grandpa allegedly worked in? 😕

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**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/62 "2007-04-02T20:17:53Z")

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Can’t tell you…THEY would get mad.  
pssst…they’re not really coal mines

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/63 "2007-04-03T11:09:26Z")

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> 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 love that. The high point of Delaware is a trailer park. Once you’ve seen that, it’s all downhill.

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**Author:** ![Redfrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Redfrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redfrost)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/64 "2007-04-03T11:44:52Z")

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Wait till you see one of our other claims to fame, the annual [Punkin Chunkin](http://www.punkinchunkin.com/)

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**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-claims-to-be-from-delaware/397310/65 "2007-09-14T13:44:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion]  
I love item 21 on the directions:  
You have to love a giant corporation with a sense of humor.  
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Awww… when I went, it said the trip was 120 miles, and step 21 was Turn Left on N. Greenwich St.

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