# Everyone sign the Straight Dope map!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090 "2003-09-12T00:24:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/21 "2003-09-12T01:45:48Z")

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I’m in like Flynn! Cool, **karomon**! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/22 "2003-09-12T01:47:39Z")

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That thing is next to impossible to use for people in the Southeastern US. Everytime I tried sticking my pin on the map, I kept getting other people’s locations instead.

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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/23 "2003-09-12T01:58:23Z")

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I thought about getting just the US map so that there would be more room to post, but it seemed unfair to the international Dopers.

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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/24 "2003-09-12T02:00:08Z")

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**Aesiron** , you can move to Russia. Nobody’s posting there, you’d have the whole country to yourself! 😃

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/25 "2003-09-12T02:02:34Z")

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It won’t let me post - I keep getting “error on page”.

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**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/26 "2003-09-12T02:03:49Z")

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I’m in!

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**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/27 "2003-09-12T02:04:42Z")

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I’m in. First one for Michigan.  
Go Blue!

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**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/28 "2003-09-12T02:05:49Z")

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Awful lot of pop-ups, though.

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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/29 "2003-09-12T02:08:12Z")

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I’m in. (You can see what time zone is in the evening right now. Heh.)

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**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/30 "2003-09-12T02:10:19Z")

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I can’t even see the map. All I get is a broken image with a bunch of little squares. If I hold the cursor over it I can see who’s signed it, but can’t do anything else.

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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/31 "2003-09-12T02:11:05Z")

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Dammit.

> [@](#):
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> Your GuestMap hosted by Bravenet Web Services is getting full!  
> You currently have 40 entries in your guestmap.  
> Your GuestMap will continue to accept new posts even after you reach the limit,  
> however once you reach the limit of 50 entries, we will delete  
> the oldest entry in order to make room for the new one.

Oh, well…

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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/32 "2003-09-12T02:20:19Z")

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And what were **Tars Tarkas, Podkayne** and I to do anyway?

(Cool idea though)

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/33 "2003-09-12T02:26:39Z")

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Very cool.

Since **5-ht** already got in for Michigan, the closest I could drop my pin in was…uh…slightly north…like Traverse City area.

Feh.

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**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/34 "2003-09-12T02:33:33Z")

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I’m in (I hope). Hi fellow MA person, **Wolf-meister**.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/35 "2003-09-12T02:55:32Z")

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I stuck my pin in! Of course, I was a dork and forgot to put my city in the comments 😕

Unfortunately there is a limit on the number of pins that the map can have ☹

(these are cool though! I have one on my site and one for my weight loss support group list… they’re addictive!)

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/36 "2003-09-12T02:55:41Z")

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Should I pin where I’m from or where I live?

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/37 "2003-09-12T03:02:40Z")

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Shirley Ujest: did you zoom in? You get a lot more room if you zoom (hey, that rhymes!)

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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/38 "2003-09-12T03:03:50Z")

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**TLD** and I have been usurped by recent arrivals.

I shall have my revenge! As the time gets later in the US the rest of us will take over your world as you sleep BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/39 "2003-09-12T03:05:22Z")

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Bugger… I can’t pin in… we’ve probably reached the limit then ☹

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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-sign-the-straight-dope-map/201090/40 "2003-09-12T03:09:46Z")

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I just redid mine **green\_bladder** seeing that my side of the map was looking pretty drab. It will take entries, it just knocks out the person sitting at 50. Make sure you add a comment or it won’t take.

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