# Ok,Im new here,Carol is the name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534 "2010-04-18T15:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/401 "2010-05-01T04:22:39Z")
I’ve got nothing to add… just wanted to push it to nine pages. Cow Anus ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/402 "2010-05-01T04:26:49Z")
I bought some ox tail to make ox tail stew. Now if they find that cow wandering around with no tail… ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/403 "2010-05-01T04:27:25Z")
That’s what you say. We know that this is just another of your Cow-anus-whisperer tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/404 "2010-05-01T06:15:46Z")
Curses! Foiled again. ---
**Author:** ![carol\_nistri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@carol\_nistri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carol_nistri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/405 "2010-05-01T09:03:01Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > No. > > It would be impossible for the described beam weapon technology to produce that image. Here are some reasons: > > 1. The beam can only heat things. It can’t bend things. > > 2. No aircraft could provide a stable enough platform. The slightest gust of wind would spoil the image. > > 3. It can’t have been made from orbit because the technology uses ionized AIR as a waveguide for the microwaves. > > I don’t see what’s so baffling about this particular image. It’s laid down in regular rows (except for the circle which is laid down in regular rings). All you do is calculate in advance what the pattern for each row (or ring) is, and then walk through the image row by row, mashing down the crops at the predetermined points. > > No. It’s utterly, totally impossible. It’s more plausible that it was done with a herd of trained elephants. Its that binary code that really gets me,the message is silly at best,its made by humans of that Im certain. But,the message in the binary code would have been spoiled had the wheat been flattend incorrectly. For this to have been done at night even if they wore miners helmets as one person suggested the margin for error is almost non-existant. Dunno,but this alien face holds clues that tells me and only me that this is not being done by a couple of guys with planks and ropes,I feel certain of that..ducks.. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/406 "2010-05-01T12:21:38Z")
If this thread has taught me one thing, it’s that you can’t spell “ignorance” without “ignore”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/407 "2010-05-01T14:04:48Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > But,the message in the binary code would have been spoiled had the wheat been flattend incorrectly. Yeah, that’s why you’d have to be crazy to try to do it from a moving airborne platform. (If there were some technology capable of bend stalks from a distance … which there’s not.) There’s much less chance of making a mistake if you just walk the rows and do it by hand. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/408 "2010-05-01T14:42:40Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Its that binary code that really gets me,the message is silly at best,its made by humans of that Im certain. But,the message in the binary code would have been spoiled had the wheat been flattend incorrectly. For this to have been done at night even if they wore miners helmets as one person suggested the margin for error is almost non-existant. Dunno,but this alien face holds clues that tells me and only me that this is not being done by a couple of guys with planks and ropes,I feel certain of that..ducks.. The long discussion of the ‘message’ on this croppie site [www.cropcircleresearch.com/articles/alienface.html](http://www.cropcircleresearch.com/articles/alienface.html) notes that the message is ‘damaged’. This strikes me as the same as saying ‘Bob, you fucked up when you were trampling the wheat that night’. If it’s aliens or black ops, that’s pretty pathetic. If it’s a guy with a rope, it’s understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Creole\_Tomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Creole\_Tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creole_Tomato)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/409 "2010-05-01T14:43:43Z")
I think the only thing that crop circles and cow mutilations have in common is this: it’s sad, really, what people will do and allege for attention. In that vein, I put carol\_nistri, crop circles and cow mutilations in the same chapter. ---
**Author:** ![carol\_nistri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@carol\_nistri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carol_nistri)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/410 "2010-05-02T10:12:20Z")
Ok ignore the obvious if you must but Im telling you that cattle mutilations are for real,what is seen is Not the result of scavenging or predation,Ranchers would know that with a single glance.And you know what,for all the I Know All There Is To Know attitudes you dont really know Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/411 "2010-05-02T10:22:20Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Its that binary code that really gets me,the message is silly at best,its made by humans of that Im certain. But,the message in the binary code would have been spoiled had the wheat been flattend incorrectly. Just curious, but in your mind what exactly does “binary code” mean? Why do you think it implies such a huge level of sophistication? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/412 "2010-05-02T12:31:17Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Just curious, but in your mind what exactly does “binary code” mean? Why do you think it implies such a huge level of sophistication? Bet you ten to one she doesn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/413 "2010-05-02T13:46:31Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Just curious, but in your mind what exactly does “binary code” mean? Why do you think it implies such a huge level of sophistication? There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/414 "2010-05-02T15:12:32Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok ignore the obvious if you must but Im telling you that cattle mutilations are for real,what is seen is Not the result of scavenging or predation,Ranchers would know that with a single glance.And you know what,for all the I Know All There Is To Know attitudes you dont really know Jack. Carol… you were just warming up to us. I’m just going to guess by the time stamp you may have been out with friends tonight and maybe a little sleepy and/or tipsy when you posted this. Bottom line is we do know Jack and we are just asking you to give a tiny bit of evidence as to why you know Jack better than we do. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/415 "2010-05-02T15:15:28Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok ignore the obvious if you must but Im telling you that cattle mutilations are for real,what is seen is Not the result of scavenging or predation,Ranchers would know that with a single glance.And you know what,for all the I Know All There Is To Know attitudes you dont really know Jack. Okay what happens if you meet one rancher who says that a particular mutilation was something sinister and another who just says turkey vulture. Does your head explode? ---
**Author:** ![Creole\_Tomato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Creole\_Tomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creole_Tomato)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/416 "2010-05-02T15:18:07Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Bet you ten to one she doesn’t understand. Thanks for the laugh of the morning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/417 "2010-05-02T17:13:59Z")
I was too slow to get **Cicero** ’s comment… so it was **EinsteinsHund** who made me laugh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/418 "2010-05-02T19:23:31Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok ignore the obvious if you must Oh, the irony. > [@Cicero](#): > > Bet you ten to one she doesn’t understand. Two to one? I’ve got to get me some of that action! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/419 "2010-05-02T22:23:23Z")
> [@carol\_nistri](#): > > Ok ignore the obvious if you must… There’s been absolutely nothing obvious about anything you’ve posted. It’s been nothing but the most convoluted, unnecessarily complex nonsense. So, we’re ignoring the obvious, all right…obvious nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534/420 "2010-05-02T22:53:44Z")
Is there a male version of the name Carol, sorta like Joan is the female John? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-im-new-here-carol-is-the-name/536534.md?page=22)