# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/21 "2009-08-02T21:07:58Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Good idea. > > TAX PORPOISES! Dolphinately. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/22 "2009-08-03T01:15:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > He fell out of a window. Beware – I got warned, briefly, for mentioning that 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/23 "2009-08-03T15:55:58Z")
Actually, after several days of seeing this headline, I finally realized that it’s Graeco-Yiddish dialect for “Callipygia”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/24 "2009-08-03T16:41:58Z")
I’ve had green olives stuffed with: pimientos, almonds, blue cheese, feta cheese, jalapeno peppers, garlic, anchovies. What’s left to stuff an olive with? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/25 "2009-08-03T16:47:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had green olives stuffed with: > pimientos, almonds, blue cheese, feta cheese, jalapeno peppers, garlic, anchovies. > > What’s left to stuff an olive with? Dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/26 "2009-08-03T18:09:56Z")
Dolls have fins? Sounds fishy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/27 "2009-08-03T18:14:31Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > Dolls have fins? Sounds fishy to me. And clams got legs. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/28 "2009-08-03T19:20:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had green olives stuffed with: > pimientos, almonds, blue cheese, feta cheese, jalapeno peppers, garlic, anchovies. > > What’s left to stuff an olive with? Popeye ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/29 "2009-08-03T19:47:49Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Popeye Win. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/30 "2009-08-03T23:30:46Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Popeye Game, set, match. ---
**Author:** ![Jerseyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Jerseyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerseyman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/31 "2009-08-04T01:25:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve had green olives stuffed with: > pimientos, almonds, blue cheese, feta cheese, jalapeno peppers, garlic, anchovies. > > What’s left to stuff an olive with? Frogspawn ---
**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 4, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/32 "2009-08-04T03:01:47Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Popeye Agagagagagagaga! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/33 "2009-08-04T14:58:09Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Popeye Well, blow me down! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856/34 "2009-10-28T07:09:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Agagagagagagaga! “I’m strong to the finich Cause that isn’t spinach I’m Popeye, the blue pill fan!” If you experience massive forearms for more than four hours, contact a physician. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-eutychus/504856.md?page=1)