# Why Grant's Tomb? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464 "2011-11-10T02:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/41 "2011-11-11T14:06:46Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > . . .When does this fucking moron actually get reined in, or given a warning for all the asinine bullshit, and for refusal to obey mod instructions? Hopefully never. As long as he/she is around, my questions actually seem coherent and articulate. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/42 "2011-11-11T14:51:29Z")
I am fully on board with John Mace with this pitting. Posters who start inane threads should be slapped, humiliated and probably fined. Um. No, on second thought, strike that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/43 "2011-11-12T12:25:40Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Am I seriously being whooshed? No, you’re being Maced. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/44 "2011-11-12T18:55:25Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The most important question is: who’s buried in it? That’s a hard one. Must be a trick question 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/45 "2011-11-12T18:57:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Keith Moon is. (Deader than the toilets he used to blow up) He’s just resting. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/46 "2011-11-15T01:07:16Z")
Can someone explain what [See Spot run](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14463450#post14463450) means? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/47 "2011-11-15T01:23:54Z")
Maybe English isn’t his mother tongue. Maybe Earth isn’t his mother planet. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/48 "2011-11-15T01:26:52Z")
**Jinx** lists his occupation as engineering. It boggles the mind. I hope he doesn’t work on anything that is critical to public safety. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/49 "2011-11-15T01:39:01Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > **Jinx** lists his occupation as engineering. It boggles the mind. I hope he doesn’t work on anything that is critical to public safety. My guess is that he sits at the controls of a nuclear power plant. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/50 "2011-11-15T03:19:20Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The most important question is: who’s buried in it? Nobody. [picks teeth] ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/51 "2011-11-15T18:30:12Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The most important question is: who’s buried in it? your mom ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/52 "2011-11-16T16:32:56Z")
Not everyone knows that Grant’s tomb has three levels. There are two underground levels, with an elevator running between them. I know this because a friend of mine helped install the elevators. He was down in the lower level working on installing the faceplace for the UP/DOWN buttons. He only needed one and realized that it wasn’t in his toolkit. He turned around and encountered a short, stocky man with a beard who was glowing slightly. He said, “Wow. Are you a ghost?” The figure said, “Yes. As a matter of fact, I am the ghost of Ulysses Grant. May I be of assistance to you?” My buddy said, “Great! As long as you’re Grant’s, [get me an UP](http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/4864156291/).” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/53 "2011-11-16T18:29:56Z")
WTG, **Clothahump**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464/54 "2011-11-18T20:55:25Z")
\ Thank you. I just couldn’t let that one go by. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-grants-tomb/602464.md?page=2)