# 'Rubicon' is sooooo slow paced

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 12, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033 "2010-08-12T12:37:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/81 "2010-11-12T18:13:41Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I think that future replies to this thread should be spaced out over several years. Mark your calendars.

We need to determine the number of days before it becomes an official zombie and make that the deadline for the next post. Last I heard that was six months. What’s the latest?

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/82 "2010-11-12T19:13:56Z")

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Six months isn’t nearly long enough for that show. It takes six months just to take a dump. Wiping your ass takes another month.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/83 "2010-11-12T22:39:42Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Six months isn’t nearly long enough for that show. It takes six months just to take a dump. Wiping your ass takes another month.

Then there’s the whole contemplating-the-results-with-a-frowny-face thingy.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubicon-is-sooooo-slow-paced/550033/84 "2011-02-14T16:21:19Z")

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Sooo…it’s raining.

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