# The Onion 12/1 : Where's the Systems Analyst?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510 "2004-12-01T16:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/1 "2004-12-01T16:28:34Z")

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So every week in [“What Do You Think?”](http://www.theonion.com/wdyt/index.php?issue=4048), one of the interviewees is a Systems Analyst. But not this week. What happened? Not a major blow to comedy, but I always looked forward to seeing who was the SA this week. Do we have the beginnings of a new running gag with “Personal Shopper” or “Underhill Lawyer”?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/2 "2004-12-01T16:31:48Z")

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Underhill was a last name. 😉

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/3 "2004-12-01T16:39:24Z")

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So…he isn’t an attorney in Middle-earth you’re telling me. :smack:

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**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/4 "2004-12-01T16:41:13Z")

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And a good thing he isn’t. Could you imagine the legal conundrum the Fellowship would be in for that whole Ring debacle? :wally

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/5 "2004-12-01T16:52:17Z")

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_Welcome to another edition of The Hobbits’ Court…_

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**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-12-1-wheres-the-systems-analyst/277510/6 "2004-12-01T17:27:30Z")

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He probably got laid off.