# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/61 "2004-08-23T23:45:14Z")
Very few of us can can joke and be serious at the same time. A rare breed indeed, us Yetis. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/62 "2004-08-24T00:10:17Z")
My location description narrows down my location to one of two countries. If you can’t tell which two, well, it’s your own fault for not getting a reference so obscure that almost certainly none of even the tiny minority that has the requisite knowledge understands it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/63 "2004-08-24T00:11:33Z")
> [@Sofis](#): > > My location description narrows down my location to one of two countries. If you can’t tell which two, well, it’s your own fault for not getting a reference so obscure that almost certainly none of even the tiny minority that has the requisite knowledge understands it. > > 🙂 Nice delurk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/64 "2004-08-24T00:17:52Z")
Thank you :). ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/65 "2004-08-24T00:33:02Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > A rare breed indeed, us Yetis. Slack! ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/66 "2004-08-24T00:52:56Z")
I have too much fiber in my diet, ohh and the the four-shot mocha’s give me a _bad stomach_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/67 "2004-08-24T01:03:53Z")
This is not my natural habitat! ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/68 "2004-08-24T02:14:57Z")
My location used to say “nowhere”. Eventually I must confess I found that to be not quite funny enough to justify it. So now I simply stick to the uncreative but fiercely truthful answer. In this thread though I suppose that makes me more normal. Hey ! I’m normalish!! I mock all of you other pretentious dopers! 😃 Now my sig on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/69 "2004-08-24T02:39:19Z")
Uhhhh, what were we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/70 "2004-08-24T02:58:08Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > I get it now. It’s only funny to old geezers. 😃 I don’t know, I’m an old geezerette, and I don’t get it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/71 "2004-08-24T04:26:52Z")
Well, it’s quite clear where I am. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/72 "2004-08-24T16:09:21Z")
Well, I chose mine because it’s a local nickname around here for the stadium, because at capacity (which it definitely will be this year!) Mountaineer Stadium becomes the largest city in West Virginia…plus I live in the general vicinity of the stadium. The only option was Almost Heaven, and I’d hate to get that song stuck in my head every time I look at one of my posts… ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/73 "2004-08-24T16:38:56Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > My “Location:” is essentially accurate, but unhelpful. So…your answer is technically correct, but absolutely unhelpful. Do you work for Micro$oft? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/74 "2004-08-24T17:57:35Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I used to have “Olive Branch MS” for my location. Hey Laina! I remember Olive Branch, I lived off of Knight Arnold Rd just north of you in Memphis! Going through Olive Branch is where I first saw cows…er…making other cows. It was a memorable event if for no other reason it took me a few minutes to figure it out. (Well, the cow could have been using the other cow to help him reach something, right?) ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/75 "2004-08-24T18:49:19Z")
2nd clue to the location mystery…you can’t go anywhere without tripping over one of these cute little animals… > **[Home | Climate Impacts Group](https://cig.uw.edu/)** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/76 "2004-08-24T20:02:47Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Nah, seriously. It’s not really the case anymore, but back in the 1930s and '40s, “Brooklyn” was a pretty reliable punchline. See any NY-set movie from that era…_Arsenic and Old Lace_ starts out with a “hilarious” Ebbett’s Field fistfight between da Dodgahs and some other NL team, for example. Ah, it’s a geezer thing. I guess I just wouldn’t understand. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/77 "2004-08-24T20:33:25Z")
Well, having just survived something, for me, that was tramatic, the first part is highly accurate. The second part deals with my desires during horrendous bouts of depression. Eek! Ok, yeah, that’s not funny at all. Maybe I should change it to something about “revenge being best served cold” and aim for some grrrl power. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/78 "2004-08-24T20:36:45Z")
Is it too late for me to say I really like the silly location taglines? Anyway, mine is true and fights ignorance. Nearly everyone thinks it’s NYC. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/79 "2004-08-24T21:06:34Z")
It’s comfy here. I’m staying ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/80 "2004-08-24T22:29:22Z")
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