# Hijack this thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809 "2005-12-22T16:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/81 "2005-12-24T01:49:18Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > It used to be a favorite element of the underworld. I’d say the major elements of the underworld are sulfur (the brimstone of “fire and …” fame), plutonium (named after the god also known as Hades), and cobalt (the word derives from _kobold_, a demon of the mines who was reviled for substituting his comparatively worthless metal for the silver that the miners were seeking). ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/82 "2005-12-24T01:59:05Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’d say the major elements of the underworld are sulfur (the brimstone of “fire and …” fame), plutonium (named after the god also known as Hades), and cobalt (the word derives from _kobold_, a demon of the mines who was reviled for substituting his comparatively worthless metal for the silver that the miners were seeking). Anyone else remember the song _The Elements?_ It starts out: > [@Tom Lehrer](#): > > `There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, > And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium > And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, > And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, … And ends: > [@Tom Lehrer continued](#): > > These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, > And there may be many others but they haven’t been discovered.’’ ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/83 "2005-12-24T02:10:54Z")
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because… ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/84 "2005-12-24T02:18:56Z")
One of the stories in _The Stinky Cheese Man_ is about when the narrator tells a story about himself, the narrator, telling a story, which puts the story into an enless loop… My kids love that book! ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/85 "2005-12-24T02:22:33Z")
> [@initech](#): > > Were Riki Tiki Tavi and Rin Tin Tin related? I doubt it. Tin Tin’s dog was named Snowy. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/86 "2005-12-24T02:26:04Z")
I hope everyone becomes a vegetarian…more steaks for me! ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/87 "2005-12-24T02:52:47Z")
I was a vegetarian for 20 years, and raised my children vegetarian from birth. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/88 "2005-12-24T02:54:23Z")
Thanks, tell your friends! mmm I can already taste all the surplus. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/89 "2005-12-24T05:14:46Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > Thanks, tell your friends! > mmm I can already taste all the surplus. Have you ever been in an army surplus store? Man !!! The stuff you can find there ! ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/90 "2005-12-24T06:03:43Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Have you ever been in an army surplus store? Man !!! The stuff you can find there ! My boss told me I was surplus to requirements around here and laughed. I don’t get it. Was he trying to tell me something? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/91 "2005-12-24T06:33:30Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > My boss told me I was surplus to requirements around here and laughed. I don’t get it. Was he trying to tell me something? 😕 Why do people from England use the word redundent when they fire someone? I thought everyone in the world was unique. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/92 "2005-12-24T13:04:59Z")
You know, thanks to climate change and the effect on the Gulf Stream, England may soon become a very cold place… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/93 "2005-12-24T13:45:38Z")
I can remember when Gulf was a big time sponsor of stuff on TV. The Space Program mostly. I think they got bought by BP. What does Bernadette Peters need with all that petroleum? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/94 "2005-12-24T14:58:37Z")
You know my favorite Bernadette Peters’ roll is still as Rita the Cat on Animaniacs. I always looked forward to those segments and Good Feathers the most. Jim ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/95 "2005-12-24T16:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > You know my favorite Bernadette Peters’ roll is still as Rita the Cat on Animaniacs. My 6-month-old cat is a maniac, a tabby-retriever. He’ll fetch until he falls over onto his side, panting. I wish he wouldn’t drop his filthy toys in my watercup, though. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/96 "2005-12-24T17:07:21Z")
We used to have a Weimaraner, a dog that is both a pointer and a retriever. He was such a sweet, sweet dog! If he was in the yard and saw a squirrel or a groundhog he would go directly into the classic pointer stance, even though he had no actual training as a hunting dog. I find it amazing that such behavior was innate. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/97 "2005-12-24T17:18:32Z")
I don’t know if there’s any truth to it, and I feel too lazy to check it out, but I once thought that Weimaraner meant “gray ghost” and there was an old TV show about Mosby’s Rangers in the Civil War called “Gary Ghost.” I always refered to the show as Weimaraner so that other people would always ask, “What are you talking about?” ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/98 "2005-12-24T17:22:49Z")
Weimaraners \*are \* sometimes called grey ghosts because of their color, which is often a silvey grey. But, as I’m sure you know, they are actually named for the Weimar Republic. Most T.V. shows are garbage, though. The only things I watch are baseball and the occasional favorite movie. And the HBO shows Deadwood, Rome, and Sopranos. No new episodes of any of those are scheduled until the spring, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/99 "2005-12-24T17:28:39Z")
Maybe they should be called Republicans then? I can’t wait for those HBO shows either. During these doldrum days I have to question the wisdom of subscribing to HBO, but as soon as things crank back up I have no doubt. They surely do carry shitty movies, though. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809/100 "2005-12-24T17:39:56Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > They surely do carry shitty movies, though. Not nearly as bad as FLIX, though. They have a library of (seemingly) fifty or so titles, which get aired, on average, four times a week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-this-thread/336809.md?page=6)