# In the name of God, leave the power off in New Jersey a while longer ! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276 "2003-08-15T00:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/1 "2003-08-15T00:15:28Z")
I just checked _he_ hasn’t posted for 3 whole hours. What ya think he’s doing in the blackout-in-the-afternoon; scouring the sky’s with giant binoculars for alien ships . . Guarding the shoreline against invading terrorists . . . digging an air raid shelter . . . draped over a Chaise Longue and writing verse by candlelight . . . . _haaaa_ the peace is just delicious . . . . ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/2 "2003-08-15T00:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*I just checked _he_ hasn’t posted for 3 whole hours. What ya think he’s doing in the blackout-in-the-afternoon; scouring the sky’s with giant binoculars for alien ships . . Guarding the shoreline against invading terrorists . . . digging an air raid shelter . . . draped over a Chaise Longue and writing verse by candlelight . . . . _haaaa_ the peace is just delicious . . . . \*\* I appreciate your interest and concern. In fact, I never lost power at home, although my wife lost power at work. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/3 "2003-08-15T00:18:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/4 "2003-08-15T00:29:41Z")
HA! This thread delivers! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/5 "2003-08-15T00:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*\ \*\* [Nelson] Ha _ha!_ [/Nelson] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/6 "2003-08-15T00:37:10Z")
My Og! It’s like a vast, dark summoning ritual of evil, mind-scrambling black magic! _Ia! Ia! **december** phthagn!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/7 "2003-08-15T01:23:02Z")
Foolish **London\_Calling**! You should know by now never to speak the name of the Great Old Ones lest you summon them. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/8 "2003-08-15T01:47:44Z")
. . . . I’m beginning to feel like the hapless Chief Insp. Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) _after_ he develops the nervous tic . . . next time, it’s the brakes - they’ve got hills in Jesey, right ? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/9 "2003-08-15T04:11:48Z")
Speak of the devil, aye?! (note: I personally don’t have an opinion one way or the other about **december** … I’m just using that handy expression) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/10 "2003-08-15T04:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > they’ve got hills in Jesey, right ? They had a problem with some midwestern states pilfering hills a while ago, so they had to hide them. They do so by placing tons of refuse over and around them … ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/11 "2003-08-15T04:38:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*They had a problem with some midwestern states pilfering hills a while ago, so they had to hide them. > > They do so by placing tons of refuse over and around them … \*\* They’re actually hiding them under gas stations. That’s why you’re not allowed to pump your own gas in New Jersey. They don’t want you to be wandering around and finding things. They also hide them under overpasses, which is why you have to make a jughandle to take a left turn. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/12 "2003-08-15T05:02:19Z")
The funniest part of this is, _he_ knew exactly who **L\_C** was talking about… and responded in _two minutes!_. Truly, _his_ powers are impressive. _laughs_ Way to go, **L\_C**! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/13 "2003-08-15T05:12:44Z")
Now if he could just use those powers for good… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/14 "2003-08-15T05:28:30Z")
In keeping with New Jersey’s official (or at least license plate) motto “The Garden State,” that’s not “refuse,” but _compost_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/15 "2003-08-15T05:31:37Z")
Consider me Shocked and Awed. :eek: :::::_off to find some garlic, a stake and silver bullets_:::::: ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/16 "2003-08-15T05:47:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*They had a problem with some midwestern states pilfering hills a while ago, so they had to hide them. > > They do so by placing tons of refuse over and around them … \*\* We didn’t pilfer, we borrowed. When we are done with them we will return them to their rightful owners. Provided they have proof that such hills existed. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/17 "2003-08-15T07:06:31Z")
Gah… what’re the chances? Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/18 "2003-08-15T07:27:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*I just checked _he_ hasn’t posted for 3 whole hours. What ya think he’s doing in the blackout-in-the-afternoon; scouring the sky’s with giant binoculars for alien ships . . Guarding the shoreline against invading terrorists . . . digging an air raid shelter . . . draped over a Chaise Longue and writing verse by candlelight . . . . _haaaa_ the peace is just delicious . . . . \*\* You, sir, are encouraging the murder of conservatives in New Jersey during rioting. I suggest you apologize publicly for your views. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/19 "2003-08-15T07:32:09Z")
And **december** , I do hope that your wife had no troubles at work, I don’t mean to make light of any possible problems. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276/20 "2003-08-15T07:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dissonance \* > \*\*You, sir, are encouraging the murder of conservatives in New Jersey during rioting. I suggest you apologize publicly for your views. \*\* Wha—??? I think you got Black Out Hysteria or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-name-of-god-leave-the-power-off-in-new-jersey-a-while-longer/195276.md?page=2)