# What if everyone named Adrian, aged 13 3/4, died tomorrow? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393 "2016-11-19T02:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/21 "2016-11-20T15:59:52Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Are you sure about that? I bought the first book in a Barnes & Noble in the US in the 1990s, and read through _Wilderness Years_ thanks to the local library. One of the books, IIRC _Growing Pains_, even had a section in the back (in the form of a letter from Adrian to a pen pal in the US) where British slang and cultural references were explained for American readers. I could very well be wrong (and yes, I remember the letter Adrian wrote to Hamish explaining some of the British-isms). I have the entire series. Some of them were mailed to me from a friend living in England. The ones I’ve ordered off Amazon were printed in either Canada or the UK. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/22 "2016-11-20T16:29:55Z")
And while we are on stupid threads that keep getiting started over and over…how about all those fucking electoral college threads…who knew the SDMB was full of so many butt hurt election losers who can’t be arsed to find one of a dozen or two OTHER CURRENT electoral college threads AND are too fucking simple minded to realize there are actually some sound reasons for the damn thing vs the first grader mentality of majority rules. Unfortunately for the liberals, the State of Denial carries zero electoral votes… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/23 "2016-11-20T17:35:29Z")
I did not get the reference and had to look it up. Have never heard of Adrian Mole. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/24 "2016-11-21T17:22:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I am disappointed how few got the OP’s reference. I’m disappointed that no one got my reference to the other thread with kids dying. But I’ll get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/25 "2016-11-21T20:35:21Z")
“What if everyone named Adrian, aged 13 3/4, died tomorrow?” That would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393/26 "2016-11-22T23:29:17Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > There would be a few fewer people around to say “Yo” to. I say “Yo” to everybody! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-everyone-named-adrian-aged-13-3-4-died-tomorrow/772393.md?page=1)