# I'm curious. What does "Humboldt" bring to mind for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419 "2003-04-04T08:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/1 "2003-04-04T08:53:37Z")
Consider this a vague personal survey. My experiences with the various implications of the word \*\*\* Humboldt\*\*\*, that have been known by the various folk who I’ve met in my life, have always fascinated me. So what does \*\*\* Humboldt\*\*\* mean to you? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/2 "2003-04-04T08:55:43Z")
:smack: …and why? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/3 "2003-04-04T09:20:06Z")
A small town in southern Saskatchewan. They generally (IIRC) have a good junior hockey team. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/4 "2003-04-04T10:24:49Z")
Humboldt County, CA. After flying into San Francisco, we drove through it twice getting to and from Del Norte County. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/5 "2003-04-04T10:29:12Z")
Current. Penguins. Geographer. Why? The two former are named after the latter. Those are my mind’s immedate references for _ **Humboldt** _ ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/6 "2003-04-04T10:48:45Z")
It means marijuana to me. I remember a lot of people refering to pot as _ **Humboldt** _, supposedly because a lot of pot was grown there at one time. I haven’t heard that term in many years, though. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/7 "2003-04-04T10:54:58Z")
I remembered the geographer and the current, but forgot about the penguins. How could I possibly forget the penguins??? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/8 "2003-04-04T10:58:50Z")
I keep thinking of _Lolita_. Hey, brain, it’s Lester Humb_ert_! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/9 "2003-04-04T11:00:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\*I keep thinking of Lolita. Hey, brain, it’s Lester Humb_ert\*! \*\* Huh? Apparently I got _American Beauty_ in there as well. I’m good at this today. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/10 "2003-04-04T11:23:56Z")
where men are men and so are the women (it’s a norcal thing) ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/11 "2003-04-04T11:34:59Z")
Humboldt Univerity in Berlin, Germany ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/12 "2003-04-04T11:58:57Z")
Humboldt penguins. Heh. I’m a Linux geek and a fan of Penguin Caffeinated Pepperments. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/13 "2003-04-04T12:01:49Z")
What **mkl12** said. And a vague idea of a stuffy 19th-century German guy who wanted to promote universal education or so. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/14 "2003-04-04T12:11:56Z")
The word “Humboldt” makes me think there’s something else for me to search on ‘Googel’ during lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/15 "2003-04-04T12:12:44Z")
Humbolt, Arizona. Tripler I’ve been there. Whatta town. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/16 "2003-04-04T12:36:44Z")
Humboldt Park, a Mexican neighborhood in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/17 "2003-04-04T12:38:23Z")
Humboldt Parkway, a highway in Buffalo NY. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/18 "2003-04-04T12:51:07Z")
I thought of the current first, and then the geographer. ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/19 "2003-04-04T12:51:11Z")
Humboldt TN, The home of my redneck cousins. Also they have massive strawberry festival every year. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419/20 "2003-04-04T12:51:15Z")
The Humboldt Current, wherever and whatever that might be. Why? Don’t psychologists get grants to study the way the brain works? (BTW – Welcome, **Mariemarie**! We trust you’ll find some threads a trifle less mundane and pointless to enjoy.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-what-does-humboldt-bring-to-mind-for-you/166419.md?page=2)