# "Can't touch this".

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938>\
**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:** 4\
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**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 16, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/41 "2007-06-16T06:23:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Rodd Hill]  
[alte Schule!](http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251e121e8fdb00c225260d65549d-320pi)  
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Thank you a million times over. I saw this picture while stumbling and forgot to save it.

I’ve got you again, bastard!

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/42 "2007-06-16T10:10:36Z")

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[QUOTE=mangeorge]  
(+ “U” sometimes).  
Without looking it up, what do you think Hammer meant by this lyric?  
Peace,  
mangeorge  
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It means, “well, first you’d have to find it in my baggy pants, and even then, you couldn’t touch it.”

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/43 "2007-06-16T10:15:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]  
Okay, but what the hell does “Whoomp, there it is!” mean?  
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Whoomp is the sound made when you touch something with a hammer.

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**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-touch-this/407938/44 "2007-06-16T15:22:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip]  
Okay, but what the hell does “Whoomp, there it is!” mean?  
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It’s roughly the equivalent of “Say oops upside your head!”

Sometimes you’re the Hammer, sometimes you’re the nail.

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