# Don't hit any parked cars on the Hershey Highway (The Euphemism thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419 "2004-05-27T21:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/41 "2004-05-28T14:59:11Z")
BTW, what does “don’t hit any parked cars on the Hershey Highway” mean, anyway?! It sounds like an intersection of constipation and butt sex, but I’m not going to guess on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/42 "2004-05-28T15:09:13Z")
> [@Vision of Love](#): > > From 2001’s _Rat Race_: > > **Kimberley:** “Dad I don’t have to pee it’s number two!” > **Randall:** “Sorry I can’t stop.” > **Kimberley:** “Dad I’m Prairie Dogging it!” > **Randall:** “What the Hell does that mean?” > **Jason:** “You know, like when a Prairie Dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.” > **Randall:** “Oohhhhhhhhhhhhh. I do NOT want to picture that!” > > Classic! Prairie Dogging=Turtle poking out of the shell. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/43 "2004-05-28T16:12:05Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > BTW, what does “don’t hit any parked cars on the Hershey Highway” mean, anyway?! It sounds like an intersection of constipation and butt sex, but I’m not going to guess on this one. You guessed correctly. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/44 "2004-05-28T17:14:19Z")
I’ll never look at a fender bender the same way again. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/45 "2004-05-28T18:03:34Z")
well… after you drop the kids off at the pool… whoever’s kids they happen to be… be sure to completely wipe your **pizzabrat** … don’t wanna leave any skidmarks I kid! I kid! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/46 "2004-05-28T18:29:47Z")
Whenever my 3 year old rips one, she turns to me excitedly and exclaims _“Daddy, I just stepped on a mountain duck!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/47 "2004-05-28T20:21:46Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Prairie Dogging=Turtle poking out of the shell. Also called crowning. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/48 "2004-05-29T01:43:34Z")
Bopping the baloney romancing the bone phoning the Tzar 😕 Leaving a nest of chocolate snakes a bowlful of butt-loafs bumping fuzzies ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/49 "2004-05-29T01:54:55Z")
“Saying hello to Polly and her friend Jay.” You see, you’re not supposed to leave your watchstation for any reason unless you get proper watch relief. Good luck finding a toilet in the engineroom. There are, however, trashcans (and gravity drains and bilges, depending on the need that strikes you). Polly is a polyethylene bag. Jay is a leak-proof seal formed by twisting the open end of the bag, putting tape around it, bending the taped/twisted part down (like the letter J) and then sealing the whole thing off with more tape. You probably wouldn’t actually say to anyone “I’m going to go say hello to Polly…” since if you have someone to talk to, chances are good they can go find someone to relieve you before it gets to that point, if not relieve you themselves… so you can go relieve yourself. This is also the apocryphal source of the term “shitbag” for anyone that has a habit of showing up late for watch… as that’s what they’ll get casually tossed to (or thrown violently at) them when they finally show up to conduct relief with an invitation to “say hello to Polly and her friend Jay”. If this actually happens… which it never, ever has, of course. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/50 "2004-05-29T03:00:31Z")
What, I’m the first to cover this important area of euphemism? The Period: Surfing the crimson tide Visit from aunt Flo/a redheaded cousin Ragging it Code Red Rebooting the Ovarian Operating System Asking a friend for a tampon: Pass me a harpoon I have to plug the dam ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/51 "2004-05-29T03:22:54Z")
It’s not original, but my favorite euphemism for vomit (possibly Australian) is: \*\*Liquid Laughter \*\* ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/52 "2004-05-29T04:10:49Z")
Vomit: Technicolor Yawn Laughing at the Floor ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/53 "2004-05-29T04:15:22Z")
Praying to the porcelain god… ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/54 "2004-05-29T05:16:57Z")
I’ve been waiting for a good place to use this one. “A Three-Car Pileup at the Last Exit off the Hershey Highway” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/55 "2004-05-30T16:04:00Z")
And then there’s -The purple-helmeted soldier of love -Your fireman’s helmet -meat whistle ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/56 "2004-05-30T17:33:35Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > I’m implying that from a person who laments that he can’t watch his favorite [blackface gags](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=215563) with his kids, comparing black people to shit because of their skin color shouldn’t come much as a surprise. Could it have more to do with the fact that the Cosby Show was a total dog of a show, and had less artistic merit than an episode of \Baywatch\? Could it be because the Huxtable kids were, in fact, shit characters? And people often wonder why I no longer believe racial discrimination complaints. :rolleyes: Racess, maybe. Racist, no. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/57 "2004-05-30T17:43:03Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Also called crowning. I call it “poking daylight”. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/58 "2004-05-30T17:46:59Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Whenever my 3 year old rips one, she turns to me excitedly and exclaims _“Daddy, I just stepped on a mountain duck!”_ Which, for some strange reason, reminded me of **Rocky Mountain Oysters**. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419/59 "2004-05-30T19:53:23Z")
farting: General Colon Bowel barking orders. The spiders are barking. female masturbation: Paddling the pink canoe. male masturbation: Petting the meat weasel. puking: Flash the hash. Blow chunks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hit-any-parked-cars-on-the-hershey-highway-the-euphemism-thread/247419.md?page=2)