# Battery Memory Illustration **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216 "2006-11-05T22:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/1 "2006-11-05T22:22:38Z")
So, looking at the illustration for Cecil’s column today, I have to say that I’m amused that the lady in the picture is seemingly trying to find batteries for her… flashlight. I’m going with flashlight here. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/2 "2006-11-05T23:23:11Z")
It’s the new flashlight that has a built in… er uhm… Rumble feature… thats it! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/3 "2006-11-06T01:38:39Z")
[QUOTE=Meeko] It’s the new flashlight that has a built in… er uhm… Rumble feature… thats it! [/QUOTE] Yes… it rumbles… so you know it’s on. It’s a feature for the visually impared. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/4 "2006-11-06T04:59:23Z")
Link to the column, since I’m not seeing one yet: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/061103.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/061103.html) ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/5 "2006-11-06T05:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=Una Persson] Link to the column, since I’m not seeing one yet: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/061103.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/061103.html) [/QUOTE] Ack, I coulda sworn I copy-pasted the link… maybe I just copied it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/6 "2006-11-06T13:38:28Z")
Looks like a walking stick to me. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/7 "2006-11-06T14:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] So, looking at the illustration for Cecil’s column today, I have to say that I’m amused that the lady in the picture is seemingly trying to find batteries for her… flashlight. I’m going with flashlight here. [/QUOTE] Hey! This is **Slug**! You’re just lucky it looks as plain as it does. I vote he was having an off-day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/8 "2006-11-06T21:57:20Z")
Slug being what he is, it’s gotta be a vibrating cucumber. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/9 "2006-11-06T22:38:04Z")
Looks like something knitted to me. Anyone ever heard of a dildo cozy? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/10 "2006-11-08T22:50:22Z")
As always, Slug’s apparent craziness stems from Uncle Cecil’s more erudite and subtle craziness: > [@](#): > > Lower resistance means less juice is lost as heat, leaving more to operate the CD player, vibrator, etc. Now, honestly, you can’t expect to include the word “vibrator” in a column, without Slug picking that up and running with it. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/11 "2006-11-09T04:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Now, honestly, you can’t expect to include the word “vibrator” in a column, without Slug picking that up and running with it. [/QUOTE] Now THAT leaves a VERY interesting picture in one’s mind… Is it a relay?? :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/12 "2006-11-09T05:51:52Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] As always, Slug’s apparent craziness stems from Uncle Cecil’s more erudite and subtle craziness: Now, honestly, you can’t expect to include the word “vibrator” in a column, without Slug picking that up and running with it. [/QUOTE] To be fair, when I read “Vibrator” I immediately scrolled up to the illustration to take a closer look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/13 "2006-11-09T18:41:48Z")
> [@](#): > > To be fair, when I read “Vibrator” I immediately scrolled up to the illustration to take a closer look at it. The reverse, here. I saw the illustration, and said to myself “Hmm, a vibrator. I wonder what Cecil said that triggered that”, and then nodded to myself when I got to that line in the column. And there was no doubt in my mind what it was. When something in a Slug illustration looks dirty, it invariably is. ---
**Author:** ![Iamonfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Iamonfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamonfire)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-memory-illustration/379216/14 "2006-11-09T23:05:53Z")
Uranium batteries are the shiz