# Cast your bets! How long will my 'Beto for Gov' sign remain in my S Texas yard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 21, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191 "2022-01-21T20:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/1 "2022-01-21T20:14:15Z")
One week from today, around 6pm CST, the following will go up: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51834817564_76f8d08b8d_b.jpg "Beto sign") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51834817564/) Though living in blue-ish San Antonio, I am still surrounded by Rabid Anti-Democracy Trump Fan, in a neighborhood with many angry men who get their news from propagandists. In 2016, for example, I had a dead cat thrown on my lawn the day after the election. So, make your choice! And if you want to lay side bets, ala ‘it will get disfigured but not stolen’, go right ahead. _ **Your sign will last this long, JohnT:** _ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/1))_ Each of the choices are independent of each other, so ‘it won’t last the weekend’ effectively means it gets stolen between 8am Sat to 8am Mon. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/2 "2022-01-21T20:44:25Z")
It’ll be there indefinitely. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/3 "2022-01-21T20:59:34Z")
I put lasting one month. I’m guessing that people won’t care about it much at least until Beto wins the primary, and probably until it’s close to the election. So it may not make it through the end of October, but it will most likely stay for a while yet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/4 "2022-01-21T21:50:03Z")
To those who will inevitably note that the period from ‘a month from now’ and ‘election day’ isn’t covered: You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/5 "2022-01-21T22:39:54Z")
PLEASE tell us you’ve booby-trapped the sign! No, not fatally (put that C4 down and back away slowly, John Boy), I’m thinking of glitter/stink/dye bombs like the porch pirates get “gotcha’ed” with. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/6 "2022-01-22T02:29:20Z")
you forgot about the cleverly concealed bank of heavy duty automotive batteries attached to the metal frame of the sign. John, NO! You disarm, and disassemble that battery trap right this minute! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/7 "2022-01-22T02:34:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In 2016, for example, I had a dead cat thrown on my lawn the day after the election. Please tell me you went to the cops about that. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/8 "2022-01-22T02:44:15Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > you forgot about the cleverly concealed bank of heavy duty automotive batteries attached to the metal frame of the sign. Ah, the good old days when asswipes were treated as such and didn’t get any sympathy from the masses… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZULMSXogucg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGwgbChsMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBuUkvgqAsOgjEZBibZjXj0xan7xw "sumBOT™ Labs - Andy Griffith "Filling Station Robbery" in 6 minutes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZULMSXogucg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/9 "2022-01-22T03:52:17Z")
If my two missing Hillary signs are any indication, it won’t last the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/10 "2022-01-22T04:46:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I had a dead cat thrown on my lawn the day after the election. Now, come on, that could’ve been a suicide. …many Progressive Persians were inconsolable. . (I keep stopping back here to see if the sign’s been taken out by a backhoe yet… still standing proud, John?) ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/11 "2022-01-22T05:25:19Z")
I picked 1 week — to have it done in by the following Monday seems awfully quick, but then again I should probably never underestimate how low of a bar Trumpists fail to clear. I hope you have a good webcam, with night vision capabilities, trained on the sign the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/12 "2022-01-22T12:59:50Z")
It will remain there until Texas freezes over. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/13 "2022-01-22T13:18:27Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > It will remain there until Texas freezes over. - Cruz will knock it over in his haste to get out of town. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/14 "2022-01-22T16:56:01Z")
Abbott will sign a law giving a bounty to your neighbor if they deface it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/15 "2022-01-22T19:24:59Z")
Man, I hope the cat was not killed specifically for the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/16 "2022-01-22T19:59:43Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > It will remain there until Texas freezes over. So about a week? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/17 "2022-01-22T20:17:09Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Please tell me you went to the cops about that. Naw, I was good. I’m pretty sure I found the guy via my neighbors B&W camera, but there was not enough evidence to really pursue this. Any lawyer could’ve poked holes in the footage, the quality was too rough to sustain reasonable doubt. Not going to rig explosives or electricity to the sign, lol. Me, I don’t expect it to last a month. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/18 "2022-01-22T21:50:03Z")
Do you think Republicans are afraid of Beto? My guess is that they are perfectly happy with him winning the primary. Better him than some serious moderate Texan Democrat… This is the guy that promised to take Texan’s guns away from them if elected. That’s not a winning message in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/19 "2022-01-23T00:05:02Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > This is the guy that promised to take Texan’s guns away from them if elected. Did he say “guns” or did he mention specific weapons in particular, for example the AR-15, or the AK-47? Because it sounds like there has been some “massaging” of the message for political purposes here. I’m sure that Republicans are _saying_ that he’ll take all their guns away. But then they lie and lie and lie, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191/20 "2022-01-23T00:09:03Z")
Please, do not take the bait. Not in my thread. This is supposed to be fun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-your-bets-how-long-will-my-beto-for-gov-sign-remain-in-my-s-texas-yard/958191.md?page=2)