# Where is kayaker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488 "2025-03-12T19:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/21 "2025-05-08T17:49:16Z")
His updated profile seems more like an In Memoriam to me. I assume the worst. šŸ˜¢ ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/22 "2025-05-08T18:07:53Z")
Iā€™m šŸ˜” sad ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/23 "2025-05-08T18:15:16Z")
I thought so too, but I just donā€™t want to believe that. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/24 "2025-05-08T19:57:47Z")
I hadnā€™t realized his profile was updated. Yeah, i hope thatā€™s not what it means. But it would kind of be like him to ask his survivors to let him quietly drift away, and not make an announcement. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/25 "2025-05-08T20:00:04Z")
Agreed. Although I donā€™t understand the Jack Webb/Joe Friday/Dragnet reference. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/26 "2025-05-08T20:05:33Z")
I know his name & location in RL. Nothing unusual from a Google search. A message on his FB page from a couple weeks ago said he was signing up for a 5K run. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/27 "2025-05-08T20:06:33Z")
ā¤ Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/28 "2025-05-08T20:10:39Z")
When and where is that 5K? Letā€™s all go! šŸ˜ˆ ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/29 "2025-05-08T20:11:53Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > A message on his FB page from a couple weeks ago said he was signing up for a 5K run. Thatā€™s awesome! Thanks for sharing that! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/30 "2025-05-08T21:13:01Z")
Oh man, thatā€™s great news! j ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/31 "2025-05-08T22:00:09Z")
Jeez. Relief. Come back @kayaker ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/32 "2025-05-08T23:41:50Z")
šŸ¤ž šŸ¤œšŸŖµ šŸ™ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/33 "2025-05-08T23:43:16Z")
I found that page, and it looks like heā€™s saying sayonara to us, not the world. Come back any time, Kayaker! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/34 "2025-05-08T23:44:27Z")
I always enjoyed his posts. Miss you kayaker! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/35 "2025-05-13T17:51:02Z")
I like to think that heā€™s too busy kayaking to post here, but I seem to have a vague memory from a past ā€œWhat does your username mean?ā€ thread that he came up with his handle due to some other reason than a love of paddling small watercraft down a river. A love of perusing discount travel sites, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/36 "2025-05-13T18:19:02Z")
He (at least once) joked that his real name was Kay Aker. Dunno if thatā€™s what youā€™re thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/37 "2025-05-13T18:22:30Z")
No, Iā€™m not above getting whooshed occasionally, but that would have pretty clearly been a joke, even to me. I donā€™t remember exactly what he did say about the origin of his handle though, or even if he did. Just a vague, and possibly faulty, memory. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/38 "2025-05-13T18:34:02Z")
Well, in the three threads Iā€™ve found about username meanings, he made the same joke and didnā€™t provide any other explanation. And in other threads, heā€™s talked about kayaking and the ā€œmany kayaksā€ heā€™s bought. I doubt you got whooshed at the time, more likely a conflation of different memories. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/39 "2025-05-13T18:40:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > ā€¦more likely a conflation of different memories. Yeah, probably so. In that case, I hope he _is_ off kayaking. Or enjoying a vacation he booked on kayak[dot]com šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488/40 "2025-05-13T19:17:45Z")
Maybe heā€™s a fan of [a certain prog rock band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak_(band))ā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-kayaker/1015488.md?page=3)