# Hamster Legions of Doom **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530 "2002-08-06T02:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/21 "2002-08-07T11:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhubarb \* > \*\*Giant hamsters? No problem. To quote possibly the greatest mind of our times “If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the movies, it’s that radiation makes things grow really big.” - Homer J. Simpson. \*\* YES! YES! We must harness the awesome power of Atomic Mutation! We shall created… HAMSTER-ZILLA! (or possibly Hampster-zilla) **BWAH-HAHA-HA-HAaAA!** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/22 "2002-08-07T12:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\* > **BWAH-HAHA-HA-HAaAA!** \*\* So, do you guys have a dental plan? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/23 "2002-08-07T12:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*Da da dee da dee dee do doh, dee ba diddy doh! Wheeeee-ha! > _does the hamster dance_ \*\* [unattributed quote] “Sir Cliff Richard is hoping to keep the hamsters in the number two slot over the Christmas period.” [/unattributed quote] ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/24 "2002-08-07T13:10:33Z")
HA HA HA ha ha hoooo hoo ha ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/25 "2002-08-07T16:52:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Wolfian and Encinatas: What brilliant ideas! Truly you have embraced the true spirit of the Fluffy Hamster Legions of Doom! I appoint you as heads of the projects you suggest, and grant you each a small country and 10 million squirrel slave labourers as an initial power base. Let me know if you need more. Um…could I have Brunei as my small country? And could you make sure the squirrels are adapted to the tropics? Encinitas Head Fluffy Hamster Legions of Doom[sup]TM[/sup] at Home Project ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/26 "2002-08-07T17:06:11Z")
First things first, Someone get the domain name: [GIANTHAMSTERSOFDOOM.com](http://GIANTHAMSTERSOFDOOM.com) This could be the next big thing. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/27 "2002-08-07T17:18:21Z")
How about genetically combining hamster and hippo DNA? Then the giant hamsters would also be comfortable in the water. Or, better yet, Whale-hamsters. Ooh, I like that. Ahab: “I seek the one known as Moby Cheeky, the great white hamster!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/28 "2002-08-07T17:30:13Z")
Yeah, but hampsters (are you “P” people happy?) excrete those obnoxious little green pellets, and monkeys who throw their excretement are in awe of hippo shit as a projectile, so that really might not be a very good idea. I mean, we’d be standing _behind_ them, right? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/29 "2002-08-07T17:42:18Z")
There is an on-line comic strip– **Supermegatopia** by **The Brothers Grinn** that has a character called “The World’s Largest Hamster”. Godzilla/Kong sized. I’d post a link, but there are reasons why I shouldn’t. Use your search engine for “Supermegatopia”. Don’t scope it out at work. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/30 "2002-08-07T18:06:19Z")
How big is **Hampster** , anyway? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/31 "2002-08-07T20:31:52Z")
No, carni, we’d be riding them! Their fur is soft and scuba gear could be used with the whale-hamsters, so they’d be like those things divers use to pull themselves along. Only bigger. Alternately, what about giant remote controlled hamsters? The controllers would wear VR goggles and gloves and would see what the hamsters see, and would guide them by means of implanted macro-chips (macro, rather than micro, because they’re so big, see). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/32 "2002-08-07T21:01:59Z")
Do I get a damn flame thrower, or not? Quit pussy footin’ around and fess up. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530/33 "2002-08-07T23:27:51Z")
[We already have giant, aquatic hampsters.](http://www.rebsig.com/capybara/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-legions-of-doom/122530.md?page=1)