# Mark \_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506 "2014-09-04T18:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/1 "2014-09-04T18:10:29Z")
Could have been an MPSIMS or IMHO thread, but I settled on here because I suspect the blanks will be filled (for the most part) with CS type stuff, if there are indeed any replies. 😃 To get the obvious one out of the way: TWAIN ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/2 "2014-09-04T18:17:57Z")
TRAIL. Mark Trail, a Sunday Comics strip from the 1950s, who was an outdoorsman introducing us all, way back then, to Ecology and Nature… [http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/marktrail/MarkTrail\_9July2006\_1500x1027.gif](http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/marktrail/MarkTrail_9July2006_1500x1027.gif) ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/3 "2014-09-04T18:19:05Z")
Cross (pens) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/4 "2014-09-04T18:21:15Z")
Twain. Are Cross pens and Mark Cross luggage the same company? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/5 "2014-09-04T18:23:29Z")
of Zorro. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/6 "2014-09-04T18:28:05Z")
from Ark? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/7 "2014-09-04T18:32:03Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > from Ark? 😃 Classy! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/8 "2014-09-04T18:32:12Z")
… my words. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/9 "2014-09-04T18:32:19Z")
[42 armor](http://www.actionfigurepics.com/2013/11/play-imaginative-super-alloy-14-scale-iron-man-mark-xlii-press-pics/play-imaginative-super-alloy-quarter-scale-iron-man-mark-42-10) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/10 "2014-09-04T18:34:26Z")
Mark, Matthew, John, Paul, and [del]Ringo[/del] the other gospel guy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/11 "2014-09-04T18:37:01Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > TRAIL. Mark Trail, a Sunday Comics strip from the 1950s, who was an outdoorsman introducing us all, way back then, to Ecology and Nature… > > [http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/marktrail/MarkTrail\_9July2006\_1500x1027.gif](http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/marktrail/MarkTrail_9July2006_1500x1027.gif) Excellent! I was hoping this one would show up before all was said and done! Main reason I started the thread, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/12 "2014-09-04T18:41:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Classy! I can’t tell if you’re serious or sarcastic, but just in case, I meant no offense. It was the first thing that came to mind! My brain works that way… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/13 "2014-09-04T18:44:25Z")
y Mark and the Funky Bunch ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/14 "2014-09-04T18:50:01Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I can’t tell if you’re serious or sarcastic, but just in case, I meant no offense. It was the first thing that came to mind! My brain works that way… 😛 Actually I was praising the turn of phrase. It did occur to me after I had posted the reply that the Robin Williams thing might sting, but it wasn’t what I had in mind. Thanks for calling that to my attention. 🙂 I also wanted to encourage any MARC references to apply to the concept. As in Antony. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/15 "2014-09-04T19:02:10Z")
Mark Pierre Vorkosigan (From the Vorkosiganverse books by Lois McMaster Bujold) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/16 "2014-09-04T19:11:12Z")
Anybody remember [“Dragnet 1968” Closing Credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxFLBlA_Hhw)? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/17 "2014-09-04T19:17:49Z")
Zuckerberg Cuban Harmon Ruffalo ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/18 "2014-09-04T19:19:52Z")
From sports: Gastineau Sanchez McGuire Messier ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/19 "2014-09-04T19:20:29Z")
Time ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-______/697506/20 "2014-09-04T19:21:25Z")
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