# Where were you when the lights went out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001 "2012-04-17T02:48:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/1 "2012-04-17T02:48:22Z")
There I was, typing the most riveting post of my life, full of deep insight and intellect. And then. . .nothing. Now it’s lost forever, and my life is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/2 "2012-04-17T03:02:52Z")
…Georgia? ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/3 "2012-04-17T03:03:49Z")
The eastern seaboard and parts of Canada. Damn you, **Sir Adam Beck**! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/4 "2012-04-17T03:04:27Z")
I composed the funniest knock-knock joke in the history of mankind, now 'tis lost forever. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/5 "2012-04-17T03:06:51Z")
Wondering why even the URL didn’t work. For a black moment I thought CL might have turned down the requisition for more hamster pellets. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/6 "2012-04-17T03:08:17Z")
I was confessing secrets I’m going to take to the grave, and just before I hit the Submit button the rug was pulled out from under me. I don’t have it in me to confess again. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/7 "2012-04-17T03:12:36Z")
Clicking on a reported post (of spam) in order to vanquish it off the face of the earth forever. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/8 "2012-04-17T03:13:23Z")
Experimenting On hamsters. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/9 "2012-04-17T03:14:09Z")
I was, um, at the store. Yeah, that’s the ticket, I was at the store. Nowhere near the server though. At the store. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/10 "2012-04-17T03:16:57Z")
I had just created the ultimate poll. Just READING the choices would have brought joy to millions. And the final option…the one dealing with food…people would have started riots just to get the recipe! And it’s all gone now. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/11 "2012-04-17T03:21:48Z")
Procrastinating on my final with the frenzied power of a perpetually discouraged anxiety-ridden depressed perfectionist and then… nothingness. I got all of my outlining done. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/12 "2012-04-17T03:21:59Z")
I was commuting and bored, and then sad when I couldn’t load the damn thing! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/13 "2012-04-17T03:29:27Z")
irl ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/14 "2012-04-17T03:57:04Z")
I’d just figured out what 14 k of g in an f p d was. Oh well. I’m sure lightning will strike twice. In all seriousness I was breathlessly awaiting the Dusk post in ATPG’s mafia game. CURSE YOU BOARD OUTAGE! ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/15 "2012-04-17T12:00:02Z")
Down in the cellar eating sauerkraut. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/16 "2012-04-17T12:09:16Z")
I don’t know. I’m just wondering why, when I hover my cursor over this topic in MPSIMS, the preview is about the ‘second Google incident’ and a tentacle thread (?) and boob size. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/17 "2012-04-17T13:13:08Z")
Well the boards seem to have gone down around 2:15pm my time, I was in the urologist office having my dangling bits checked out. I was so disappointed that I couldn’t post about it when I got home. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/18 "2012-04-17T13:16:38Z")
In the dark! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/19 "2012-04-17T13:18:25Z")
standing in line at Timmy’s, checking my iPhone. got a doughnut as well as coffee, to assuage my sense of crushing loss. sour cream plain. it was good. I prefer Timmy’s sour cream plain to Robin’s sour cream plain. and I hate it when I go through the drive though and they give me a sour cream glazed instead of a sour cream plain. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/619001/20 "2012-04-17T15:45:17Z")
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