# Do only Charter Members get Halloween names? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064 "2013-10-23T22:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/101 "2013-10-28T09:50:34Z")
mrrrrhghhhhhhhhhhurgle ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/102 "2013-10-28T11:55:58Z")
rrruUUHr. Let’s do the Hokey Pokey. You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out. You put your right hand in, and you drop it on the ground… ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/103 "2013-10-28T13:31:33Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > [Mary Ann](http://www.michaelqueenstown.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dawn_wells.jpg) and [Ginger](http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tinaLouise27-IV-2008_thumb.jpg) today. I was going to post where Gilligan was today, and link to a picture of his grave. Turns out he was cremated. What’s curious is when I googled Bob Denver, the third suggestion was Bob Denver Grave :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/104 "2013-10-28T13:56:50Z")
:: staggering towards nearest source of brainnnnsssss :: ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/105 "2013-10-28T14:00:11Z")
I should be safe then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/106 "2013-10-28T14:39:05Z")
Luckily, some of us are immune to such things. For reasons like **XT** ’s, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/107 "2013-10-28T15:52:41Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > [Mary Ann](http://www.michaelqueenstown.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dawn_wells.jpg) and [Ginger](http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tinaLouise27-IV-2008_thumb.jpg) today. Huh. So undead zombies really do exist. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/108 "2013-10-28T17:01:08Z")
> [@XT](#): > > I should be safe then. 😉 > [@silenus](#): > > Luckily, some of us are immune to such things. For reasons like **XT** ’s, too. 😛 Here, just rub this BBQ sauce, er, Anti-Zombie Lotion, on your chest and back please. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/109 "2013-10-28T18:10:03Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > [Mary Ann](http://www.michaelqueenstown.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dawn_wells.jpg) and [Ginger](http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tinaLouise27-IV-2008_thumb.jpg) today. Is Mary Ann being arrested? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/110 "2013-10-28T18:16:03Z")
Dawn Ann Wells [copped a plea](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-11-dawn-wells_N.htm) on possession of marijuana in 2008. So Mary Ann had Mary Jane. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/111 "2013-10-28T18:22:41Z")
> [@The Severed Head of Prof. P](#): > > Here, just rub this BBQ sauce, er, Anti-Zombie Lotion, on your chest and back please. Would ranch dressing work against vegetarian zombies? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/112 "2013-10-28T18:22:49Z")
> [@The Severed Head of Prof. P](#): > > Dawn Ann Wells [copped a plea](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-11-dawn-wells_N.htm) on possession of marijuana in 2008. So Mary Ann had Mary Jane. Too bad that arrest didn’t take place in Baltimore. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/113 "2013-10-28T18:42:35Z")
> [@Satan's Spawn](#): > > Huh. So undead zombies really do exist. Keep in mind that picture of Tina Louise is five years old. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/114 "2013-10-28T18:49:56Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Would ranch dressing work against vegetarian zombies? Just remember, vegetarian zombies eat vegetarians. They eat vegans with ranch dressing. Skip the fava beans. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/115 "2013-10-28T19:28:10Z")
Just the same ol’ Knorf, here. Minding my own … braaaaaains … ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/116 "2013-10-28T19:47:18Z")
I’m feeling a bit peckish myself… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/117 "2013-10-29T01:13:37Z")
> [@The Severed Head of Prof. P](#): > > rrruUUHr. Let’s do the Hokey Pokey. You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out. You put your right hand in, and you drop it on the ground… _yonk_ Mmmmm…hand… Not quite brains, but it’ll do as an appetizer. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/118 "2013-10-29T01:27:42Z")
There is still nothing to see here, no problem, certainly no emergency. Nothing out of the ordinary at all. Why, just look at my username, it’s exactly the same as it’s always be- - — ahh, err, LOOK OVER THERE! SHINY! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/119 "2013-10-29T03:09:47Z")
I would not be disappointed if I woke up tomorrow as UnzipperedJJ ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-only-charter-members-get-halloween-names/672064/120 "2013-10-29T08:20:09Z")
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