# "We Love the King" Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 5, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392 "2014-07-05T03:28:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/1 "2014-07-05T03:28:31Z")

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“We Love the King” Day celebrated in Cleveland.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/2 "2014-07-05T03:34:09Z")

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Happy 4th of July to you too, **Chronos**!

ETA: OK, I just realized this is in the Game Room, so I’m assuming you’re playing Civilization?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/3 "2014-07-05T04:00:41Z")

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I hate when it’s the late Industrial Era before I realize I never switched out of Hereditary Rule. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/4 "2014-07-05T04:08:31Z")

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Not playing right now… But there are fireworks going off over the city! What else could it mean?

😉

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/5 "2014-07-12T14:50:27Z")

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Obama must have too many citizens put in the entertainers slots, I recommend checking to see if you are not under-utilizing the shield production of the city.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/6 "2014-07-14T15:06:22Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Not playing right now… But there are fireworks going off over the city! What else could it mean?
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> 😉

“We love the Despot” day?

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/7 "2014-07-14T18:17:49Z")

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Why would Cleveland be so fond of Jerry Lawler and/or Elvis?

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-love-the-king-day/692392/8 "2014-07-14T18:24:38Z")

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Obviously, there were a few people who got advance notice of LeBron’s return…