# Why does my Neighbor have an orange sign with 8.15.10 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384 "2010-07-28T23:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/1 "2010-07-28T23:15:04Z")
Inspired by my own suggestion (and seconded by **Zeldar** ) in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572485)over in GQ, I am polling the teeming millions on why my neighbor has a 3’ x 2’ orange sign in her front yard with 8.15.10 on it. I happened to see my neighbor going to her mailbox and I have the definitive answer. Stay tuned for a poll. (I don’t type very quickly.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/2 "2010-07-28T23:39:05Z")
can’t speak for your neighbor, but I’ll hijack long enough to say I’m getting married that day. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/3 "2010-07-28T23:43:01Z")
I’m voting revival. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/4 "2010-07-28T23:48:39Z")
The day the truth about "14 k of g in a fpd " will be revealed? ---
**Author:** ![Cinebar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Cinebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinebar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/5 "2010-07-28T23:51:34Z")
I voted revival, too, but I think the church block party is also a possibility. Anyway, probably something church-related. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/6 "2010-07-29T00:34:56Z")
I couldn’t even VOTE, that is how clueless I am on this one. 😕 Usually churches make a point of doing more than displaying some mysterious date when trying to drum up souls for a revival or block party…ok, we know WHEN (maybe) but not WHAT or WHERE. My next best guess is some other religious or cultural observance, but, given the signage, I have no guess as to WHAT. Must be some inside thing, whatever it is. I initially thought, hmm, something political (as with those who use the date of the next Presidential election as a shorthand to express their disgruntledness with the current administration (to which I say, ha, you LOST, losers, suck it up! ;)) but the next national elections don’t fall in August either. I give. Now, for some strange reason, I simply MUST know the answer, even though it has absolutely no effect on me. :dubious: Well done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/7 "2010-07-29T00:51:54Z")
I voted for a revival as well. Perfect timing, a Sunday in August. Revivals often take place in August. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/8 "2010-07-29T00:53:04Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > I give. Now, for some strange reason, I simply MUST know the answer, even though it has absolutely no effect on me. :dubious: Well done. 😃 I’d send you a PM, but for some reason that option doesn’t exist with your handle. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/9 "2010-07-29T00:55:02Z")
What’s a church revival? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/10 "2010-07-29T00:57:17Z")
Can you spoiler the answer, please? I’m dying to know. I voted for the block party thing. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/11 "2010-07-29T01:02:56Z")
I guessed husband’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/12 "2010-07-29T01:05:19Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What’s a church revival? It’s when fundies really get down with their bad selves. There’s often a lot of crying, altar-calling, and repenting going on, maybe even some faith healing thrown in for good measure. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/13 "2010-07-29T01:08:09Z")
And a tent, got to have the big tent. And it’s really, really hot. But mostly it’s the music that makes people go. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/14 "2010-07-29T01:09:06Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Can you spoiler the answer, please? I’m dying to know. I voted for the block party thing. Check your Private Messages. Anyone else want to know, let me know I will PM you. or you can wait until I post the spoiler this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/15 "2010-07-29T01:10:28Z")
I went for Church Revival, on the grounds that it’s probably unconscious if not dead. > [@](#): > > Its the Day the King will finally have his Bowl Movement Not Only Does Elvis Live, But He Loves Him Some Alley Action? ---
**Author:** ![Cinebar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Cinebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinebar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/16 "2010-07-29T01:11:50Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > What’s a church revival? Something Neil Diamond wrote a song about called “Hot August Night.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/17 "2010-07-29T01:17:18Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > I went for Church Revival, on the grounds that it’s probably unconscious if not dead. > > > [@](#): > > > > Its the Day the King will finally have his Bowl Movement > > Not Only Does Elvis Live, But He Loves Him Some Alley Action? Not only do I not type quickly, I do not type correctly either. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/18 "2010-07-29T01:32:47Z")
I’m voting revival, because I live in SW MO, and it’s ALWAYS a revival here. Whatever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/19 "2010-07-29T01:36:42Z")
> [@Cinebar](#): > > > [@Cunctator](#): > > > > What’s a church revival? > > Something Neil Diamond wrote a song about called “Hot August Night.” It’s actually [“Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmP43qsAXvk). It’s a way for people to renew their faith, to revive the Christian spirit in themselves (I’ve only heard of Christian revivals). It’s also a way for churches and/or traveling preachers to make gobs of money, and for evangelical Christians to show their faith. As others said, they’re frequently held in August, in tents. Remember, some sects consider or considered going to just about any entertainments such as movies or concerts to be sinful, so this was a way of having a sanctioned event with some socializing. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384/20 "2010-07-29T01:38:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > can’t speak for your neighbor, but I’ll hijack long enough to say I’m getting married that day. :):):):):)Go Procrustus!:):):)🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-neighbor-have-an-orange-sign-with-8-15-10/548384.md?page=2)