# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/81 "2004-08-24T22:43:32Z")
Am I really the only one to be sure and include a temporal as well as a physical location? Sheesh! ---
**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 24, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/82 "2004-08-24T22:48:07Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > 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. Can you send me some of your delicious steamed hams? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/83 "2004-08-25T00:10:05Z")
> [@Danalan](#): > > The actual location engenders an unfortunate association that I’d like to avoid. I thought about the same thing and then said to hell with it. 😉 I forget who said that only one doper knows where **Olive Branch, Mississippi** is, but that is wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/84 "2004-08-25T02:43:19Z")
Because unless I change my ways, I’m going straight to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/85 "2004-08-25T02:53:53Z")
I’ve been damned. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/86 "2004-08-25T03:31:44Z")
Well, how else is Osburn, Idaho ever going to be mentioned here? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/87 "2004-08-25T04:13:12Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Am I really the only one to be sure and include a temporal as well as a physical location? Sheesh! Probably, but FWIW, my temporal location is implicit. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/88 "2004-08-25T05:22:09Z")
25 August 2004 Jelsoft Enterprises Limited Tagra Birch Lane Ascot Berkshire SL5 8RF Attn: Software Solutions Development Team Re: vBulletin Level 3.02 Product Change Request Dear Sirs: For starters, what in the hell kind of address is Tagra, Birch Lane, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 8RF? Don’t you people use numbers on your buildings? All I know is I’m glad I’m not a postman on your side of the pond (or come to think of it, on this side of the pond either). Due to the critical nature of this letter, I was originally going to fax this letter to your corporate office at the number provided on your company’s web site (+44 8451 274322), but alas, there’s no + sign on my fax machine. I’ll get to the point. After reading the opinions posted from people on the Straight Dope Message Board - a division of the Chicago Reader that use your product - I came to the conclusion your vBulletin software lacks many crucial and specific user information fields that would help remove some of the confusion and chaos a reader may encounter. A consensus is building that the following profile fields should be added to the user’s control panel before your next software level is released: First Name: Middle Name: Last Name: Date of Birth: Ethnicity: Race: Hair Color: Eye Color: Street Address: Town/Ciry: State/Province: Zip/Postal Code: Country: Latitude: Longitude: Daytime Phone: Evening Phone: Sex: Religious Affiliation: Enjoys Reading Stupid Teenagers’ posts: Highest Level Of Education: Alma Mater: Fraternity/Sorority: IQ: Social Security No: Number Of Children: Number Of Dogs: Number Of Cats: Mother’s Maiden Name: Message Board Login Password: Mastercard Acct #: Visa Acct #: Amex Acct #: Discover Acct #: Annual Income: Political Ideology: Political Party Affiliation: Voter Registration #: Driver’s License #: Sexual Preference: Height: Weight: Bust / Chest Size: Waist Size: Inseam Size: Hip Measurement (Female Only): Cup Size (Female Only): Circumsized Men Only): Penis Length (Men Only): Piercings: Tattoos: Fetishes: Favorite Sexual Position: Favorite Sport: Favorite Olympic Event: Favorite Team: Favorite Book: Favorite Author: Favorite Poet: Favorite Philosopher: Favorite Film: Favorite Television Program: Favorite Artist: Favorite Musical Artist: Favorite Album: Hobbies: Pro-Choice/Pro-Life: Pro-Gun: Pro-American/Anti-American: Last Voted For: Planning To Vote For: IP Address: e-Mail Address: O/S: Cholesterol Count: Blood Pressure: BMI / % Body Fat: PSA Count: Vision: I appreciate your consideration in this matter and look forward to hearing from you. If I come across any other fields I or others feel should be added, I’ll be sure and send along a follow-up letter. Thanking you in advance, John Buck ---
**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 25, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/89 "2004-08-25T05:25:44Z")
By God… There is someone who understands! _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/90 "2004-08-25T15:35:59Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Can you send me some of your delicious steamed hams? Is this a joke? Cause I’m not getting it! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/91 "2004-08-26T00:41:08Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Mine simply reflects my 1980s sensibility. > > Robin Everybody talk about Pop music Whenever a thread warrants it, I mention my actual location in my post. Otherwise, I’ll have some fun. Besides, who here _doesn’t_ know that I’m a Texan living in OKC, OK? Okay, apparantly some of you didn’t. Now, if it’s a thread on housing prices, or weather, or college foosball (the Debil’s sport!), and someone doesn’t give an idea of where they’re from, other than the “location” joke, then yeah, kind of annoying. ---
**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 26, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/92 "2004-08-26T00:57:01Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Is this a joke? > > Cause I’m not getting it! Simpsons reference. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/93 "2004-08-26T01:16:12Z")
Mine’s accurate, if somewhat vague. You’ll just have to deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/94 "2004-08-26T01:49:28Z")
It’s like totally far out man. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/95 "2004-08-26T02:23:26Z")
No, it doesn’t go with my sig quite as well as Innsmouth did, but it amuses me. I can always claim to be on sabbatical. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/96 "2004-08-26T02:53:16Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > 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. Hey I know where Olive branch is, it is down the roar from Bull frog corner. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/97 "2004-08-26T02:54:32Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > Hey I know where Olive branch is, it is down the roar from Bull frog corner. ummm, make that road. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/98 "2004-08-26T03:32:58Z")
My location is a perfectly adequate description of my geographic locale. Sure, it’s not the formal name of the town in which I live, but hell, the town in which I live is unintelligible to most who wouldn’t recognize the nickname anyways. It’s even part of a joke: In 1910 two aristocratic English women go on a grand adventure - a rail tour of western Canada. As they come to a stop at a station, the lady sitting in the window seat leans out and hails a passerby. “What’s the name of this place?” she asks. “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,” is the reply. “Well, what did the fellow say?” the other woman asks her companion. “I don’t know. He doesn’t speak English.” ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/99 "2004-08-26T03:35:04Z")
There is a temptation to change my location to “up Priceguy’s nose” but I can’t be arsed. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068/100 "2004-08-26T03:44:46Z")
Uh, sorry, that should read “Muad’Dib” not “Priceguy” :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-and-your-smarty-pants-location-entry/261068.md?page=4)