# Without Googling, do you know who I'm talking about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368 "2011-07-17T19:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/41 "2011-07-18T19:47:17Z")
Yup, but I was going to the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities at the time. It was everywhere in the news. Still haunts me - such a horrible thing, and they didn’t find him even though the family did everything they could. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/42 "2011-07-18T20:02:06Z")
No. Lived in Oklahoma in the 80’s and California now. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/43 "2011-07-18T20:20:22Z")
No. Resident of the Carolinas all my life. Also, when I’ve played that “name game” (if it’s the one I’m thinking of), I’ve called it [Botticelli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_%28game%29). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/44 "2011-07-18T20:54:54Z")
Florida, never heard of him, even with your spoilered hint it rings no bells. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/45 "2011-07-18T22:34:18Z")
Never heard of him. Lived in California all my life. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/46 "2011-07-18T23:38:07Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > No. Resident of the Carolinas all my life. > > Also, when I’ve played that “name game” (if it’s the one I’m thinking of), I’ve called it [Botticelli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_%28game%29). Doesn’t sound the same at all. Ours is pretty simple. One starts by saying, for example, Christopher Reeve. Then the next person says, you know, “Richard Gere” or something. Next person: Gina Torres. Then Terry Bradshaw, Brittany Spears, Sally Field, Freddie Mercury, etc. If one gets stuck on a letter we’ll give each other hints, which is really the funny part. Last time he got stuck on B (because I’ve declared that “Boris Yeltsin” is no longer allowed) I started singing “Wind Beneath My Wings” and he looked at me like I’m insane and said “WTF is that supposed to mean?” Apparently he’s never seen Beaches… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/47 "2011-07-18T23:45:14Z")
Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/48 "2011-07-18T23:51:12Z")
Yes, I’m from the VA area. The only reason I know though is I was reading about Michelle Bachmann on Wikipedia, which led me to Patty Wetterling’s page. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/49 "2011-07-19T11:03:26Z")
New York City, never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368/50 "2011-07-19T12:21:37Z")
Never heard of him. I do, however, remember [Etan Patz](http://nymag.com/news/features/56441/). I’m a year younger, and we were living a few blocks away when he disappeared. Let’s just say that my parents never let me walk to the school bus by myself after that for as long as we lived in New York. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-do-you-know-who-im-talking-about/589368.md?page=2)