# ENOUGH with the 1920's death rays! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256 "2003-09-08T08:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/21 "2003-09-08T22:38:12Z")
Me or the crumpets? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/22 "2003-09-08T23:04:35Z")
AAAAAAGH!!! _bangs head on desk_ **WACK-WACK-WACK-WACK** 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/23 "2003-09-08T23:15:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzygoodmakefeelnice \* > \*\*Me or the crumpets? \*\* YES! ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/24 "2003-09-08T23:25:55Z")
I like pie. hi Opal! ---
**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 8, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/25 "2003-09-08T23:50:50Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Crumpets.” ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/26 "2003-09-08T23:55:01Z")
**Cervaise** : I burning your death crumpet ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/27 "2003-09-09T00:13:42Z")
Have you hugged a cow orker today? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/28 "2003-09-09T10:47:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Crumpets.” \*\* See. That’s better. Reminds me of my grandmothers cooking that does. ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/29 "2003-09-09T12:34:21Z")
You see Watson, it was an easy deduction. The small pile of glowing ash with no radioactive properties led me to conclude that this gentleman was killed with a 1920’s style “Death Ray”. Simple really, but it was locating the stolen weapon with large red buttons that was hard. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/30 "2003-09-09T13:05:32Z")
It’s the silly stuff like this that makes the SDMB more of a community. I, for one, will keep on using the 1920s style pie Opal. My death ray’s breath smells like cat food ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/31 "2003-09-09T13:13:41Z")
Og’s boobies. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/32 "2003-09-09T13:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m sure a few months ago there was a wave of complaints about “Hi Opal!” and now you don’t see it as much as you did at one time. [Ahem.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162955) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/33 "2003-09-09T14:28:24Z")
[a doom house?](http://www.somethingawful.com/download.php?file=movies/sa/doom%20house%202000.wmv) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/34 "2003-09-09T14:44:15Z")
[Having a mental piss](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3957347#post3957347) From **Lobsang**. Booya! ---
**Author:** ![Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/35 "2003-09-09T16:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzygoodmakefeelnice \* > \*\*Crumpets \*\* All your crumpets are belong to us! Hi Opal!! ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256/36 "2003-09-09T17:19:47Z")
Weeble and Bob’s cat’s breath smells like a “1920’s style death crumpet pie”, and all are belong to us - Opal! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-1920s-death-rays/200256.md?page=1)