# Why "Eutychus"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856 "2009-07-31T10:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Senor-Rhetor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@The\_Senor-Rhetor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Senor-Rhetor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/1 "2009-07-31T10:31:29Z")
Dear SDSAB, I must know why the replier was listed as “Eutychus,” since it is obvious that no one these days has that name. I am moderately familiar with the story in Saint Paul, but also with a story in the Latin textbook I teach from. I cannot deduce any connection to olives from either. And in case someone actually IS named Eutychus, please accept my simpering apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/2 "2009-07-31T11:04:45Z")
It’s his username from the message board. The Señor-Rhetor, meet [Eutychus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/3 "2009-07-31T12:41:26Z")
Hiya! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/4 "2009-07-31T14:19:07Z")
Which staff report is under discussion?? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/5 "2009-07-31T14:24:10Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Hiya! Why are you named Eutychus?! (:)) ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/6 "2009-07-31T15:10:09Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Which staff report is under discussion?? Coming to a Straight Dope Homepage near you on Tuesday next: [Why is it that green olives come in glass jars but black olives come in cans?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2885/why-is-it-that-green-olives-come-in-glass-jars-but-black-olives-come-in-cans). ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/7 "2009-07-31T15:38:24Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Why are you named Eutychus?! > > (:)) Why not? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/8 "2009-07-31T16:17:37Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Hiya! I thought you were dead! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/9 "2009-07-31T17:02:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought you were dead! No, but somebody should work on correcting that. The pun at the end of that column should be a capital crime. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/10 "2009-07-31T17:26:23Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > No, but somebody should work on correcting that. The pun at the end of that column should be a capital crime. > > 😉 I just looked at it. I’m with you. Start a fund, I’ll put some money in it. _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/11 "2009-07-31T18:25:50Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > No, but somebody should work on correcting that. The pun at the end of that column should be a capital crime. I’ll correct it. As the enquiry comes from Olive Newton John, the pun should in fact read: ‘And that’s, olive, what I know’. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/12 "2009-07-31T19:03:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought you were dead! I got better. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/13 "2009-07-31T19:11:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought you were dead! > [@Eutychus](#): > > I got better. I thought it was for tax purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/14 "2009-07-31T19:55:12Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I thought it was for tax purposes. Good idea. TAX PORPOISES! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/15 "2009-08-01T00:15:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought you were dead! > [@Eutychus](#): > > I got better. > [@runner pat](#): > > I thought it was for tax purposes. Hmm… can you process hotblack olives in jars? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/16 "2009-08-01T00:36:29Z")
I find it funny that the OP questions Euty’s name, but not Olive Newton John… ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/17 "2009-08-01T08:40:57Z")
Round here, black olives do come in [jars](http://www.doncarlos.ie/index_files/Page311.htm). I’ve never bought them in a can. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/18 "2009-08-01T12:56:23Z")
And in Spain, both come in cans. It’s just Tradition, I imagine… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/19 "2009-08-02T20:03:43Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > I got better. Were you a newt, then? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/20 "2009-08-02T20:52:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a newt, then? He fell out of a window. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856.md?page=2)