# Neighbor has a orange sign with "8.15.10" on it **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264 "2010-07-28T03:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/21 "2010-07-28T13:08:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Beware the ides of August. Which will be on August 13. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/22 "2010-07-28T13:34:31Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > Beware the ides of August. > > Nitpick: The ides of August is actually the 13th. Beware the Ides of August Extended Weekend? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/23 "2010-07-28T13:54:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Lotsa stuff happened on that day in the past. Maybe sheā€™s a fan of Michael VIII Palaeologus: [August 15 - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15) Apparently, according to that site, one of the Jonas Brothers is turning 21. The thought of a legally-drunken Jonas Brother roaming the Earth _may_ be the signal of End Times. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/24 "2010-07-28T13:55:25Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Iā€™m nearly positive itā€™s a date. No clue why that date is important, though. Is the world ending any time soon? Menā€™s finals of the Toronto Masters Tennis tournament! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/25 "2010-07-28T13:58:31Z")
maybe her house is going up for auction. no matter what - i would be scared. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/26 "2010-07-28T14:40:33Z")
Thanks for the speculation guys, and the one liners. šŸ˜‰ Apparently, it is not something obvious. I figured something was going on with her church, but I havenā€™t seen any other houses with the sign. Garage sales seldom happen on Sundays around here. In Missouri, we are having election on August 3rd. Local politicians. (County Clerk, Assessor, Councilman etc.) She is not bed-ridden and I will ask her if I happen to see her. Our relationship is that of neighbors, not much more. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/27 "2010-07-28T14:49:28Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > Beware the ides of August. > > Nitpick: The ides of August is actually the 13th. Damn, beaten to it. Twice. But to add to the explanation. The ides are on the 15th in March, May, July, and October, and the 13th the other months. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/28 "2010-07-28T14:51:00Z")
Maybe she used to be 36.24.36 but now sheā€™s 8.15.10. Just relivinā€™ the glory days. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/29 "2010-07-28T14:52:20Z")
My guess is something political. It is the 65th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/30 "2010-07-28T14:57:07Z")
To demonstrate my ignorance of such things, Iā€™ll just ask if the British monetary system might account for the numbers instead of a date. Maybe thatā€™s the asking price for the place in pounds, shillings, pence and whatever else they use. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/31 "2010-07-28T15:12:22Z")
Is there a local football team that has orange as a primary color? 8/15/10 could be the start of practice, and thus their season. Odd that that should be the date to rally around though, since itā€™s usually the date of a game against a rival or the date of the state championship game that is used for this type of thing. Interested to find out what it is! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/32 "2010-07-28T16:14:52Z")
My shrink is two weeks into his holiday then, at which point I will be entering the GaGa Zone. Itā€™s reminding me of psychic pain to come. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/33 "2010-07-28T16:16:42Z")
Orange would tend to indicate Nrothern Ireland. Coudl be the 12th anniversary of the Omagh Bombing? > **[BBC ON THIS DAY | 15 | 1998: Dozens die in Omagh bombing](http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_2496000/2496009.stm)** > > At least 27 people are feared dead after a massive car bomb in the town of Omagh in Northern Ireland. Honestly, I think you shoudl ask her. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/34 "2010-07-28T16:19:39Z")
Where are you located? If youā€™re in the U.S., my first thought was some kind of political rally ā€“ perhaps a Tea Party event of some kind? Or any movement likely to create portentious ā€œbe there or bewareā€ signs? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/35 "2010-07-28T16:25:01Z")
Iā€™m taking that Sunday off, maybe sheā€™s just happy for me? But at least if the world is ending I wonā€™t be wasting my last hours at work. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/36 "2010-07-28T16:26:42Z")
Ah, youā€™re in Missouri? I was going to say that where I live (Springfield) this would probably be some large church event shit-- they tend to hype things up in yards like this and I think I recall mysterious dates being advertised before the sign explaining what they were on about appear. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/37 "2010-07-28T17:08:57Z")
Itā€™s my 18th wedding anniversary but I donā€™t think there are any old ladies looking forward to it. Well, maybe one but sheā€™s not 60 yet. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/38 "2010-07-28T17:12:56Z")
Wellā€¦15th August is Independence Day in India ---
**Author:** ![Zoomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbce88/32.png) [@Zoomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoomer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/39 "2010-07-28T18:54:38Z")
8.15.10 is the date of HIS\* return! \*He being ā€˜The Undertakerā€™ and he is (rumored to be) returning to WWE at Summerslam. Why someone would have a sign in their yard proclaiming this is beyond me though ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264/40 "2010-07-28T19:19:00Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Ah, youā€™re in Missouri? I was going to say that where I live (Springfield) this would probably be some large church event shit-- they tend to hype things up in yards like this and I think I recall mysterious dates being advertised before the sign explaining what they were on about appear. Iā€™ve got $5 that says this is it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-has-a-orange-sign-with-8-15-10-on-it/548264.md?page=3)