# What if instead of being at a "secret location," Cheney is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495 "2001-10-10T03:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/1 "2001-10-10T03:16:01Z")
…DEAD. Let’s say the guy’s ticker finally gave out altogether. And they’re freaked that the company can’t bear any more upheaval and uncertainty… so… you tell everyone he’s at a “secret, safe location…” I thought it’d be the nice basis for some new conspiracy theories, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/2 "2001-10-10T03:17:16Z")
How embarrassing. I DID preview. But I was looking for glaring typos, not complete mistypings (or freudian slips) like writing “The company” instead of “the country” ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/3 "2001-10-10T03:33:24Z")
You mean like that movie, _Dave_? Ooooh! Well, it’s a good conspiracy theory. But I hope it doesn’t happen. I kinda like Cheney. What would _really_ suck, though, is if it was Colin Powell. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/4 "2001-10-10T13:43:38Z")
The other day, I turned to **Anniz** after seeing a ticker on MSNBC announce Cheney’s non-whereabouts and said “he’s had another heart attack.” Just an off-the-cuff comment, but it’s interesting to see that someone else thought the same thing, too. Last year, during the final weeks of the campaign, I asked a similar question about Cheney’s participation in this GQ thread: [Where’s Dick?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44368). ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/5 "2001-10-11T08:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*How embarrassing. I DID preview. But I was looking for glaring typos, not complete mistypings (or freudian slips) like writing “The company” instead of “the country” \*\* Here I am thinking that you were talking about the CIA or something… Xploder wanders back into the woodwork… ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/6 "2001-10-11T11:25:13Z")
What if he’s “chillin’ with Uncle Walt”? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/7 "2001-10-11T11:59:46Z")
I made this same proposition about two weeks ago in a different thread and got the living shit kicked out of me for being an uninformed goof-ball. My, my, my but your folks are fickle. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/8 "2001-10-11T12:11:44Z")
See **Cranky’s** “Moon Landings – Fraud or Hoax?” thread, in which hundreds of SDMB members in good standing chat amiably with her about the intriguing possibilities of a Nixon/NASA-sponsored conspiracy. She’s just cuter than you, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/9 "2001-10-11T12:31:08Z")
Seen Cheney once in person. He’s always reminded me of the RABBIT who’s late for a very important date I don’t think he’s dead ---
**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:** [October 11, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/10 "2001-10-11T12:42:02Z")
It crossed my mind that they hustle him off to ICU just in case whenever bad stuff happens. However, blowing up buildings with 5,000 people inside is a bit harder to protect against than Sears mail order rifles at a book depository. Maybe he really does have a crash pad at NORAD or something. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/11 "2001-10-11T13:46:00Z")
Theres no way they would keep that a secret. For goodness sake, they can’t keep much of Anything secret nowadays ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/12 "2001-10-11T13:55:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*See **Cranky’s** “Moon Landings – Fraud or Hoax?” thread, in which hundreds of SDMB members in good standing chat amiably with her about the intriguing possibilities of a Nixon/NASA-sponsored conspiracy. > > She’s just cuter than you, that’s all. \*\* That, dear Uke, is damned funny. Sorry, plnnr. It’s gotta be doubly annoying that my stupid idea isn’t even ORIGINAL. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/13 "2001-10-11T14:04:34Z")
Damn did Anticay write “who’s” what a DORK ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/14 "2001-10-11T19:50:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*I made this same proposition about two weeks ago in a different thread and got the living shit kicked out of me for being an uninformed goof-ball. My, my, my but your folks are fickle. \*\* [A new game ala’ Where’s Waldo…Where’s Cheney?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88611) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/15 "2001-10-11T21:07:01Z")
I have it on good authority that Cheyney was seen pretty soused on tequila, dancing on tables with two Latina bimbettes at Carlos and Charlie’s in Cozumel, Mexico, last night. (Actually, he’s supposed to do an interview on PBS’s Newshour on Friday.) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/16 "2001-10-11T22:06:33Z")
Tell me about the rabbits george. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/17 "2001-10-12T00:51:20Z")
I thought I saw Dick Cheney eating a dozen Krispy Kremes and drinking a diet Coke the other day in Ontario, Ca., but I might be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/18 "2001-10-12T00:54:26Z")
He is at “an undisclosed location.” I predict this thread will be closed by a Mod like a similar was. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/19 "2001-10-12T00:56:27Z")
On 2nd thought, the other thread was in the GQ section. So maybe ya’ll can ramble on… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495/20 "2001-10-12T00:59:15Z")
He’s been in the Witness Protection Program, but he has to testify this week. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-instead-of-being-at-a-secret-location-cheney-is/86495.md?page=2)