# Is there a Doper in every state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316 "2014-10-03T23:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [October 11, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/141 "2014-10-11T11:03:16Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > (singing) > Oh I got plenty of nothing, > and nothing’s plenty for me Hey, that’s our official New Mexico state song! Just kidding; I love living here. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/142 "2014-10-12T02:30:02Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Oh yeah?!? Well, if I could come up with a witty retort I’d post it _right here!_ > > …but I got nuthin Texas is full of people who live there because they cannot figure out how to get out of it — New Mexico is full of the people who did. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/143 "2014-10-12T13:44:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Texas is full of people who live there because they cannot figure out how to get out of it — New Mexico is full of the people who did. Yeah, that’s what I meant to say! (Thanks eschereal) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/144 "2014-10-13T02:29:59Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I’m pretty sure Delaware really exists- I’ve even been there, or somewhere that claims to be Delaware. And why would any place claim to be Delaware if it wasn’t? Witness protection? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/145 "2014-10-13T03:25:10Z")
I think the question of whether Delaware exists is a bit of a red herring. Look at a map of the USA. Delaware is clearly some sort of rounding error. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/146 "2014-10-13T15:54:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I think the question of whether Delaware exists is a bit of a red herring. Look at a map of the USA. Delaware is clearly some sort of rounding error. I agree. I mean, we’ve all heard of metes-and-bounds, but who draws a state border in a radius from a courthouse cupola? I mean, jeez! Tripler It’s [true](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Mile_Circle). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/147 "2014-10-13T18:06:19Z")
Delaware once existed, but it died. There’s even a Memorial Bridge for it. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/148 "2014-10-15T12:16:06Z")
Okay, time for a new strategy: I sure hope no one from Delaware posts in this thread. No sirree, that would ruin everything. The last thing we want is for a Delaware Doper to post here and complete the list. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/149 "2014-10-15T19:06:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Delaware once existed, but it died. There’s even a Memorial Bridge for it. Some river upped its banks and plumb washed the whole patch away. They named the river in memory of the lost and gone state. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/150 "2014-10-15T19:50:40Z")
Delaware: The Atlantis of our times. I’m sorry, I was lying. And the corporations have been lying about it, too. If you went there it would simply be ocean. What untold technology must have been there for it to exist right at sea level like the legends say! And so flat - it must have been mechanically engineered with technology far surpassing our own. What caused it to disappear into the ocean before the dawn of our civilization, we will never know. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/151 "2014-10-15T19:53:48Z")
Well, it is right there in the name: Delawhere? ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/152 "2014-10-17T02:16:18Z")
Hi from Delaware! It’s nice to be wanted. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/153 "2014-10-17T02:36:56Z")
> [@Mongo\_Ponton](#): > > Hi from Delaware! > > It’s nice to be wanted. Thanks for posting and completing our list, **Mongo!** I _knew_ Delaware was a real place. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/154 "2014-10-17T02:43:28Z")
> [@Mongo\_Ponton](#): > > Hi from Delaware! > > It’s nice to be wanted. OMG OMG OMG OMG… Thanks for stopping by! Maybe you can settle this for us…does your state exist? 🙂 Did you get **Bumpershoot** ’s PM, or did \*\*Dex \*\*send you over? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/155 "2014-10-17T02:54:55Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > OMG OMG OMG OMG… > > Thanks for stopping by! Maybe you can settle this for us…does your state exist? 🙂 > > Did you get **Bumpershoot** ’s PM, or did \*\*Dex \*\*send you over? Ahem… it’s **Bumbershoot-** or **Mr. Bumbershoot** to you! 😉 Edit: I came so close to fulfilling Gaudere’s Law there- on my own user name! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/156 "2014-10-17T03:22:35Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Ahem… it’s **Bumbershoot-** or **Mr. Bumbershoot** to you! 😉 > > Edit: I came so close to fulfilling Gaudere’s Law there- on my own user name! Are you _sure_? 🙂 Sigh… I even looked to make sure I had the **shoot** part right! Sorry, Sir! :smack: I was still in a state of shock, in light of our glorious Delawarean visitor. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/157 "2014-10-17T03:24:15Z")
That’s okay- I almost spelled it **Bubmershoot.** ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/158 "2014-10-17T04:27:26Z")
Oh its real. If New York and Washington are the engine of the World, Delaware is the transmission. Hows that for exceptionalism!? Besides if you’re good you can pee into three different states right from the courthouse in New Castle. That’s how that round border thing came about. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/159 "2014-10-17T21:01:17Z")
yeah, well, you can pee into four states at once out n the southwest. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316/160 "2014-10-18T01:49:38Z")
> [@Mongo\_Ponton](#): > > Besides if you’re good you can pee into three different states right from the courthouse in New Castle. That’s how that round border thing came about. That’s an odd reward for good behavior, but I guess if it works, who am I to complain… What do they make you do if you’re bad? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-doper-in-every-state/700316.md?page=9)