# Waiting for Dolly...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461 "2008-07-23T05:49:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461/21 "2008-07-24T20:40:33Z")

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[QUOTE=TroubleAgain]  
Guess that shows who’s one of the Popular Kids around here, huh? 😃  
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Seriously. We’re like Ringo and George to\*\* ivylass \*\* and **Shibby** ’s John and Paul.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461/22 "2008-07-24T23:17:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]  
Seriously. We’re like Ringo and George to\*\* ivylass \*\* and **Shibby** ’s John and Paul.  
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So, post more. Besides, the Beatles wouldn’t be the Beatles without George and Ringo. 😉

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**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461/23 "2008-07-25T00:04:01Z")

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Power was “only” out for 17 hours? Heh, the power has never been out that long ever in my entire life at my house. (The longest was like 8 or 10 hours, during Hurricane Gloria, when I was a little girl.)

Is it wrong to hope, just a little, that my ex-fiancee, who lives in Los Fresnos, got hit in the head by a flying tree?  
(Yes, I actually know it’s wrong. I just don’t like her. _grump_)

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-dolly/457461/24 "2008-07-25T01:48:01Z")

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When Charley came through, I had co-workers who were without power for _days_.

And I believe when Hugo hit South Carolina, the power was out for two weeks…at least, that’s what the neighbor of the house we bought told us. She said they had block parties every night, with the men cooking on the grills in the middle of the street.

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