# "Can't touch this". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938 "2007-06-14T00:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/1 "2007-06-14T00:44:28Z")
(+ “U” sometimes). Without looking it up, what do you think Hammer meant by this lyric? Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/2 "2007-06-14T02:03:35Z")
Well, I did know that he did “break it down”. Um, the song is about his mad skillz. Mad…just…angry skillz. I told you, homeboy…you can’t touch this. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/3 "2007-06-14T02:03:36Z")
Probably exactly what it sounds like- Hammer is so great, you can’t touch him (in terms of style, not literally). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/4 "2007-06-14T02:21:38Z")
You obviously can’t touch this. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/5 "2007-06-14T02:22:30Z")
_poke_ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/6 "2007-06-14T03:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] _poke_ [/QUOTE] Stop touching that. It’ll get infected. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/7 "2007-06-14T03:05:36Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Stop touching that. It’ll get infected. [/QUOTE] Stop! Hammertime! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/8 "2007-06-14T03:06:20Z")
Yeah, dance and music skils. Some (guys) think it’s sexual. Overtly sexual. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/9 "2007-06-14T03:09:17Z")
Hammer’s lyrics basically rhyme, and say: [ul] [li]He’s a good emcee.[/li][li]He’s a good rapper.[/li][li]God is great.[/li][li]Other people who want to say they’re better dancers, or rappers, or gods are wrong.[/li][/ul] There is a brilliant commercial on now with some nerdy White guy as a dad, who transforms into Hammer in the video. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/10 "2007-06-14T03:10:12Z")
You people have it all wrong. He’s obviously referring to his “you know what” when he says you can’t touch this. Imagine, telling millions of woman the world over, you can’t come near _this_. Based on the fact that you told them they can’t have _this_, they’ll be beating down your door to get at _this_. It’s called _game_, fellas. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/11 "2007-06-14T04:54:46Z")
I think someone needs to post rap songs like they did in the beginning. Then, we’re supposed to say what they’re about without looking at the lyrics. Sometimes it’d be painfully obvious, others wouldn’t. Then we can all make fun of it after someone gets it right! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/12 "2007-06-14T04:54:37Z")
I think someone needs to post rap songs like they did in the beginning. Then, we’re supposed to say what they’re about without looking at the lyrics. Sometimes it’d be painfully obvious, others wouldn’t. Then we can all make fun of it after someone gets it right! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/13 "2007-06-14T05:17:45Z")
Are you kidding? I’m still trying to figure out why “there’s a bustle in your hedgerow.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/14 "2007-06-14T05:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Are you kidding? I’m still trying to figure out why “there’s a bustle in your hedgerow.” [/QUOTE] Don’t be alarmed now. ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/15 "2007-06-14T05:32:14Z")
[Have you guys seen this Hallmark commercial?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWIAIfRHaU0) Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/16 "2007-06-14T10:36:32Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You people have it all wrong. He’s obviously referring to his “you know what” when he says you can’t touch this. Imagine, telling millions of woman the world over, you can’t come near _this_. Based on the fact that you told them they can’t have _this_, they’ll be beating down your door to get at _this_. It’s called _game_, fellas. [/QUOTE] This explains why just letting it hang out with a sign around my neck that says, “You CAN touch this” in big, block letters hasn’t been working. Huh. Break it down… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/17 "2007-06-14T11:01:03Z")
He had just joined Masturbators Anonymous and filled with all that new-convert zeal, wrote them a brand theme song – replacing the old one, “Sometimes When I’m Alone (I Make Myself Bake a Cake).” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/18 "2007-06-14T12:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Yeah, dance and music skils. Some (guys) think it’s sexual. Overtly sexual. [/QUOTE] Did you just answer your own OP? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/19 "2007-06-14T12:57:30Z")
I believe Mr. Hammer is making reference to his advanced skill in various dance moves, and is further asserting that said skills will not only pay the bills, but are so far in advance of the skills possessed by his contemporaries that any further comment or discussion on the subject would be irrelevant at best. FWIW, Peter Griffin’s version is just as good. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/20 "2007-06-14T13:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] Did you just answer your own OP? [/QUOTE] Compared to the SDMB, my sample is very small. So, no I didn’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938.md?page=2)