# I'm not Lisa. My name is dropzone. Lisa left her phone downstairs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539 "2017-03-19T12:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/1 "2017-03-19T12:26:38Z")
Too many people. Far too many chargers. Going back to bed… ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/2 "2017-03-19T12:42:44Z")
I imagine this was years ago? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/3 "2017-03-19T13:03:13Z")
I’m not Lisa, my name is dropzone Lisa left you years ago My eyes are not blue But mine won’t leave you 'Til the sunlight has touched your face ---
**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:** [March 19, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/4 "2017-03-19T13:14:51Z")
" …‘LISA’… code word of the day confirmed and approved. Target locked to last programmed address: Latitude: 39.448389 Longitude: 126.639404 Barking Sands moving to immediate lock-down and snap-count… " ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/5 "2017-03-19T14:02:05Z")
> [@Ulfhe Unwashed](#): > > I imagine this was years ago? 6:40AM. I thought it was a monthly alarm. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/6 "2017-03-19T14:59:26Z")
I had a friend named Lisa. Once when she was ill, I volunteered to get her prescription filled at Walmart. When I dropped the prescription off at the counter, I explained to the clerk that I was picking up for someone else, and was told it was okay. Ten minutes later, the clerk called out “Lisa Lastname”. I walked up to the counter and proudly sang, “I’m not Leeeeesa”. The clerk was not amused, but I’m glad I did it. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/7 "2017-03-19T15:42:35Z")
It’s a rare day when a dropzone post makes sense to me. This is not that day. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/8 "2017-03-19T15:46:59Z")
Could have been worse: “I’m Not Your Negro.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/9 "2017-03-19T16:05:54Z")
Are you Rapaport? Cause you’re not Spartacus – that would be me. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/10 "2017-03-19T16:54:32Z")
Dental plan! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/11 "2017-03-19T17:13:53Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > I had a friend named Lisa. Once when she was ill, I volunteered to get her prescription filled at Walmart. > > When I dropped the prescription off at the counter, I explained to the clerk that I was picking up for someone else, and was told it was okay. > > Ten minutes later, the clerk called out “Lisa Lastname”. I walked up to the counter and proudly sang, “I’m not Leeeeesa”. > > The clerk was not amused, but I’m glad I did it. I recently picked up a prescription for my gf; the person I’ve lived with for twelve years, own a home with, etc. The pharmacy lady said, “birthdate” and I automatically answered with mine. There was a pause, then she said, "_patient’s_ birthdate, barely hiding her eye roll. I said, “January, but I’m not sure of the exact date”. Turns out they need the exact date, so I took a guess (I’m really bad with dates) but was wrong. Luckily, at this point the pharmacist walks by and asks if there’s a problem. He is a client at work, knows us, and gives his OK on the transaction. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/12 "2017-03-19T17:18:13Z")
Okay, I looked this up. It’s a song by Jessi Colter. I know that name only as one of the country singer-songwriters that contributed to the “Outlaws!” album, a favorite of my father’s in the mid-70s when I was a child. (The others were Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Tompall Glaser.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/13 "2017-03-19T18:49:34Z")
OP, when come back, bring clarification. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/14 "2017-03-19T20:41:15Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Dental plan! Denahl plaaahn. _Lisa_ needs _braces_. …repeat several times with reverb… Bullseye! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/15 "2017-03-19T21:14:11Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Okay, I looked this up. It’s a song by Jessi Colter. I know that name only as one of the country singer-songwriters that contributed to the “Outlaws!” album, a favorite of my father’s in the mid-70s when I was a child. (The others were Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Tompall Glaser.) That song was misleading on so many levels. The singer sings “I’m not Lisa – my name is Julie.” But the singer was Jessi Colter, who is neither Lisa nor Julie. Nor, in fact, was she even really Jessi – that was just the stage name used by Miriam Johnson. Lies upon lies upon lies… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/16 "2017-03-19T21:21:29Z")
It’s simple. **dropzone** is at a party, or some other gathering of people (maybe just a large family). A lot of people (including **dropzone** and Lisa) needed to charge their phones, and left them all downstairs hooked up to their chargers. One of them (belonging to Lisa) rang, and **dropzone** mistook it for his. He answered, and then had to explain that he wasn’t the person who was being called. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/17 "2017-03-19T21:34:53Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > That song was misleading on so many levels. The singer sings “I’m not Lisa – my name is Julie.” But the singer was Jessi Colter, who is neither Lisa nor Julie. Nor, in fact, was she even really Jessi – that was just the stage name used by Miriam Johnson. Lies upon lies upon lies… Next thing you’re going to tell me is that Jessi/Miriam/Julie’s eyes were not really not blue. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/18 "2017-03-19T21:48:10Z")
Hobart: Baxter! Hawley! Where the hell’ve you been? You’re late and I tell you, I don’t like it. It’s a bad start, boys. I got my people down there throwin’ snowballs and rarin’ to go. Emmett: I’m afraid it is a bad start, friend, 'cause my name ain’t Baxter, he ain’t Hawley. Hobart: You’re not Baxter? Emmett: Name’s Emmett. Hobart: You’re not Baxter either? Paden: No, I’m not Hawley. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/19 "2017-03-19T22:07:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I recently picked up a prescription for my gf; the person I’ve lived with for twelve years, own a home with, etc. The pharmacy lady said, “birthdate” and I automatically answered with mine. > > There was a pause, then she said, "_patient’s_ birthdate, barely hiding her eye roll. I said, “January, but I’m not sure of the exact date”. Turns out they need the exact date, so I took a guess (I’m really bad with dates) but was wrong. > > Luckily, at this point the pharmacist walks by and asks if there’s a problem. He is a client at work, knows us, and gives his OK on the transaction. I had an interaction just like this, getting meds for my cat. I knew his birth date, but instinctively gave mine. The pharmacist asked how my cat has lived to be 71yo. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539/20 "2017-03-20T12:22:02Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > There was a pause, then she said, "_patient’s_ birthdate, barely hiding her eye roll. I said, “January, but I’m not sure of the exact date”. Turns out they need the exact date, so I took a guess (I’m really bad with dates) but was wrong. My wife’s birthday is in January. My ex-wife’s birthday is two days before that. Yes, my wife knows. To save our marriage, we agreed to not celebrate birthdays at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-lisa-my-name-is-dropzone-lisa-left-her-phone-downstairs/782539.md?page=2)