# I don't get it.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795 "2005-12-02T19:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795/41 "2005-12-06T15:23:05Z")

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> [@Nature's Call](#):
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> [dumb-question-hi-jack]I’ve seen a number of references to 20 minutes. 'Splain please[/dqhj]
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> Actually, that is to say: I don’t get it.
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> 😃

it defies explanation

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795/42 "2005-12-06T16:05:11Z")

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> [@Nature's Call](#):
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> [dumb-question-hi-jack]I’ve seen a number of references to 20 minutes. 'Splain please[/dqhj]
> 
> Actually, that is to say: I don’t get it.
> 
> 😃

Um, it’s a running gag about the number of times humanity has visited the deepest part of the sea, the Marianas Trench. Which we’ve visited once. In the 1960s. For 20 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795/43 "2005-12-06T16:22:26Z")

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Quick! There it goes!

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795/44 "2005-12-06T17:26:51Z")

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> [@Malacandra](#):
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> Um, it’s a running gag about the number of times humanity has visited the deepest part of the sea, the Marianas Trench. Which we’ve visited once. In the 1960s. For 20 minutes.

Whoa, did you see that? It went right over your head!

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-it/333795/45 "2005-12-06T19:08:55Z")

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is it alive? Don’t poke it!

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