# Flash: Dead Horse Beaten **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686 "2008-01-23T17:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/1 "2008-01-23T17:26:59Z")
January 23 1960 - Bathyscaph Trieste descends to deepest part of the ocean, Marianas Trench. [From Here](http://www.ussnautilus.org/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/2 "2008-01-23T18:09:22Z")
Wow! I wonder how many times we’ve been down there and for how long? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/3 "2008-01-23T18:16:16Z")
I have never heard of this before! Wonderful. How long was it down there for? Did it ever go back? I need to know more. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/4 "2008-01-23T18:18:22Z")
Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?!?!? You’d think that all the time I spend on this board, _someone_ would have mentioned this before. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/5 "2008-01-23T18:25:04Z")
Hmmmm … not sure what all the sarcasm is about. The web site clearly labels it as “This Day in Naval History.” I’m not getting the joke. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/6 "2008-01-23T18:35:48Z")
I seem to vaguely recall something about a trench and maybe ocean salt on the earth’s crust. The search doesn’t pull up a single thing. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/7 "2008-01-23T18:36:30Z")
When was this? The 50’s? 70’s? I must know!! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/8 "2008-01-23T18:45:43Z")
How long did they stay down there? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/9 "2008-01-23T18:52:08Z")
I don’t know much about underwater exploration, but if I were to take an educated guess, I’d think back in 1960 technology wouldn’t allow one to stay in the Marianas trench much more than a quarter hour or so. I’ll bet that in the 48 years that have followed they’ve been down many more times and have stayed longer each time. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/10 "2008-01-23T18:57:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Hmmmm … not sure what all the sarcasm is about. The web site clearly labels it as “This Day in Naval History.” I’m not getting the joke. [/QUOTE] Yeah, color me 😕 also. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/11 "2008-01-23T19:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] Yeah, color me 😕 also. [/QUOTE] It’s an in-board joke. Someone made a simulpost about the Marianas trench, and now “Once. In the 1960s. For 20 minutes” has become one of the board catchphrases, like “Hi, Opal!” and “Gotcha ya!” [/wet blanket] ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/12 "2008-01-23T20:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] It’s an in-board joke. Someone made a simulpost about the Marianas trench, and now “Once. In the 1960s. For 20 minutes” has become one of the board catchphrases, like “Hi, Opal!” and “Gotcha ya!” [/wet blanket] [/QUOTE] _bzzzzzzzzzt_ I’m sorry. The correct answer is “Rio” by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/13 "2008-01-23T20:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] _bzzzzzzzzzt_ I’m sorry. The correct answer is “Rio” by Duran Duran. [/QUOTE] That would be the extended mix right? It runs about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/14 "2008-01-23T20:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] That would be the extended mix right? It runs about 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] Yes. It was released in 1960. But only once. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/15 "2008-01-23T21:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] II’ll bet that in the 48 years that have followed they’ve been down many more times… [/QUOTE] When go back, take pie. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/16 "2008-01-23T21:16:39Z")
But what if the submarine was on a treadmill? This will end of imploding in it I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/17 "2008-01-23T21:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] When go back, take pie. [/QUOTE] I burning your Bathyscaph. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/18 "2008-01-23T21:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] But what if the submarine was on a treadmill? This will end of imploding in it I tell you! [/QUOTE] Somebody set us up the implosion! ---
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/19 "2008-01-23T21:58:35Z")
Well this is all very fine and dandy and, eh, stuff, but if you could extract all the salt from the Marianas trench and lay it out flat in a one inch wide line from, say, New York to LA (and possibly back again), I am still at a loss as to how many many rocks in a box and burning Labradors would need to be on a treadmill at the same time (under the scrutiny of James Randi of course) to alleviate the effects of just two (2) bags of bacon salt. I see four (4) possibilities: 1 - One 2 - Two 3 - Three 4 - Four Did I forget something? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686/20 "2008-01-23T22:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=JimNightshade] Did I forget something? [/QUOTE] Goats [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-dead-horse-beaten/434686.md?page=2)