# Whatever happened to manhattan? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384 "2010-11-12T03:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/21 "2010-11-14T02:46:02Z")
They sent a carrier out from Norfolk- And picked the Yankees up for free. They said that Queens could stay, They blew the Bronx away- And sank **manhattan** out at sea… ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/22 "2010-11-15T17:15:30Z")
Conspiracy theory time: the posting identity known as **manhattan** was actually a secret government project dating back to World War II. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/23 "2010-11-15T20:55:11Z")
> [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > So, what ever happened to **manhattan**? The muppets took him. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/24 "2010-11-15T21:29:38Z")
He banned me once. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/25 "2010-11-15T21:29:54Z")
I got better. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/26 "2010-11-15T22:37:38Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > The muppets took him. \ ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/27 "2010-11-16T00:30:17Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Conspiracy theory time: the posting identity known as **manhattan** was actually a secret government project dating back to World War II. Nah, that was **phil adelphia**. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/28 "2010-11-16T02:42:57Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > The muppets took him. Not Leonard Cohen? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/29 "2010-11-16T03:22:46Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Not Leonard Cohen? I was thinking more Rodgers and Hart. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/30 "2010-11-16T04:55:40Z")
He’s some kind of fund manager/bond trader, and not sure how he fared in the great re-set. I always liked him and thought he was also a great mod. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384/31 "2010-11-16T17:47:01Z")
> [@How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-ie-from-automatically-chenging-the-text-size/143703/26): > > As it happens, _I_ am the fucking hall monitor. I’m the God Damn Batman! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-manhattan/560384.md?page=1)