# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/101 "2004-08-23T02:30:22Z")
I just noticed that someone, who evidently lives in California, has theirs listed as “North of the Manson-Nixon Line”. I thought that was pretty clever. ---
**Author:** ![coop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@coop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coop)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/102 "2004-08-23T03:46:52Z")
My Credit Union actually owns my house but Bank is shorter and fits in better 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/103 "2004-08-23T05:18:37Z")
_sigh_ No, I’ll never get over Macho Grande. My location is accurate (I love how everybody seems to know right away that da Bronx is a borough of NYC) but the phrase comes from a series of books written by a friend of my Dad’s, Lloyd Ultan, called [The Beautiful Bronx.](http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=31686) And I actually live across the street from the huge Van Cortlandt Park, and we have crickets and spring peepers and horseback riding and tall 150-year-old trees and it is quite often beautiful. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/104 "2004-08-23T12:26:33Z")
I was considering “Floating in space” as a reference to The Flaming Lip’s Do you realise? But for now I’ll just stick with this. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/105 "2004-08-23T12:33:21Z")
Mine’s not clever or witty, just a nod to my favorite current show on Broadway. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/106 "2004-08-23T12:43:59Z")
Mine’s from a successful poll I started about how far everyone currently lives from the place they were born. My favorite is Tapioca Dextrin’s ‘Staring blankly at my GPS’, and I do enjoy seeing clever entries rather than factual entries. As has been said here, a poster’s location is not generally anyone’s business. If it is relevant to the thread it usually gets mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/107 "2004-08-23T15:27:45Z")
I am the original \*\*location: location: location \*\* member, but I switch it when the are issues about language colloquialisms and other geo-sensitive subjects. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/108 "2004-08-23T16:46:32Z")
I would just like to state, for the record, that I had mulled over my location field contents for some time before actually creating it. When I had myself fairly convinced that no other poster had used this most obvious joke, I decided to save it to my profile. Having then patted myself on the back for being such a clever little wit, only then did I start noticing that every other poster and his uncle was using the same thing. I truly felt embarassed. So I was going to change it. But then I thought, “Hey, I thought of it first, why shouldn’t I keep it? Plus, I’m lazy. Besides, woah, isn’t it lunch time? See you suckas later, I’m getting ham!\*” \*Paraphrased. It may have actually been salami. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/109 "2004-08-23T21:36:15Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > _sigh_ No, I’ll never get over Macho Grande. > > My location is accurate (I love how everybody seems to know right away that da Bronx is a borough of NYC) but the phrase comes from a series of books written by a friend of my Dad’s, Lloyd Ultan, called [The Beautiful Bronx.](http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=31686) And I actually live across the street from the huge Van Cortlandt Park, and we have crickets and spring peepers and horseback riding and tall 150-year-old trees and it is quite often beautiful. 😃 You also have “the nations biggest and best” high school cross country meet once a year. I was thinking of changing my name to Mr. Man-frin-gin-son just to have 2 stupid movie references with a theme. I too vote for the kingdom of butter. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/110 "2004-08-23T22:27:37Z")
I always thought that **Qadgop** ’s location also referenced his handle – that a “mercotan” was some kind of mollusk-like creature that attaches itself to ship’s hulls, like a barnacle; yet slithers, unlike a barnacle. No, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about Qadgop. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/111 "2004-08-23T23:15:09Z")
I like my location, but we shouldn’t have even stopped here in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/112 "2004-08-23T23:18:49Z")
**Mangetout** ’s “The Kingdom of Butter” always makes me hungry … As you can see, I’m honest … and _very_ literal. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![altiod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@altiod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/altiod)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/113 "2004-08-24T17:45:05Z")
Hey, it’s my future temporary location. The tag doesn’t say _current_ location. I’ll be moving to Bangkok, Thailand in a month. So it’s 27 hours in economy class: JFK to Anchorage, Anchorage to Taipei, Taipei to Bangkok. Oh, and Thailand is rather warm. ---
**Author:** ![Firx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Firx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Firx)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/114 "2004-08-26T01:35:35Z")
I’ve been waiting _years_ for someone to pick up the references in my name and location - I don’t think this is an opportunity I can pass up. In the end I’ll 'fess up; but for now, anyone get it? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/115 "2004-08-26T01:57:25Z")
I like **Silver Fire** ’s location. A lot. A lotty lotty lot. Lots. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209/116 "2004-08-26T02:09:51Z")
1. … And The Gods Made Love 2. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) 3. Crosstown Traffic 4. Voodoo Chile 5. Little Miss Strange 6. Long Hot Summer Night 7. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) 8. Gypsy Eyes 9. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 10. Rainy Day, Dream Away 11. 1983 … (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) 12. Moon, Turn The Tides … Gently Gently Away 13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming 14. House Burning Down 15. All Along The Watchtower 16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) If the mountains fell in the sea, let it be, it ain’t me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wittiest-location-byline/260209.md?page=5)