# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/41 "2019-04-13T13:56:31Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > **Is John Mace dead?** > > NIMBY > > Really, he’s not. So don’t even bother looking. Anyone near enough to swing by and check **Bumbershoot** ’s back yard? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/42 "2019-04-13T14:02:36Z")
I’ll let you know what I fi ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/43 "2019-04-13T14:07:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > **Is John Mace dead?** > Last post was in early December, last time lurking was in early January. Does anyone know if he died or went to prison or something? > [@kambuckta](#): > > Bricker and Foggy are also MIA. > [@asahi](#): > > Where’s John DiFool? What about **Cunctator**? Is he unemployed in Greenland? [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdJl8h2-XM](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdJl8h2-XM) — friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless… Wiki says that **Cunctator** died in 203 BC, [Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus - Wikipedia](http://tinyurl.com/lnsrjoh). Here’s a listing of their join dates and last posts: Joined on 2002-12-10, last posted on 2018-12-01, with link — **John Mace** : [http://tinyurl.com/y5uuzbf4](http://tinyurl.com/y5uuzbf4) Joined on 1999-12-18, last posted on 2018-11-14, with link — **Bricker** : [http://tinyurl.com/y33nnmpe](http://tinyurl.com/y33nnmpe) Joined on 1999-11-19 last posted om 2017-10-23, with link — **Foggy** : [http://tinyurl.com/y4rzdhnb](http://tinyurl.com/y4rzdhnb) Joined on 2006-06-07, last posted on 2018-08-14, with link — **John DiFool** : [http://tinyurl.com/yygz8tnz](http://tinyurl.com/yygz8tnz) Joined on 2004-03-17, last posted on 2015-06-25, with link — **Cunctator** : [http://tinyurl.com/y4e38w6e](http://tinyurl.com/y4e38w6e) They’re gone… all gone… ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/44 "2019-04-13T14:11:22Z")
> [@48Willys](#): > > Now you got me curious. What are you hiding back there? Nothing. There’s nothing there at all. You definitely won’t find John Mace back there. > [@digs](#): > > Anyone near enough to swing by and check **Bumbershoot** ’s back yard? You won’t find The Other Waldo Pepper there either. All that freshly tilled soil is for the garden I just decided to put in. Yeah, that’s it, a garden. Edit: The barbed wire is to keep out rabbits. ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/45 "2019-04-13T14:32:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > What about **Cunctator**? Is he unemployed in Greenland? [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdJl8h2-XM](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdJl8h2-XM) — friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless… Wiki says that **Cunctator** died in 203 BC, [Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus - Wikipedia](http://tinyurl.com/lnsrjoh). > Here’s a listing of their join dates and last posts: > > Joined on 2002-12-10, last posted on 2018-12-01, with link — **John Mace** : [http://tinyurl.com/y5uuzbf4](http://tinyurl.com/y5uuzbf4) > > Joined on 1999-12-18, last posted on 2018-11-14, with link — **Bricker** : [http://tinyurl.com/y33nnmpe](http://tinyurl.com/y33nnmpe) > > Joined on 1999-11-19 last posted om 2017-10-23, with link — **Foggy** : [http://tinyurl.com/y4rzdhnb](http://tinyurl.com/y4rzdhnb) > > Joined on 2006-06-07, last posted on 2018-08-14, with link — **John DiFool** : [http://tinyurl.com/yygz8tnz](http://tinyurl.com/yygz8tnz) > > Joined on 2004-03-17, last posted on 2015-06-25, with link — **Cunctator** : [http://tinyurl.com/y4e38w6e](http://tinyurl.com/y4e38w6e) > > They’re gone… all gone… I don’t know anything about any of those people either. Bullitt (and any other [del]nosy[/del] inquisitive types), feel free to stop by for a visit. We can have a glass of Brewster’s elderberry wine. I’m a friendly, harmless fellow. Just be sure to come through the front gate. Don’t go around back. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/46 "2019-04-13T14:54:45Z")
When the new season of \*Star vs the Forces of Evil \*started up, I thought about [the guy making the cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852314). Turns out to have been gone nearly a year (joined in 2003, more than 18,000 posts.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/47 "2019-04-13T15:23:20Z")
I’ve been concerned about **Cunctator** for a long time, years really. I miss the back-and-forths we had in the trivia dominoes thread game. [http://tinyurl.com/y59nhtjb](http://tinyurl.com/y59nhtjb) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/48 "2019-04-13T15:33:32Z")
They’re just outside, looking in. ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/49 "2019-04-13T16:10:55Z")
_draws blinds_ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/50 "2019-04-13T17:34:16Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’ve been concerned about **Cunctator** for a long time, years really. I miss the back-and-forths we had in the trivia dominoes thread game. > > [http://tinyurl.com/y59nhtjb](http://tinyurl.com/y59nhtjb) Yes, me too. And also **LSL Guy** , who’s been MIA for about a year. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/51 "2019-04-13T18:17:10Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Nothing. There’s nothing there at all. You definitely won’t find John Mace back there. > > You won’t find The Other Waldo Pepper there either. All that freshly tilled soil is for the garden I just decided to put in. Yeah, that’s it, a garden. > > Edit: The barbed wire is to keep out rabbits. Well, I definitely won’t be coming over for dinner. To paraphrase the Simpsons: > [@](#): > > Doper Guest: Isn’t it strange that John Mace missing and suddenly, Bumbershoot is serving this mysterious food called “Mace-braten”? > > Bumbershoot: Oh, relax kids. I’ve got a gut feeling John Mace is around here somewhere. (starts to laugh) After all, isn’t there a little John Mace in all of us? (laughs harder) In fact, you might say we just ate John Mace and he’s in our stomachs right now! (laughs, then realizes his faux pas) Wait. Scratch that one. ---
**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 13, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/52 "2019-04-13T19:35:21Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Well, I definitely won’t be coming over for dinner. To paraphrase the Simpsons: > > > [@](#): > > > > Doper Guest: Isn’t it strange that John Mace missing and suddenly, Bumbershoot is serving this mysterious food called “Mace-braten”? > > > > Bumbershoot: Oh, relax kids. I’ve got a gut feeling John Mace is around here somewhere. (starts to laugh) After all, isn’t there a little John Mace in all of us? (laughs harder) In fact, you might say we just ate John Mace and he’s in our stomachs right now! (laughs, then realizes his faux pas) Wait. Scratch that one. Completely unrelated to anything, do you have a recording device hidden in my dining room? Love the Simpsons, especially the Treehouse of Horror episodes. I should dig out my DVDs (yeah, I still have them) and rewatch that episode. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > … And also **LSL Guy** , who’s been MIA for about a year. LSL Guy has taken some time off from the board in the past, but nothing this lengthy as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/53 "2019-04-13T20:52:59Z")
I see **John Mace** every day, on the face of every child, on the smile of every baby. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/54 "2019-04-13T21:07:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Yes, me too. And also **LSL Guy** , who’s been MIA for about a year. I was going to mention **LSLGuy**. One of the good ones, he was a respectful and thoughtful poster who made a lot of valuable contributions, especially on matters of aviation but on a broad range of other topics, too. Hope he comes back. **John Mace** , too – also one of the good ones. We didn’t always agree on everything, but again, a respectful and thoughtful poster. Hope they both return. ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/55 "2019-04-13T21:07:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I see **John Mace** every day, on the face of every child, on the smile of every baby. John Mace is dead! Long live John Mace! (Well, if a new one ever shows up, that is.) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/56 "2019-04-13T23:06:19Z")
**Foggy** had major depression and talked about suicide often. I fervently hope he found something that eased his depression and is enjoying life. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/57 "2019-04-13T23:31:25Z")
Okay, lets get out the Ouiji board and get a definite answer ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/58 "2019-04-13T23:37:24Z")
Does anyone know if any of these “missing” people post on That Other Board? (I do, under a different username, and don’t think I haven’t seen what a few of you have said about me over there. :rolleyes: ) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/59 "2019-04-14T04:13:03Z")
Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/60 "2019-04-14T05:29:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I see **John Mace** every day, on the face of every child, on the smile of every baby. > [@Bumbershoot](#): > > John Mace is dead! Long live John Mace! (Well, if a new one ever shows up, that is.) No, I meant he fucks around a lot and has kids everywhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=4)