# Portland spurned! (Beware--scary old-style Pit thread inside!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169 "2007-07-01T22:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/21 "2007-07-02T18:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] True, but [he was born in Springfield.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004981/bio) [/QUOTE] That page says both. > [@](#): > > Date of Birth > 15 February 1954, Portland, Oregon, USA > [@](#): > > An American citizen, born in Springfield, Oregon, he is half-Canadian. In any case, I wouldn’t say Springfield is really based on any one place. A lot of background stuff is based on Portland and that area, like the street names and the Springfield-Shelbyville rivalry, but… ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/22 "2007-07-02T18:18:06Z")
So… the OP is disgruntled because none of the local convenience stores were chosen to be disguised as an even filthier (albeit fictional) convenience store? I will never understand the appeal of **The Simpsons**. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/23 "2007-07-02T18:45:32Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] There’s a kwik-e-mart near me. Anyone want me to go and get photos? [/QUOTE] [Don’t bother](http://flickr.com/photos/rdr07/685904631). (No, not my photos.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/24 "2007-07-02T22:31:43Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] So which Springfield in the ‘heartland’ has an ocean port and a mountain next to it? :dubious: [/QUOTE] You tell me! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/25 "2007-07-03T00:00:52Z")
Unlike Homer’s Springfield, Springfiel, Oregon has special, extra anti-gay laws on the books. ---
**Author:** ![Cerridwyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/26 "2010-01-04T06:48:11Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > _Portland_? \<\\> Everyone knows Portland is in Maine, so could hardly _border on_ Maine! Hello, McFly! There are at least 4 states in the USA that house the city Portland. ---
**Author:** ![Cerridwyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/27 "2010-01-04T06:51:08Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > So which Springfield in the ‘heartland’ has an ocean port and a mountain next to it? :dubious: There is actually a Springfield in Oregon, too, but Matt refers to it to be somewhat of a state/city/county of its own w/i the USA. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/28 "2010-01-04T08:40:10Z")
> [@Cerridwyn](#): > > Hello, McFly! There are at least 4 states in the USA that house the city Portland. Which one’s been overrun by zombies? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/29 "2010-01-04T12:12:21Z")
mmm…zombies _drools_ ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169/30 "2010-01-04T13:50:40Z")
From a recent thread: > [@She spins me about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-spins-me-about/523358/34): > > Why the fuck did you post this bullshit? Much less in the Pit. Who gives a fuck? > > * * * > > Why do people post whiny bullshit here? > > No wonder the Pit has gone to shit. I demand this be moved to MPSIMS. He’s right. I’m going to sticky this classic Pit thread as an example of the big scary Pit of yore. I’ve euthanized it for the protection of those with weak bladders. **Gfaptor** Pit Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portland-spurned-beware-scary-old-style-pit-thread-inside/410169.md?page=1)