Care to guess?
HotRodia
12-09-2006, 22:14
My location, that is.
Since Dinaverg insisted on guessing (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11673270&postcount=8), I thought I'd give folks a fair chance to do it without spamming up another thread.
What are your guesses as to my location, and what reasons do you have for guessing it?
Edwardis
12-09-2006, 22:33
My location, that is.
Since Dinaverg insisted on guessing (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11673270&postcount=8), I thought I'd give folks a fair chance to do it without spamming up another thread.
What are your guesses as to my location, and what reasons do you have for guessing it?
New York City. Why? For the heck of it.
Pure Metal
12-09-2006, 22:34
a small village in Shropshire.
Drunk commies deleted
12-09-2006, 22:37
Ong's Hat, NJ? Why? Why not.
Philosopy
12-09-2006, 22:37
An invitation to spam by a Mod? :eek:
Rtaliiia (or whatever he's called) will be up in arms when he returns!
I heard you were in Texas, although where I heard that I don't know.
Cannot think of a name
12-09-2006, 22:37
Texas
Dinaverg
12-09-2006, 22:38
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
Woohoo! I caused an event! I have influence on the world around me!
On the muddy banks of the wishkah? I have no idea....
Your region is Texas, do you live there in real life? Quite possibly I say. :)
My location, that is.
Since Dinaverg insisted on guessing (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11673270&postcount=8), I thought I'd give folks a fair chance to do it without spamming up another thread.
What are your guesses as to my location, and what reasons do you have for guessing it?
Intercourse, PA
Hell, MI
IL Ruffino
12-09-2006, 22:41
South West USA.
Lunatic Goofballs
12-09-2006, 22:45
Nationwise, definitely either the USA or Japan. Based on the time of day, I'm guessing the USA.
As for where in the USA...
...hmm...
East of the Mississippi...
...
North of the Mason-Dixon line OR possibly Florida.
...
I'm guessing: Boston, Massachusetts.
Big Jim P
12-09-2006, 22:46
Texas, near or in Houston.
Sumamba Buwhan
12-09-2006, 22:49
If I get it in three guesses you wont take my first born right?
1. Chicago
2. New York
3. Los Angeles
Dorstfeld
12-09-2006, 22:54
Diego Garcia
OcceanDrive
12-09-2006, 23:43
east coast. :cool:
Erastide
12-09-2006, 23:58
La la land?
Girlsandboys
12-09-2006, 23:58
Toronto.
Well, since there's only two kinds of people in this world (Texans and those who want to be), there must obviously be only two possible locations: Texas, or wanting to be there.
Your region is Texas, do you live there in real life? Quite possibly I say. :)
Is there any other region of consequence?
Grainne Ni Malley
13-09-2006, 00:58
I'm going to go with somewhere around San Antonio, TX.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 00:58
New York City. Why? For the heck of it.
Wrong.
a small village in Shropshire.
Also wrong.
Ong's Hat, NJ? Why? Why not.
Ew, no.
Baltimore, MD.
Why not.
Nope.
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
Woohoo! I caused an event! I have influence on the world around me!
You're still wrong, though. :p
Intercourse, PA
Hell, MI
Good choices for novelty value, but still wrong.
South West USA.
Nope.
Nationwise, definitely either the USA or Japan. Based on the time of day, I'm guessing the USA.
As for where in the USA...
...hmm...
East of the Mississippi...
...
North of the Mason-Dixon line OR possibly Florida.
...
I'm guessing: Boston, Massachusetts.
Definitely not.
Texas, near or in Houston.
I lived there until I was 18, but I'm not currently living there. Nice to see you, though, Jim. :)
All Texas guesses are wrong.
If I get it in three guesses you wont take my first born right?
1. Chicago
2. New York
3. Los Angeles
One of those is relatively close.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 00:59
Diego Garcia
Nah.
east coast. :cool:
Um...no.
La la land?
Mentally, yes. Physically, no. :p
Toronto.
No. I have friends in that area though.
Well, since there's only two kinds of people in this world (Texans and those who want to be), there must obviously be only two possible locations: Texas, or wanting to be there.
Currently wanting to be back there. :(
Erastide
13-09-2006, 01:06
Mentally, yes. Physically, no. :p
Well, true. But I know the physical part already, have to assess the mental state. ;)
Bodies Without Organs
13-09-2006, 01:14
Intensive care, following a traumatic and frankly quite embarassing misuse of your newly found mod-superpowers?
The Black Forrest
13-09-2006, 01:27
Ahm?
West Coast
Seattle!
Mikesburg
13-09-2006, 01:37
Detroit.
My guess as well. Your name stems from your love of cars, and you're from the Motor City.
AB Again
13-09-2006, 01:41
East Lansing. :eek:
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 01:52
Well, true. But I know the physical part already, have to assess the mental state. ;)
Insanity isn't required in a Moderator, but it helps. :cool:
Intensive care, following a traumatic and frankly quite embarassing misuse of your newly found mod-superpowers?
Nice one! But oh so wrong.
Ahm?
West Coast
Seattle!
No, but got a friend living there.
My guess as well. Your name stems from your love of cars, and you're from the Motor City.
Nope. And I'm not living there currently either.
(Read back through the earlier posts to see where I grew up.)
In front of a monitor
This guess has been studiously ignored. I call shenanigans
Bodies Without Organs
13-09-2006, 02:10
Wearing an orange jumpsuit and a bag over your head whilst incarcerated in Camp X-Ray?
***
This thread strangely reminds me of the Monty Python Olympic Hide'n'Seek sketch.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 02:20
East Lansing. :eek:
Wow. Certainly not.
This guess has been studiously ignored. I call shenanigans
;)
Wearing an orange jumpsuit and a bag over your head whilst incarcerated in Camp X-Ray?
***
This thread strangely reminds me of the Monty Python Olympic Hide'n'Seek sketch.
Another good guess, but no. :)
Big Jim P
13-09-2006, 04:59
Hotrodia: Once a Texan, always a Texan, no matter where you might be living at the moment. Hell, I'm in New York now.
*btw belated congrats on your modship.*
Republica de Tropico
13-09-2006, 05:02
San Diego, California!
Zexaland
13-09-2006, 05:05
The 13th floor?
Purgatario?
Directly under the Earth's sun?
Dobbsworld
13-09-2006, 05:10
He's a surface-dweller, that much is certain.
*reclines in zero-gee webbing, stroking chin thoughtfully*
Big Jim P
13-09-2006, 05:12
He's a surface-dweller, that much is certain.
*reclines in zero-gee webbing, stroking chin thoughtfully*
Not since he became a mod.:D *Jokeing*
Sumamba Buwhan
13-09-2006, 07:31
You are from an outer suburb of Chicago and you love a good gangster suit.
Ok, how about D.C.? Being in close proximity to politicians drives you to vent on NSG. :)
Jello Biafra
13-09-2006, 13:32
Hm. Reasonably close to L.A., Chicago, and New York.
Not in SW U.S., so unless you're Mexican, close to L.A. is out.
Not in Detroit, so probably not Chicago.
Was offended by some small town in New Jersey...but not New Jersey because not East Coast.
I'll say...Albany, NY.
JobbiNooner
13-09-2006, 14:19
What are your guesses as to my location, and what reasons do you have for guessing it?
5th grade?
Why? Because you have a Transformer for your avatar. :P
I think I was in 2nd grade when that movie came out... It was cool. :D
Well, since there's only two kinds of people in this world (Texans and those who want to be), there must obviously be only two possible locations: Texas, or wanting to be there.
Only two things come from Texas, and I don't see no horns on you.
IL Ruffino
13-09-2006, 14:42
Teh interweb?
Dorstfeld
13-09-2006, 16:42
San Francisco
...NOT southwest...Milwaukee?
Republica de Tropico
13-09-2006, 17:01
San Francisco
That was gonna be my second guess but he didn't seem fruity or nutty enough.
I'm still guessing CA since its the most populated state and therefore the most likely one.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 18:14
Hotrodia: Once a Texan, always a Texan, no matter where you might be living at the moment. Hell, I'm in New York now.
*btw belated congrats on your modship.*
Thanks!
San Diego, California!
No.
The 13th floor?
Purgatario?
Directly under the Earth's sun?
All wrong, but I like the second answer.
He's a surface-dweller, that much is certain.
*reclines in zero-gee webbing, stroking chin thoughtfully*
You crack me up, Dobbs. :D
You are from an outer suburb of Chicago and you love a good gangster suit.
No, but I'm closer to Chicago than any of the other guesses so far.
Ok, how about D.C.? Being in close proximity to politicians drives you to vent on NSG. :)
Good thinking. But thankfully, I'm not in close proximity to them. :p
Hm. Reasonably close to L.A., Chicago, and New York.
Not in SW U.S., so unless you're Mexican, close to L.A. is out.
Not in Detroit, so probably not Chicago.
Was offended by some small town in New Jersey...but not New Jersey because not East Coast.
I'll say...Albany, NY.
No, but pretty good reasoning effort.
5th grade?
Why? Because you have a Transformer for your avatar. :P
I think I was in 2nd grade when that movie came out... It was cool. :D
I was..well...nevermind.
Cybertron, PA
Um...no. :p
Serious answer, knowing nothing about you.. Indianapolis.
Dorstfeld
13-09-2006, 18:16
Gary Indiana
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 18:20
Only two things come from Texas, and I don't see no horns on you.
Maybe you aren't looking carefully.
Teh interweb?
No. I spend time here, but it ain't where I lay my hat.
San Francisco
...NOT southwest...Milwaukee?
Neither of those.
That was gonna be my second guess but he didn't seem fruity or nutty enough.
I'm still guessing CA since its the most populated state and therefore the most likely one.
I ain't in Cali.
KitKat Crescent
13-09-2006, 18:21
Norton-Juxta-Twycross, I think that's in Derbyshire.
Or you're an advanced AI existing only on the binary interweb, Seattle.
Wallonochia
13-09-2006, 18:26
How specific do we have to be? If it's something like Moline, Illinois no one is going to guess it. You could even be like me and live in a town that perhaps 3 or 4 other people on this forum have ever heard of.
KitKat Crescent
13-09-2006, 18:29
If we're about narrowing it down, I don't think country is yet confirmed. Are you in Canada, that's quite close to Chicago but not in any of the regional bits of USA mentioned?
Erm, without knowledge of canadian geography, Toronto?
Philosopy
13-09-2006, 18:29
Des Moines.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 18:33
Serious answer, knowing nothing about you.. Indianapolis.
That's the closest so far.
Gary Indiana
Nope. Got the right state, though.
Norton-Juxta-Twycross, I think that's in Derbyshire.
Or you're an advanced AI existing only on the binary interweb, Seattle.
Neither.
How specific do we have to be? If it's something like Moline, Illinois no one is going to guess it. You could even be like me and live in a town that perhaps 3 or 4 other people on this forum have ever heard of.
I'll allow the nearest decent-sized city. The town I live in is too small to be reasonably guessed, and I know that.
If we're about narrowing it down, I don't think country is yet confirmed. Are you in Canada, that's quite close to Chicago but not in any of the regional bits of USA mentioned?
Erm, without knowledge of canadian geography, Toronto?
Not in Canada.
Des Moines.
Nyar.
Philosopy
13-09-2006, 18:35
Nope. Got the right state, though.
Is it written on this map?
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/indiana/graphics/INgeo.jpg
Dorstfeld
13-09-2006, 18:35
Bloomington
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Wallonochia
13-09-2006, 18:35
I'll guess South Bend. I think you're around university age.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 19:17
Is it written on this map?
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/indiana/graphics/INgeo.jpg
Why yes, yes it is.
Bloomington
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
One of those is correct.
I'll guess South Bend. I think you're around university age.
Wrong location. And my age is in the Player Profiles thread stickied at the top of this forum.
Republica de Tropico
13-09-2006, 19:20
I pick Bloomington. Do I get a cookie?
Dorstfeld
13-09-2006, 19:28
Ft Wayne
Philosopy
13-09-2006, 19:29
I pick Bloomington. Do I get a cookie?
Ft Wayne
hmm...that leaves me with Terre Haute and Lafayette.
I'll go for... Lafayette.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 19:44
I pick Bloomington. Do I get a cookie?
No cookie for you! :p
Ft Wayne
Nah. Have some good friends there, however.
hmm...that leaves me with Terre Haute and Lafayette.
I'll go for... Lafayette.
No. I like Lafayette, but I don't live nearby.
That leaves you with Terre Haute, which is the closest to where I live. Congratulations.
Sumamba Buwhan
13-09-2006, 19:46
Terre Haute and you are wearing a gangster-looking suit as you read this while on the TV you hear of another instance where a local crack addict has gotten serious burns from molesting a light socket.
That leaves you with Terre Haute, which is the closest to where I live. Congratulations.
Terre Haute and you are wearing a gangster-looking suit as you read this while on the TV you hear of another instance where a local crack addict has gotten serious burns from molesting a light socket.
To think my mother wanted to move us to Terre Haute.
*shakes head sadly*
Shazbotdom
13-09-2006, 20:11
Hmmmmm...
HR, is Rockville close to you? That and have you visited Turkey Run State park? It's a nice place...
Slaughterhouse five
13-09-2006, 20:42
i submit the following
Baghdad, Iraq (because its a place)
some science station on antarctica (because its a place)
under a bridge (right next door to my box) (because its a place)
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 21:45
Hmmmmm...
HR, is Rockville close to you? That and have you visited Turkey Run State park? It's a nice place...
I've been to both Rockville (45 minute drive) and Turkey Run. I enjoyed Turkey Run, but wasn't impressed with Rockville.
Terre Haute and you are wearing a gangster-looking suit as you read this while on the TV you hear of another instance where a local crack addict has gotten serious burns from molesting a light socket.
I don't wear suits, and I rarely watch TV.
Philosopy
13-09-2006, 21:47
That leaves you with Terre Haute, which is the closest to where I live. Congratulations.
I can't exactly say I have any more idea about where you live now than I did before, except for the fact I know a place name now. :p
Soviestan
13-09-2006, 21:56
I'm gonna go with Terra Haute, IN.
No cookie for you! :p
Nah. Have some good friends there, however.
No. I like Lafayette, but I don't live nearby.
That leaves you with Terre Haute, which is the closest to where I live. Congratulations.
Spiffy, I was born in Terre Haute, my brother lives up there. Not a bad town. I personally live down in Washington, 86 miles south of you.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 22:16
Spiffy, I was born in Terre Haute, my brother lives up there. Not a bad town. I personally live down in Washington, 86 miles south of you.
Small world. :)
Smaller every year it seems. How long have you lived up there? My parents used to run a resturant up there in the early 80s.
HotRodia
13-09-2006, 23:29
Smaller every year it seems. How long have you lived up there? My parents used to run a resturant up there in the early 80s.
It's been four years now. Not nearly long enough to remember the restaurant.
Harlesburg
14-09-2006, 09:49
My location, that is.
Since Dinaverg insisted on guessing (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11673270&postcount=8), I thought I'd give folks a fair chance to do it without spamming up another thread.
What are your guesses as to my location, and what reasons do you have for guessing it?
Um, Spam City?