# Is John Mace dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409 "2019-04-11T22:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/21 "2019-04-12T04:46:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In a moment of cosmic irony he was maced in a john. (Not the spray kind, the spikey kind.) (The spikey kind of mace, not the spikey kind of john.) I think someone might have noticed a dude ( assuming a dude) walking out of a public (assuming again)toilet with a bloodied ancient spikey mace. Or heard someone scream. Don’t know, but I think plausibility is maybe stretched a bit. John Mace where are you? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/22 "2019-04-12T06:09:23Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > It’s customary to spell out acronyms before using them. In the last ten years or so there’ve been more and more people skipping that step, even on the SDMB (perhaps they think they impress by knowing acronyms?) Even on the… what? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/23 "2019-04-12T08:05:17Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Even on the… what? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/24 "2019-04-12T08:52:25Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Even on the… what? Yes! Very good! A great example. 😃 Using ‘SDMB’ here on the… um… SDMB is fine because it’s part of our jargon. However when making a public comment to say, the New York Times, you should spell it out. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/25 "2019-04-12T15:26:28Z")
Can we get back to IJMD? ---
**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:** [April 12, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/26 "2019-04-12T15:29:31Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Can we get back to IJMD? NUWDAA (Not Until We Define All Acronyms) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/27 "2019-04-12T15:35:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > NUWDAA > (Not Until We Define All Acronyms) IJHTWGTFWSPPOTAIINAA I’m just happy that we got this far without some pedant pointing out that an initialism is not an acronym ---
**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:** [April 12, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/28 "2019-04-12T15:36:47Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > IJHTWGTFWSPPOTAIINAA > I’m just happy that we got this far without some pedant pointing out that an initialism is not an acronym SPD Stealth Pedant Detected ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/29 "2019-04-12T15:44:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > SPD > Stealth Pedant Detected It’s what John would have wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/30 "2019-04-12T15:46:35Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > It’s OK to write out what you mean.\* You can still sit with the cool kids. :):)😃 Hey, I’m down with [wpp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.P.P._(song)). ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/31 "2019-04-12T16:14:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In a moment of cosmic irony he was maced in a john. By a prostitute’s john who was also named John, the prostitute’s name was Mace, so John Mace was maced in a john by John, Mace’s john. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/32 "2019-04-12T16:21:09Z")
As long as we’re pulling out the bloodhounds, can we search for Super Kaplowzer too? ---
**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:** [April 12, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/33 "2019-04-12T16:38:14Z")
No, he’s just resting. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/34 "2019-04-12T18:37:15Z")
Pining for the fjords! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/35 "2019-04-12T18:47:25Z")
Y? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/36 "2019-04-12T19:32:50Z")
Beautiful plummage! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/37 "2019-04-12T21:37:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > There’s something to be said for disappearing oneself without making an angst-filled Pit thread to announce it first. I give him bonus points for not making an angst-filled Pit thread asking us to pay him to leave. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/38 "2019-04-12T22:05:12Z")
Where’s John DiFool? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/39 "2019-04-12T22:15:30Z")
**Is John Mace dead?** NIMBY Really, he’s not. So don’t even bother looking. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/40 "2019-04-13T11:34:27Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > **Is John Mace dead?** > > NIMBY > > Really, he’s not. So don’t even bother looking. Now you got me curious. What are you hiding back there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=3)