Am I really the only one to be sure and include a temporal as well as a physical location? Sheesh!
Can you send me some of your delicious steamed hams?
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. 
Because unless I change my ways, I’m going straight to hell.
I’ve been damned.
Damn.
Well, how else is Osburn, Idaho ever going to be mentioned here?
Probably, but FWIW, my temporal location is implicit.
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 #:
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Sexual Preference:
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Circumsized Men Only):
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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
By God… There is someone who understands!
sniff
Is this a joke?
Cause I’m not getting it!
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.
Simpsons reference.
Mine’s accurate, if somewhat vague. You’ll just have to deal with it.
It’s like totally far out man.
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.
Hey I know where Olive branch is, it is down the roar from Bull frog corner.
ummm, make that road.
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.”
There is a temptation to change my location to “up Priceguy’s nose” but I can’t be arsed.
Uh, sorry, that should read “Muad’Dib” not “Priceguy” :smack: