# We need a catchy name to call the migration

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075 "2020-06-22T03:12:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/41 "2020-06-24T01:12:12Z")

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All you need is a leaf. Simple, nice.

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**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/42 "2020-06-24T02:12:04Z")

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Well, unlike an \*exit or a \*migration, this was not voluntary on the part of the population. It was more like we got picked up and moved to a place that, comparitively speaking, is supposed to be more enjoyable–heavenly, even.

_Dope Rapture_

–G!  
[Double entendre intended.]

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/43 "2020-06-24T21:51:39Z")

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More like the Babylonian Captivity, if you ask me.

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**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/44 "2020-06-25T02:10:28Z")

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The Disturbance In The Course?

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**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/45 "2020-06-25T21:02:11Z")

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Just plain “It didnt happen” or the “non event” or “It never happened” “It just never will happen”

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/46 "2020-06-29T04:53:55Z")

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2020 Re-vision.

MSDMBGA 😃

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/47 "2020-06-29T06:22:35Z")

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“When, in Discourse of human events…”

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/48 "2020-07-02T21:24:55Z")

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Trail of Nerds

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/49 "2020-07-03T00:38:25Z")

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[Terry & John Michael Talbot  
(from Mason Proffit)  
with David Lindley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_b4Qo3LwBM)

And I feel the teardrops/  
And walk the Trail of Nerds/  
Again…

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/50 "2020-07-03T03:52:23Z")

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The TubaDiva Migration  
❤ 😞

> [@TubaDiva has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-has-passed-away/914121):
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> I just got word from a friend who knows her from the Atlanta juggling community that Our Humble TubaDiva passed away, I believe yesterday. No details known as yet.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/51 "2020-07-03T04:31:20Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> The TubaDiva Migration

There could not possibly be a better name for it.

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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/52 "2020-07-03T17:02:12Z")

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What Gary\_Robson said. What a fine tribute for Jenny.

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**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/53 "2020-07-03T23:52:08Z")

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Agreed. The TubaDiva Migration.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/54 "2020-07-04T00:36:17Z")

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I am glad someone suggested a TubaDiva name. I was trying to think of a name, but TubaDiva Migration is just perfect.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/55 "2020-07-04T01:19:34Z")

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Anyone else have a mental image of TubaDiva playing tuba to lead us all across to the new Board, like the Pied Piper?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/56 "2020-07-04T01:59:58Z")

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Let us not go too far, the Pied Piper first led rats, then children to their destruction.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/57 "2020-07-04T06:26:31Z")

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Works for me!

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075/58 "2020-07-04T14:44:36Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Anyone else have a mental image of TubaDiva playing tuba to lead us all across to the new Board, like the Pied Piper?

The Pied Tuber of Doperlin?

_(Now I’m picturing a potato playing a tiny sousaphone)_

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