# Hamsters razor blades and eyebolts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942 "2009-12-04T03:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/21 "2009-12-05T01:07:45Z")
[WalMart Zhu Zhu Hamsters](http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12442552) are out online too. I may regret this, but what are the real thing, O **Hamster King**? Thanks for the laugh, Scylla, your being a BFHSM may be mitigated by the fact you may have saved my coworkers from me going postal today. not really postal, of course. Stop looking at ME like that. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/22 "2009-12-05T01:52:01Z")
I agree with the others that you should go back periodically and ask Claire for random weird shit. When I worked at a store I used to wonder about some people’s purchases. Can’t think of any good combos right now but I’ll post some if I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/23 "2009-12-05T04:18:55Z")
I honestly thought [zhu zhu hamsters](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/19/eveningnews/main5714102.shtml) were something you had made up until I googled them. (Confession: I don’t know a lot of trend-obsessed parents.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/24 "2009-12-05T06:06:18Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > [I may regret this, but what are the real thing, O **Hamster King**? Um … hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/25 "2009-12-05T18:45:46Z")
And no discussion of that hellish place would be complete without a reference to [http://www.peopleofwalmart.com](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com) . The latest pix just now are kinda lame, but keep paging backwards in time for some real treats. I’m especially looking forward to the holiday-themed pix we’re sure to start seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/26 "2009-12-05T22:34:02Z")
Both **hamster** and **Hamster King** have been brave enough to post in this thread. You might want to quietly leave before **Scylla** notices you. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/27 "2009-12-07T04:13:38Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Both **hamster** and **Hamster King** have been brave enough to post in this thread. You might want to quietly leave before **Scylla** notices you. I’d grab the razors on your way out of the room… This was freaking hilarious. Thanks for a great laugh. I don’t read a lot of posts out loud to my fiance, but this was one of them. I just had to share this story. ---
**Author:** ![IntergalacticFootballClub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@IntergalacticFootballClub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntergalacticFootballClub)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/28 "2009-12-07T17:06:05Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > “I also need razor blades and hamsters,” I added. > > The razor blades are for my safety razor. They work better than the Fusions and Mach IIIs." As a fellow wet-shaver, I must urge you to switch to Derby Extra DE blades, and never again purchase any razor sold at Wal-Mart. Those persona blades or whatever the brand Wal-Mart carries are seriously sub-standard. Of course you could go all the way to the other end, and get Feather brand razors, which are really just katana sharp and seem to be designed to shave the first layer of skin off your face. A few merchants have great bulk deals on Amazon. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/29 "2009-12-07T18:11:17Z")
Just wanted to stop by and let you know that half-way through the OP I saved it to my file of favorite SD threads. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/30 "2009-12-07T18:22:35Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > P.S. I am not a bondage fetishist hamster slaying masturbator. Sir, by your own admission: > [@Scylla](#): > > the real bondage fetishist hamster slaying masturbators must spend all of their time denying it, which is what marks them as BFHSMs. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/31 "2009-12-07T20:18:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Totally freakin’ hilarious! [snicker] > > Thanks, I really needed a good laugh today. Great read 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zseckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a8b319/32.png) [@zseckley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zseckley)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/32 "2009-12-07T20:33:14Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > I think to the tune of ‘My Favorite Things’ may also work nicely: > > Hamsters on winches and latex on kittens > Bright safety razors and warm woolen mittens > Brown airline **stewardesses** tied up with strings > These are a few of my favorite things “Hostesses” fits better with the rhyme scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/33 "2009-12-07T20:44:16Z")
> [@zseckley](#): > > “Hostesses” fits better with the rhyme scheme. Thank you. When we hit the Top 10, look for your check. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/34 "2009-12-08T00:21:27Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Damn that was good. > Can I cut and paste and send that whole thing to some email friends ? Thanks. I’m glad you like it. Any chance you could send them a link so they can read it here, see what a cool place it is and sign up? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/35 "2009-12-08T00:23:12Z")
“I’m looking for fava beans and Chianti.” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/36 "2009-12-08T00:24:15Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Thanks. I’m glad you like it. Any chance you could send them a link so they can read it here, see what a cool place it is and sign up? Yeah I’ll just do that I think…thanks again for the laugh 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/37 "2009-12-08T02:48:18Z")
Ah, Scylla. I’ve always loved your posts. It’s been too long since I saw one and this was one of the greats!! Thanks for a great laugh! I think my favorite, though, may be the story of the [balloon](http://www.teemings.net/extras/truelife/scylla6.html). It makes me laugh so hard I cry every time I read it! ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/38 "2009-12-08T03:49:24Z")
I find it funny that \*\*Scylla \*\*went on a blade run, dreaming of [electric pets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F)\*. _Is linking to Wiki the internet equivlent of having to explain your joke?_\* \*\*Is it OK to asterisk the last word of your otherwise-ended post or is it unnecessary? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/39 "2009-12-08T05:30:00Z")
I was a purgatory-ier. Or however you’d say it. A few years ago. I managed to get the hell out of there, though. We carried Astroglide. I saw it with my own eyes. Think of the combinations! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942/40 "2009-12-08T11:46:52Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Think of the combinations! Astroglide and robotic toy hamsters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamsters-razor-blades-and-eyebolts/519942.md?page=3)