# Lincoln-Douglas & "Big Nate": Coincidence?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-big-nate-coincidence/130272>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 30, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-big-nate-coincidence/130272 "2002-09-30T17:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-big-nate-coincidence/130272/1 "2002-09-30T17:44:19Z")

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[Today’s question from the SD Front Page](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_105.html)

[Sunday’s comic strip](http://www.comics.com/comics/bignate/archive/bignate-20020929.html)

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Edited to fix link. – CKDH

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-douglas-big-nate-coincidence/130272/2 "2002-10-10T00:12:28Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \*  
> \*\*[Today’s question from the SD Front Page](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_105.html)  
> [Sunday’s comic strip](http://www.comics.com/comics/bignate/archive/bignate-20020929.html) \*\*

That’s what you meant, right?