# Damn you and your smarty-pants "location" entry. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068 "2004-08-23T08:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/1 "2004-08-23T08:27:44Z")
The “Location” entry is being abused by far to many of you, darnit! I want to know where you are, not that you are in the state “of denial”. There are many threads where this makes a difference, and your silliness ads only confusion and chaos. For shame. _waits for the immediate editing of hundreds of profiles_ ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/2 "2004-08-23T08:28:34Z")
Because “Royal Oak, Michigan” sounds boring… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/3 "2004-08-23T09:49:05Z")
Because “Dislocated” is a funny and obscure Terry Pratchett reference. But I must say changing my location would aid (hopefully; I don’t know how many people read the location before posting) in getting people to stop assuming I’m American. OK, so roughly 75% of the board’s population is American. But damn it, I write “colour” and “grey” and “labour” and “defence”. I say “pavement” and “fellow” and “motorway” and “autumn”. Can’t you at least assume I’m British? Is that too much to ask? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/4 "2004-08-23T09:49:24Z")
[For Your Reading Pleasure](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271660) \*Warning: Take your blood pressure medication before opening link ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/5 "2004-08-23T09:51:48Z")
So I can keep my location but I have to change my name? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/6 "2004-08-23T09:58:22Z")
Here in the Kingdom of Butter, we _thrive_ on confusion and chaos. And butter, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/7 "2004-08-23T10:13:13Z")
My location entry places me to within three miles. All you have to do is figure out where it is. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/8 "2004-08-23T10:43:41Z")
My location is in general no-one’s business. If it’s pertinent to the thread in question, I’ll mention it then. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/9 "2004-08-23T11:40:21Z")
When I moved overseas I changed my location from something silly to the current, truthful description. I figured it might occasionally be relevant. Unfortunately, in threads actually dealing with Japan no one ever seems to notice. I remember one where someone explained to me that there are a lot of animated movies made in Japan. Gosh, thanks for that amazing cultural insight! ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/10 "2004-08-23T11:42:10Z")
But I just changed mine so it wouldn’t be so boring! That said, cover the UFO part and you have where I live. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/11 "2004-08-23T11:59:04Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > damn it, I write “colour” and “grey” and “labour” and “defence”. I say “pavement” and “fellow” and “motorway” and “autumn”. **Priceguy** , why do you hate America??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/12 "2004-08-23T12:07:26Z")
Because the _Li’l Abner_ reference characterizes my neighbors very well, except they’re not as honest, albeit slightly cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/13 "2004-08-23T12:27:55Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > **Priceguy** , why do you hate America??? 😉 'cuz he’s British… duh 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/14 "2004-08-23T12:36:38Z")
I live in Ohio. It’s boring. I didn’t want my location to be boring. Of course, only anyone who knows the show or has read the book “Wicked” will get it, but still… Ava ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/15 "2004-08-23T12:46:02Z")
Mine ties into the handle. And as a pal once told me…“It’s not that no one will get it…it’s that the **right** people will get it.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/16 "2004-08-23T12:50:52Z")
All roads lead here. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/17 "2004-08-23T12:52:54Z")
I used to have “Olive Branch MS” for my location. You don’t know where that is, do you? AFAIK only one Doper does, because he has a cousin down the road in Byhalia. I’m guessing that most people think “Memphis” when they see “stuck inside a mobile” (I’m not stuck inside of _Mobile_, but I wanted to pay tribute to Memphis and to Bob Dylan and his fine song). Olive Branch MS is a suburb of Memphis. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/18 "2004-08-23T13:10:22Z")
So you always know where I am. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/19 "2004-08-23T13:35:58Z")
My location description reveals my political bias–which is surely more useful to know in a thread than my physical whereabouts–but it also indicates my literal location if you make the not-too-difficult leap to “left coast.” ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/20 "2004-08-23T13:43:03Z")
Mine simply reflects my 1980s sensibility. Robin [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068.md?page=2)