# I now know what noise a hoise makes when it explodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737 "2013-05-19T17:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/1 "2013-05-19T17:10:05Z")
BANG! Seriously. Quite loud, certainly, but not as loud as I would have expected. From my flat I could only see the roof of those houses, and the roofline now has a gap in it. Also, a thick shroud of smoke. Took several minutes for the police and fire brigade to arrive, and about ten for the air ambulance. Could briefly see flames above roof level. The street in front of my house is full of police cars and people pointlessly standing around. From eavesdropping, there seem to have been “three casualties” and “a smell of gas”. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/2 "2013-05-19T17:23:32Z")
What’s a “hoise?” House? Hose? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/3 "2013-05-19T17:38:59Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > What’s a “hoise?” House? Hose? It’s a house noise, from what I can figure out. Though an exploding horse is also an amusing idea. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/4 "2013-05-19T17:50:12Z")
A hoise noise is what you get when you’re hoist with your own petard. Do’h! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/5 "2013-05-19T17:52:47Z")
A noisy hoise annoys a hoister. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/6 "2013-05-19T18:03:23Z")
A hoise is what they use to cart away the boin victims of a house fire. Never seen one assplode before, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/7 "2013-05-19T19:50:56Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Though an exploding horse is also an amusing idea. A hoise is a horse from Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/8 "2013-05-19T20:13:31Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > A hoise is a horse from Brooklyn. No, that’s a hawse. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/9 "2013-05-19T20:18:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No, that’s a hawse. In Brooklyn, a hawse can pull a hoise to the cemetary. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/10 "2013-05-19T20:47:58Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Though an exploding horse is also an amusing idea. I recall an old cartoon short with that theme. “The Mafia in the Old West” it was called IIRC. - \\* _\_ _ **BOOM!** _ _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/11 "2013-05-19T21:31:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No, that’s a hawse. No, no; a hawse is a hoise from texas. And it doesn’t go bang, it just goes ‘splash’. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/12 "2013-05-20T00:04:04Z")
I could fix the typo in the thread title, but where’s the fun in that? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/13 "2013-05-20T00:07:20Z")
Interesting. I would have thought it would be BOOM. BANG is just a short stabbing sound, while BOOM reverberates. Live and loin. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/14 "2013-05-20T00:23:30Z")
An exploding sheep goes sis-boom-baaaaa and no one knows why ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/15 "2013-05-20T00:25:59Z")
Damn, all the best “loins” are taken. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/16 "2013-05-20T00:29:00Z")
From your location I think you must be talking about [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22591002). A serious explosion with people injured and two still missing. Maybe Twickster should fix the title and people should knock off the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/17 "2013-05-20T00:39:05Z")
Well now we know where the OP lives ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/18 "2013-05-20T01:01:43Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Well now we know where the OP lives It’s in their profile, I checked that and the posting time to see if I had the right explosion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/19 "2013-05-20T01:57:50Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > From your location I think you must be talking about [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22591002). A serious explosion with people injured and two still missing. Maybe Twickster should fix the title and people should knock off the jokes. Buzz kill. ---
**Author:** ![kjbrasda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kjbrasda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjbrasda)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/20 "2013-05-20T02:14:37Z")
Ah, thought you were talking about the[house that exploded today](http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/House-explosion-in-no-one-injured--208064881.html) near my husband’s workplace. Luckily these homeowners were away on vacation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737.md?page=2)