# Mean Old Lady

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304 "2015-03-05T20:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/1 "2015-03-05T20:59:46Z")

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Does she still post here?

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/2 "2015-03-05T21:02:46Z")

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Never mind. Figured it out. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/3 "2015-03-05T21:04:37Z")

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You’re welcome!

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**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/4 "2015-03-05T21:09:40Z")

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Sing the praises of Lyft in a hipster tune three times and she shall be summoned.

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/5 "2015-03-05T21:12:04Z")

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Heh. Found that thread. Facebook, down, so I decided to lurk in my old stomping grounds till it starts back up for me. Had to find Mol!

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/6 "2015-03-05T21:20:48Z")

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She’s busy being apologized to… in the Pit. Things have changed since you were last here. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/7 "2015-03-05T21:23:28Z")

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Apologies only in the pit now?..

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/8 "2015-03-05T21:23:49Z")

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She was last seen getting into a strange vehicle with a pink moustache, nobody’s heard from her since.

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**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:** [March 5, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/9 "2015-03-05T21:46:45Z")

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> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> She was last seen getting into a strange vehicle with a pink moustache, nobody’s heard from her since.

Or the pink mustache.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/10 "2015-03-05T21:57:39Z")

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> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#):
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> Apologies only in the pit now?..

It’s all apologies, all the time now! 😃

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/11 "2015-03-05T22:35:53Z")

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Since this is about a poster instead of the Board, let’s move it from ATMB to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/12 "2015-03-06T02:03:01Z")

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> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> She was last seen getting into a strange vehicle with a pink moustache, nobody’s heard from her since.

The strange part being her and the vehicle had matching mustaches?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/13 "2015-03-06T14:30:07Z")

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the moustache on the vehicle was a smiley that got turned around.

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**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:** [March 6, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/14 "2015-03-06T15:25:24Z")

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She has a problem with mustache rides?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/15 "2015-03-06T16:06:54Z")

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Strange. Does she seem spaced out to you?

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/16 "2015-03-06T22:39:58Z")

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Some say that the “mean” in her name refers to statistical time, not attitude, and she has often been mistaken for a famous Tame Racing Driver…

All we know is, she’s called Mean Old Lady.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/17 "2015-03-07T02:16:31Z")

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> [@MacTech](#):
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> Some say that the “mean” in her name refers to statistical time, not attitude, and she has often been mistaken for a famous Tame Racing Driver…
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> All we know is, she’s called Mean Old Lady.

She also knows two facts about ducks ---- both wrong.

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/18 "2015-03-08T21:50:03Z")

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Oh hey, sorry but I don’t post here anymore.

And who’s this guy, kopek, questioning my duck expertise? Pff.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/19 "2015-03-08T22:54:48Z")

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Are you back? I thought you left.  
stick around, please

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-old-lady/714304/20 "2015-03-09T14:52:28Z")

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This is one of those “carpet matching the drapes” jokes, isn’t it?

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