# Hijack this thread!!! please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636 "2000-08-24T20:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/41 "2000-08-25T04:43:18Z")
**as\_u\_wish** … That reminds me of The Princess Bride. I love that movie. Is that where you got the name from? I think Princess Buttercup is a lovely name. When I have lots of money and a house with a garage, I am going to turn the garage into a cave (No Bear Jokes) and buy lots of bats to fly around in there. That will rule!! ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/42 "2000-08-25T04:55:56Z")
Yes, indeed, I am a Princess Bride Fan. Butter cup. Butterworth. It bugs me that the other syrup companies make these nice squat bottles you can heat in the microwave. But Mrs. Butterworth’s keeps making bottles shaped like a chubby lady, and they are a pain to heat. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/43 "2000-08-25T13:54:47Z")
So just throw Mrs. Butterworth into some boiling water. Speaking of boiling water, I prefer chocolate pudding to tapioca. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/44 "2000-08-25T15:39:33Z")
Why does my left ear hurt if I pick my right nostril? Hello? ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/45 "2000-08-25T17:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Talkinsquirrel \* > \*\*You really dont want my highjacking skills put up in here do ya? > > No I didnt think so. > > Good day. \*\* I say **BRING IT ON BIOTCH!!!** oh, and i was thinking of buying a flying squirrel, but they’re illegal in my state. anybody know where i can come by one. and it’s even better if it flies and talks. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/46 "2000-08-25T19:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > **Pancakes are good.** I agree. But what is a grotecake? ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/47 "2000-08-25T19:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rundogrun \* > \*\*So just throw Mrs. Butterworth into some boiling water. Speaking of boiling water, I prefer chocolate pudding to tapioca. \*\* I had a complex when I was a kid, because I remembered the commercials where Mrs. Butterworth talked, but she would never talk to me. But, pancakes… [homer]pancakes good [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/48 "2000-08-25T19:31:17Z")
Of course you know that flying squirrels don’t actually fly but instead glide. The only mammal capable of flying is a bat. Some bats give birth upside down- they hang on with one wing and they have to catch the baby in the other outstretched wing, or the baby will drop to its death on the cave floor. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/49 "2000-08-25T19:37:59Z")
Does anybody else feel more easily stimulated at certain times of the month? Is it a hormonal thing? A lunar thing? ---
**Author:** ![ShamaFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@ShamaFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShamaFrog)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/50 "2000-08-25T19:49:35Z")
Define ‘stimulated’ , Struuter…if you’re talking about giving on to the craving for caffeine and other stimulants, well, I’m always too easily stimulated…did you know that when forestry workers rescue unconciuos animals from fire, they check for nerve damage by ‘stimulating’ the genitals, looking for a positive response? ---
**Author:** ![Lnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/51 "2000-08-25T19:55:31Z")
Hey Turpentine, your mentioning bats reminds me of the first movie my husband and I ever saw together. The Batman with Danny Devito as the Penguin. (Batman Forever? Batman Never? Batman Sucks & Blows?) Which now that I think of it also had the aforementioned Pee Wee Herman in it. My husband ran out of cash before the movie and had to borrow some from his dad. His dad looks exactly like the dad from Wonder Years. I hate driving in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/52 "2000-08-25T19:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShamaFrog \* > \*\*Define ‘stimulated’ , Struuter…if you’re talking about giving on to the craving for caffeine and other stimulants, well, I’m always too easily stimulated…did you know that when forestry workers rescue unconciuos animals from fire, they check for nerve damage by ‘stimulating’ the genitals, looking for a positive response? \*\* You don’t say…well, that certainly is a multi-faceted job. I was trying to find a tactful way of asking if anyone gets hornier at certain times of the month. I don’t really like the word ‘horny.’ Of course, I don’t like the word ‘hoary’ either. Although it’s a good descriptive word. When ever I read it I always think of someone being old and burdened with yards of long, grey hair. Weird. Yeah, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/53 "2000-08-25T20:03:11Z")
Do you really own three snakes? My sister’s snake once escaped and was spotted a few hours later on top of a curtain rod, under which my mother’s best friend was sitting. We moved the friend before we told her why. My sister has horses now. Much messier than snakes. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/54 "2000-08-25T21:36:49Z")
I’m so fucking bored tonight. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/55 "2000-08-25T21:50:27Z")
Yesterday I convinced someone in my English class that the moon landing was staged. He actually believed me. High-schoolers are stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/56 "2000-08-25T23:22:53Z")
My cat smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/57 "2000-08-27T18:55:47Z")
The proper quote, credited to ralph wiggum, is “my cat’s breath smells like cat food.” speaking of cats that eat cat food, wasn’t yogi a good cartoon. that ranger always trying to catch them, but he never could. just got back from new york, they left my luggage in atlanta, so i have to go to the airport to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/58 "2000-08-27T19:17:55Z")
I still wanna hear about your snakes. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/59 "2000-08-27T19:37:15Z")
oh snakes, i can’t talk about it, cause that would sort of be on the subject, and that would be discrediting my entire thread here… but if someone were to coincidentally post a new thread asking if anybody out there has any snakes or something, i’d be glad to reply. goin’ to a concert tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636/60 "2000-08-27T19:46:18Z")
speaking of concerts, does anybody have any snakes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread-please/30636.md?page=4)