# Official "Lost" Questions Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746 "2004-11-03T14:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/81 "2004-12-02T01:24:36Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > 1. What exactly is the geography of this still-very-ambiguous land mass they’re stuck on? **ANSWERED** Was it really, though? Sayid sets off down the beach; he gets some unknown distance; he finds a cable; he follows it inland, again some unknown distance; he has an adventure; and then… well, I guess we’ll find out tonight. For all we know, they’re in Florida and he walked from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/82 "2004-12-02T03:40:43Z")
Looks like you can add ‘answered’ to Question #30. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/83 "2004-12-02T04:23:19Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Was it really, though? Sayid sets off down the beach; he gets some unknown distance; he finds a cable; he follows it inland, again some unknown distance; he has an adventure; and then… well, I guess we’ll find out tonight. > > For all we know, they’re in Florida and he walked from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach. 😉 He found Danielle’s map. It showed it to be an island. Of course, it still could be Antartica and she just thinks it’s an island… ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/84 "2004-12-02T14:50:46Z")
Can we officially add “Where is Rose?” on the list of questions? She’s been absent the past few episodes, and you’d think they would have at least put her in the census-taking during last night’s episode. She appears to have vanished, perhaps while pursuing her undead husband. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/85 "2004-12-02T16:20:30Z")
1. Who conked Sayid on the head? I think we at least have a new suspect for this one, Ethan. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/86 "2004-12-02T17:01:40Z")
> [@Grace](#): > > Looks like you can add ‘answered’ to Question #30. Yes we can: 1. What is the relationship between Claire and the father of her baby? **ANSWER:** The big jerk dumped her because he couldn’t handle the responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/87 "2004-12-02T17:24:48Z")
> [@booklover](#): > > Can we officially add “Where is Rose?” on the list of questions? She’s been absent the past few episodes, and you’d think they would have at least put her in the census-taking during last night’s episode. She appears to have vanished, perhaps while pursuing her undead husband. She is always listed as a guest star in the credits so I think the more likely answer is “we only want to pay her when we have a plotline that she HAS to be involved!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/88 "2004-12-02T17:56:07Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > He found Danielle’s map. It showed it to be an island. Methinks you have more faith in Danielle’s stability and connection to reality than I do, but okay, fine, I’ll let it go for now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/89 "2004-12-02T18:56:58Z")
Well, sure it’s possible she just making maps to the made-up island in her head, but somehow I don’t think that’s how her particular brand of crazy works. And if that is the case, at least she has a lucrative future job in the Fantasy Novel market. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/90 "2004-12-02T19:47:47Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Methinks you have more faith in Danielle’s stability and connection to reality than I do, but okay, fine, I’ll let it go for now. 😛 Hence the Antartica comment, Huck Finn. 😛 I am prepared to believe her maps are bogus. Land of the Lost, Lost Continent, Lost continance… ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/91 "2004-12-02T20:23:28Z")
I’m a little surprised that no one has submitted new questions from this episode yet. For me, I woke up with a bad cold (my daughter likes to share) and I’ve had too little energy to formulate anything coherent. Were you guys waiting for me or is this an idea that has run it’s course? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/92 "2004-12-02T20:33:21Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > I’m a little surprised that no one has submitted new questions from this episode yet. For me, I woke up with a bad cold (my daughter likes to share) and I’ve had too little energy to formulate anything coherent. > > Were you guys waiting for me or is this an idea that has run it’s course? 1. Does the gold watch worn by the attacker in the second dream belong to the Korean woman’s father? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/93 "2004-12-02T21:07:13Z")
A few questions: - Did the psychic really know the plane would crash? - What is the significance of Claire’s baby? - Who the HELL is Ethan? - Is “Ethan Rom” an anagram? - Why did Saywer give Hurley the Manifest so easily? i.e.- Is Hurley God? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/94 "2004-12-02T21:17:49Z")
Perhaps my first question should be divided into two: - Was the psychic legitmate? - If the psychic was legitimate, what did he see in his vision? ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/95 "2004-12-02T21:32:47Z")
Actually, **watsonwil** , I think the question about Ethan should be devided into two, namely: Who the HELL is Ethan? and What does Ethan want with Claire and Charlie? The question about the psychic should probably be one question as the second one is dependant on the first, namely: Was the psychic legitamate, and if so, what did he see in his vision? (Does that make sense?) > [@](#): > > What is the significance of Claire’s baby? Well put. Questions about the meaning of things in dreams and anagrams of character names are more “meta” question of what the writers were trying to reference. I’m sticking with in story questions I can reasonably expect an answer to. Though I should point out that “Ethan Rom” is an anagram. It unscrambles to: He Man or T. Thus Ethan is either He-Man, Master of the Universe or Mr. T I’ll be back to sort the rest of this out later. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/96 "2004-12-02T21:57:08Z")
Why is his nickname “Hurley?” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/97 "2004-12-02T23:27:48Z")
Why does Sawyer keep calling Kate “Freckles” when she doesn’t _have any?_ At least, not that she’s shown, and seeing as how she stripped down to her bra and string bikini panties in the first episode, if she does have some we haven’t seen yet, that plays well on the theories that she and Sawyer have a … history… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/98 "2004-12-02T23:58:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Why is his nickname “Hurley?” Based on previously demonstrated squeamishness and his hint that the origins of the name may be TMI, I believe that he’s prone to vomiting when faced with certain stimuli. Of course, he may just be really good at throwing stuff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/99 "2004-12-03T00:22:51Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Why does Sawyer keep calling Kate “Freckles” when she doesn’t _have any?_ Speculation: Becky Thatcher _did_ have freckles. There are caves on the island. Sawyer seems to be making romantic overtures of a sort. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-lost-questions-thread/272746/100 "2004-12-03T01:15:13Z")
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