# badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626 "2003-09-09T22:33:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brilharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Brilharma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brilharma)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/21 "2003-09-11T21:05:31Z")

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Anyone else having the problem of it getting out of sync if you let it go very long? I mean, having the snake go across the screen and it’s still going badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadger…? Maybe it’s just my computer.  
`Brilharma

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**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/22 "2003-09-11T22:28:12Z")

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Badgers?

_DUUUUHN_

BADGERS?!?

_DUUUUUHN_

We don’t NEED no stinkin’ BADGERS!!

(a quote for every situation in UHF…just like they say, they got it all on UHF!)

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**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:** [September 12, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/23 "2003-09-12T01:08:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \*  
> **What annoying things did people look at before the Internet?**

They sat on the porch and watched the local bicycle-tots crack open their unhelmeted skulls on the curb. 😃

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/24 "2003-09-12T02:53:36Z")

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Brilharma: no, it does get out of sync if you leave it long enough.

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**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/25 "2003-09-12T03:01:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*Spavined: You are far too gullible 🙂 \*\*

Now you tell me. It’s not nice to take advantage of the trusting nature of an elderly gentleman. Badger-badger-badger, my foot.

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**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/26 "2003-09-12T03:37:32Z")

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Am I the only one finding themself doing chair aerobics with the badgers?

_thought so, carry on._

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/27 "2003-09-12T03:54:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*Spavined: You are far too gullible 🙂 \*\*

Well, his location is _Iowa_!  
😃

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/28 "2003-09-12T04:57:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Spavined Gelding \*  
> \*\*Now you tell me. It’s not nice to take advantage of the trusting nature of an elderly gentleman. Badger-badger-badger, my foot. \*\*

No, it’s “Mushroom, Mushroom” after the initial wave of badgers. But being elderly…well, just eat your pudding, dear.

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**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/29 "2003-09-12T05:52:27Z")

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Ack. Squats. and Shrooms. Two things that I thought had been left behind in High School…

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**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/30 "2003-09-12T08:00:51Z")

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from the same site, and funnier than hell (but adultish) is[the smurfs lost episode](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/papasmurf.php)

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/31 "2003-09-12T08:18:13Z")

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It’s still going…help me…please…

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/32 "2003-09-12T17:33:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jujuju \*  
> \*\*from the same site, and funnier than hell (but adultish) is[URL=]the smurfs lost episode \*\*

That is wrong in so many ways…

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**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/33 "2003-09-12T17:47:37Z")

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I think I’m addicted. No joke. I load it up, listen to it for a bit, decide it’s driving me stark staring insane and turn it off. Then, a little while later I start thinking about it and wanting to see it again. And again. And again.

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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/34 "2003-09-12T19:09:41Z")

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Creepy, disturbing, obnoxious, yet strangely alluring. I’ve decided to see how long I can keep it playing the background while I do work until I go nuts.

Five minutes so far. Going for an hour.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/35 "2003-09-12T19:39:43Z")

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it gets all out of sync and surreal (is ‘surrealer’ a word? heh) over time.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/36 "2003-09-12T19:51:47Z")

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Ah, they’re 1920s-style “badgers.”

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**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/37 "2003-09-12T19:59:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by OpalCat \*  
> \*\*it gets all out of sync and surreal (is ‘surrealer’ a word? heh) over time. \*\*

Badgersbadgersbadgers…

[/surreal]

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**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/38 "2003-09-12T20:10:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jujuju \*  
> \*\*from the same site, and funnier than hell (but adultish) is[the smurfs lost episode](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/papasmurf.php) \*\*

:eek:

I’m speechless …

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**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/39 "2003-09-12T20:18:23Z")

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AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHH!!

OK. From wandering around the fora, I saw the badger-mushroom reference and got curious. Coming here, I had to follow the link. Now I wonder if I will be able to fall asleep tonight, from hearing “badger badger badger badger mushroom…” going through my head.

I did last a good 10 minutes before I had to shut it down, but methinks I will be returning for a fix soon enough.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger-badger-badger-badger-mushroom-mushroom/200626/40 "2003-09-12T21:00:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by collinsc \*  
> No, you should watch it to the end.

Geez, I thought you were just kidding. I never would have waited three hours if the music wasn’t so darn catchy. 🙂 But the end is just as dumb as the rest of it; it’s definitely not worth the wait.

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