# Wittiest "location" byline? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209 "2004-08-17T05:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/41 "2004-08-17T20:51:35Z")
> [@kung fu lola](#): > > It’s because I can be a real dick. Ah. But only to men… unless… for women… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Limbo\_Donni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Limbo\_Donni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limbo_Donni)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/42 "2004-08-17T21:04:52Z")
There’s a poster at Fathom named Snow and her location is _North of here_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/43 "2004-08-17T21:15:06Z")
Mine’s just a continuation of the song’s lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/44 "2004-08-17T22:17:21Z")
There was somebody who had “work-tube-bed-tube-work” as a location. At first I thought that he had a Dilbertesque job and worked in a tube, then crammed into a sleep tube. Later I realized he probably meant London. :smack: ---
**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:** [August 17, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/45 "2004-08-17T22:36:56Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > I like one I saw today I liked. Can’t remember who but it said > > “Staring at my GPS” Close, but no banana 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/46 "2004-08-17T22:47:02Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > I would like mine better if I didn’t have to shorten it to fit into the edit window. Yeah, me too. My actual location is “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38 degrees 54’ N, Longitude 77 degrees 00’ 13” W". Also, I wish keyboards came standard with cents signs and little degrees circles. Harlan Ellison? Who’s Harlan Ellison? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/47 "2004-08-17T22:57:36Z")
Dunno, I like mine… but I doubt I’m the first to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/48 "2004-08-17T22:57:52Z")
Mine is not meant to be witty or clever, it’s a local nickname for Panama City Beach, Florida. My favorite would have to be **Qadgop the Mercotan** ’s. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/49 "2004-08-17T23:07:26Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > I get it. It proves that you can’t pick your neighbors. Actually we moved here after they did. But maybe that’s what you meant.😛 Meanwhile, I just found out that the sweet young woman who has been going door to door passing out info about a fundraiser for a family that lost the father in a mugging gone bad is the girl who killed Buddy the Presidential Chocolate Lab. She lives a few streets over. Nice girl, really. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/50 "2004-08-17T23:16:50Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > I wish keyboards came standard with cents signs and little degrees circles. They do. Hold down your ALT key and while holding it down, type 155 on the numeric keypad. Now release the ALT key. You should get a “¢”. (If you didn’t get it, then make sure your num lock is ON. And that you’re using the numpad. Oh, and make sure you’re using a PC…) Now hold down the ALT key and type 248 on the numpad, then release ALT… You should get a “°”. Those and lots more [here](http://www.cdrummond.qc.ca/cegep/informat/Professeurs/Alain/files/ascii.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Silocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Silocke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silocke)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/51 "2004-08-17T23:20:19Z")
OK I give up. What’s so clever about Ultrafilter’s location? I get the quirkeness of the others but this one has just stumped me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/52 "2004-08-17T23:23:27Z")
Take the space between “pen” and “island” and move it between “Is” and “land”. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/53 "2004-08-18T00:26:21Z")
A few months ago somebody popped up with “Location: BEHIND YOU!” which cracked me up. I’ve seen a few ripoffs since then, though, which diluted the joke. But for a few minutes I wish I’d thought of it first. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/54 "2004-08-18T01:19:54Z")
On another board I visit are members called **what** and **tom Vail**. Unfortunately, their locations are not “Second Base” nor “Nowhere, man.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/55 "2004-08-18T01:36:11Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > They do. > > Hold down your ALT key and while holding it down, type 155 on the numeric keypad. Now release the ALT key. You should get a “¢”. > > (If you didn’t get it, then make sure your num lock is ON. And that you’re using the numpad. Oh, and make sure you’re using a PC…) > > Now hold down the ALT key and type 248 on the numpad, then release ALT… You should get a “°”. > > Those and lots more [here](http://www.cdrummond.qc.ca/cegep/informat/Professeurs/Alain/files/ascii.htm). Cool. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/56 "2004-08-18T04:01:04Z")
While clearly not the wittiest, I bet mine is the only Location that is also a Slayer reference. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/57 "2004-08-18T04:21:56Z")
Mine will get you within 30 meters of my home. But then again, you have to pick the _correct_ apartment. Any incorrect choices may lead to a severe tonguelashing by the occupant. Tripler If I see anyone wandering around looking relatively clueless, I’ll be sure to stop and say “howdy”. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/58 "2004-08-18T04:41:20Z")
I thought of changing mine after several people asked me if SPOOFE is my son’s father (he’s not), but I decided not to. I wouldn’t know what to change it to anyway. My favorite is also “Behind you!” ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/59 "2004-08-18T05:10:16Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s just a double entendre based on a former poster’s habit of of posting that she wasn’t wearing any pants. Most (all?) of the people that have ever commented on it have taken the it to mean something more … intimate (which is intended) when I actually mean it to be that I’m wearing her pants. > > Nothing profound or probably the least bit amusing to anyone other than me but I like it. Uh oh, I habitually post without wearing pants… ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/60 "2004-08-18T05:46:31Z")
I wanted to enter a clever (well, consider the source) location, but the two I thought of seemed obvious enough that I’d just be parroting someone else, so I skipped it. But now that I’ve been here a while, does anyone recognize either: 1. **Out of the Frying Pan** , or 2. **Beyond the Pale**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209.md?page=4)