# Ten locked threads on the front page of the Pit!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-locked-threads-on-the-front-page-of-the-pit/654600>\
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**Created:** [April 2, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-locked-threads-on-the-front-page-of-the-pit/654600 "2013-04-02T05:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-locked-threads-on-the-front-page-of-the-pit/654600/21 "2013-04-05T18:24:29Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The man in the taxi was Howard Jarvis, the man behind California’s Proposition 13, which is the reason the taxi meter running so high was funny.

Preview is your friend.

😃

See my post 60 seconds before yours.

ETA: Still an amusing idea had it been Koch. Weird that they’re both named Howard.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-locked-threads-on-the-front-page-of-the-pit/654600/22 "2013-04-05T18:46:18Z")

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But don’t call him Shirley.

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