# 1920s Style Death Ray: I Burning Your Dog **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741 "2003-09-05T16:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/1 "2003-09-05T16:15:04Z")
Sorry. Couldn’t resist combining these two recently developed catch phrases. You may recognize these gems from such classic threads as “[rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=203185)” and “[Are scalar weapons for real?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202225)”. I get endless joy from in-jokes and pop culture references so I was unable to not make this thread. Still, gluttony is no excuse for not living up to the implied promise in this thread’s title. Being as such, I will now move on to dropping a backdraft on this particular K-9: :_clears throat_: Hey! You! 1920s Style Death Ray, you say? Yeah, right. I got your 1920s Style Death Ray RIGHT HERE! _If_ you catch my meaning. And this aint your momma’s 1920s style death ray either. As a matter of fact 1920s is possessive. I know a guy we call **1920** , and he has a Style Death Ray, and he just used it on all of you. As far as styles go: you biatches now have none. You would know that 1920s was possessive if we had not [banned the apostrophe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=203842), which admittedly was pretty good at indicating the possessive. Now, you may say to yourself that none of this makes much sense, but I laugh in your general direction, because that is all part of the show when you burning they dogs. You can prance around with your 1920s Style Death Ray all you like, but will you be prancing when there is nothing to prance about? Hmmm? Will you be prancing _then_? That’s what I thought. Consider your chocolate lab spontaneously combusted you damn dirty apes. Now then, please feel free to step up in agreement or, if you are the simple-minded type, to actually defend 1920s Style Death Rays. I ask only that in each post you include at least one gratuitous pop culture reference (be it a blatant OR veiled reference). Said reference can be from any Movie, TV Show, Book, Infomercial, Straight to Video Steven Segal vehicle, or Play. The only exception is that no one may use “The Knights who Say Ni!” reference. That would be nonsensical at this point. Thank you very much. As a disclaimer I will add that we are not responsible in any of your belonging. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/2 "2003-09-05T16:23:44Z")
What did \*\*[Ray](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=16959) \*\* ever do to you? ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/3 "2003-09-05T16:34:21Z")
Let us just say that he was involved in a homicide - the particulars of which were reminiscent of a certain decade which was known to be roaring. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/4 "2003-09-05T16:37:05Z")
All I have to ask is if 1920s Death Rays ever jump the shark will we finally have sharks with frigging 1920s Death Rays on their heads? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/5 "2003-09-05T16:48:19Z")
I don’t know if the Kilbracken Shark Mount kits ever made it into production. I’ll have to check my sources. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/6 "2003-09-05T17:02:37Z")
But, assuming Batman was prepared, who would win in a celebrity death-cage-match: Fonzie, Dr. Evil, or Dr. Who? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/7 "2003-09-05T17:04:16Z")
The Doctor from _Dr. Who_. “Doctor Who” isn’t his bloody name. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/8 "2003-09-05T17:09:16Z")
Damn. I guess that changes the whole meaning of the famous Abbot and Costello bit “_Dr. Who’s on first?_” ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/9 "2003-09-05T17:15:29Z")
And yet another cliche dons a leather jacket and rides the motorcycle of overuse over the foam rubber sharks of popularity, landing safely on the other side of so ten minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/10 "2003-09-05T17:21:11Z")
That’s TWO cliches, buddy. Jeez. I’m getting too old for this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/11 "2003-09-05T17:24:41Z")
I wish people would stop borrowing my Death Ray… ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/12 "2003-09-05T17:27:24Z")
Sorry, I was possessed. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/13 "2003-09-05T17:28:29Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays.” ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/14 "2003-09-05T17:31:32Z")
We are gonna ban the quotation marks next so you better enjoy using them while you still can. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/15 "2003-09-05T17:33:18Z")
Its a shame about Ray ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/16 "2003-09-05T17:35:12Z")
You want the truth about 1920s style death rays? You CAN’T HANDLE the truth about 1920s style death rays! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/17 "2003-09-05T17:35:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*Damn. I guess that changes the whole meaning of the famous Abbot and Costello bit “_Dr. Who’s on first?_” \*\* BOO!!! **beats dalovindj senseless with his own death ray** ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/18 "2003-09-05T17:41:15Z")
Ya know, I don’t think that “1920s” is possessive. The death rays don’t belong to the decade. I think it’s a plural because we’re talking about all ten years of the nineteen-twenties. But apostrophes _should_ be used to indicate missing letters. Unfortunately, I can’t think of a good example off the top of my head, **dalovin’dj**. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/19 "2003-09-05T17:41:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Its a shame about Ray It’s his own fault really. The stone under his desk was just a rock in the box. Engraved? It wasn’t even real! > [@](#): > > BOO!!! > > _beats dalovindj senseless with his own death ray_ That one was pretty bad. I guess I deserve any physically induced loss of cognition that occurs as a result. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741/20 "2003-09-05T18:06:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Ya know, I don’t think that “1920s” is possessive. The death rays don’t belong to the decade. I think it’s a plural because we’re talking about all ten years of the nineteen-twenties. That would be all well and good, but I was referring to the Style Death weapon (a ray gun type of thing) which my man **1920** likes to sport. He helps me when I’m torching poodles. He takes aim and destroys your style, even when it’s only set on stun. Dalovin’ Dj [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-style-death-ray-i-burning-your-dog/199741.md?page=2)