# And now Fenris... You will die **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862 "2001-07-26T16:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/41 "2001-07-27T04:12:17Z")
Only 2, 5, and 6 remain unanswered correctly. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/42 "2001-07-27T04:38:34Z")
**6. Explain the significance of the quadratic equation in plain english** The quadratic equation is used to find the two solutions (whether or not they’re real numbers) to a given quadratic (AX^2 + BX + C) equation. Sometimes the two solutions are the same number (for example, 0). If you’re going for something other than this, or if this is unacceptable, I can further explain it in email. 1. There are four movies named “Cobra.” The different versions were in 1925, 1980, 1981 and 1986. I think the one you’re looking for is the '86 version with Stallone as the Cure (Marion Cobretti) and Andrew Robinson as Detective Monte. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/43 "2001-07-27T05:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Scylla_ > You are wasting your time trying to find flaws in my questions. Are we really? As **iampunha** pointed out, there are a number of versions of _Cobra_. Just in case the one you’re thinking of is the Sylvester Stallone one from 1986, the villian was “The Night-Slasher,” played by Brian Thompson. In the film, he dies by being tossed into a furnace or a foundry or somesuch. Very painful, and something that fits the end of a Stallone movie. That takes care of Question Number 5. **Fenris** , you’re gonna owe me a beer for all this. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/44 "2001-07-27T06:13:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*Oh **Scylla** , you’ver reminded me of a terribly funny inside joke. > > “I love you” > “Yeah, I know, I know, but I want you to get down on your _knees_ and tell me you love me!” > > I’m sure that’s not what you meant though… \*\* Grrraaarrrggghhh…I believe what I meant to say was something like this: “I love you” “Yeah, I know, I know, but I want you to get down on your _knees_ and show me you love me!”. Grrr…make more sense now? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/45 "2001-07-27T10:06:24Z")
Actually **'punha** , you just explained the quadratic formula. You need to explain “the” quadratic equation itself. I mean, consider what you said: > [@](#): > > The **quadratic equation** is used to find the two solutions (whether or not they’re real numbers) to a given **quadratic** (AX^2 + BX + C) **equation** In plain English: the quadratic equation describes the effect of varying an input if the output depends on at most terms of the second degree of the input. If that isn’t plain enough, how about saying that the quadratic equation describes mathematical situations equivalent to a ball in flight. pan ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/46 "2001-07-27T10:35:16Z")
Fenris. You are so screwed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/47 "2001-07-27T11:54:36Z")
It is of course the Sylvester Stallone **Cobra** I’m talking about. That’s not how Brian died. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/48 "2001-07-27T12:28:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*Finally Fenris, let me warn you that if you do escape from the cage by cheating the questions, I will simply throw somebody else in there to take your place. \*\* Well then, I have no choice. I cannot let someone else take my grim fate. I either re-enter the cage or stay in the cage (depending on who you believe) and hope that someone with better statistical skills than I can answer question #2. The discussion is too wide-ranging…and I don’t see a bunch of questions that have been asked and reasked over and over. I’ve read 3 of the 4 “Gay Guy” threads and the only answer I can come up with is \*\*Esprix’s opening bit: > [@](#): > > “Why are people gay?” “What does top/bottom mean?” “What’s your phone number?”🙂 Fenris, sacrificing himself for the good of mankind. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/49 "2001-07-27T12:39:38Z")
And Brian Thompson played the “Night Slasher” in COBRA, but I can’t remember how he died. But it was set in a foundry so he probably fell into a vat of molten iron, or got caught in machinery or something. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/50 "2001-07-27T12:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*And Brian Thompson played the “Night Slasher” in COBRA, but I can’t remember how he died. But it was set in a foundry so he probably fell into a vat of molten iron, or got caught in machinery or something. > > Fenris \*\* Aargh… This is, of course, _exactly_ what **Spoons** wrote… Being in this cage has reduced my attention span to about 12 secon What were we talking about? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/51 "2001-07-27T12:48:51Z")
I may be a little vague on this, but didn’t the Brian Thompson character get carried into the blast-furnace thing while impaled on a large hook? ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/52 "2001-07-27T13:20:38Z")
[sub]\[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/53 "2001-07-27T14:14:20Z")
Oh **Fenris** , It’s not looking good for you so I had to stop and say how much you will be missed! Do you have your affairs in order? Just in case… Of course, we’re not giving up yet. The dopers are nothing if not relentless in their search ability. We’ve been tracking **Scylla** around the clock and upon your release we’re prepared to take whatever action is necessary to protect your from further attacks. We have a full arsenal of blondes, brunettes and redheads at your disposal. Stay strong! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/54 "2001-07-27T14:17:52Z")
_Give it up, Robespierre, your plan will never work!_ Evil Dr. **Scylla** , surely you must know that the best you can do in this situation is to jettison your escape pod so that you live long enough to say: _You have a nasy habit of surviving, Mr. **Fenris**!!_ Perhaps you would all be best served if you just surrendered now and took your eels and piranha back to the farm, where they could be put to a more useful purpose of protecting Stately Scylla Manor from the Amish. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/55 "2001-07-27T17:27:32Z")
I just had to release a groundhog because I’m still harboring a small grudge over the “Crazy Fenris’ Used Soul Appraisals” thread. After suckering me with his patented Sensitive Fenris[sup]TM[/sup] act, I’ve been lurking here with wounded feelings… waiting … scheming … Nyahhh! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/56 "2001-07-27T18:06:57Z")
944 views and 54 posts with two (or three) questions to go?! Mother of mercy, is _this_ the end of Fenris? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/57 "2001-07-27T18:24:03Z")
Well, I see it’s at 1009 views (1010 now). When and where will services be held, and what kind of beer will be served? Or should I just bring my own? ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/58 "2001-07-27T18:25:40Z")
Tune in next week… Same Fenris time, Same Fenris channel. 'Cept for you, **Fenris**. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/59 "2001-07-27T18:51:42Z")
I tried to help save him. I really did. ☹ Perhaps now we could prevail upon one of our board’s own witches to cast a resurrection spell? Were this to be successful, I think our dear friend **Scylla** might’ve opened a whole can of worms (or eels, as the case may be) that he didn’t expect as the outcome of his little game. Can’t you just see it now? ::All Hail His Holiness, **Fenris** , who has risen from the dead to save our souls!:: Oh my, but this can only get more interesting now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862/60 "2001-07-27T19:02:23Z")
A resurrection ritual, huh? Well… all right. The first thing I need is twelve volunteers to stand with me in Circle and form the boundary between the realms. It wouldn’t hurt to have a nubile virgin for sacrifice, either… The Goat With A Thousand Young likes ‘em. And can somebody show up with at least a shred of Fenris’ earthly remains? Even a nail clipping will do, but more is always better. You guys get ready. I’ll set up here. Let’s see… north is over here… ::setting to work with chalk and reference book of Solomon’s Seals:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-fenris-you-will-die/73862.md?page=4)