# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/21 "2013-05-20T02:17:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Buzz kill. Fuck off. One [dead](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22591002) now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/22 "2013-05-20T02:43:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Interesting. I would have thought it would be BOOM. BANG is just a short stabbing sound, while BOOM reverberates. Live and loin. I have heard a whole [commercial building](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Vidal_explosion)\* get obliterated by a gas leak in an urban area. The explosion itself if there are no secondaries is a sharp blast; the reverb comes from the waves resonance of the buildings lining the streets. (\*a half mile away. Initial reaction was WTF was THAT?, I had no clear sightline) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/23 "2013-05-20T02:55:17Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Fuck off. One [dead](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22591002) now. This against the rules, please insult in the Pit. Do not direct this to any poster in this forum again. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/24 "2013-05-20T05:21:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No, that’s a hawse. “Hoise” would be the plural. ---
**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 20, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/25 "2013-05-20T05:37:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I could fix the typo in the thread title, but where’s the fun in that? I don’t know… in light of the seriousness of this incident I think you should consider changing it. I mean, the OP obviously meant to write “exploids”. ---
**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 20, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/26 "2013-05-20T07:00:12Z")
> [@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. And they cut off the electricity to prevent further explosions, hence the lack of further posts from me, the OP. I’d’ve thought they’d’ve shut off the gas, but there you go. Also, they did set up a big electric floodlight directly over the rubble while the nearby houses were cut off, so again I’m not sure what the point was. Currently the road outside is still full of police, and there is one of those news vans with a big satellite dish on top, which I assumed only existed in American movies. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/27 "2013-05-20T07:19:40Z")
A hoise is a hoise, of coise of coise. And no one can talk to a hoise, of coise. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/28 "2013-05-20T08:02:17Z")
I thought hoise was singular for hoisery. ---
**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, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737/29 "2013-05-20T11:57:54Z")
> [@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. Agree that my levity may not be appropriate to the incident, but it’s completely in line with the tone of the thread. There’s no way to turn this into a serious discussion at this point. If you’d like to start a new thread about the actual incident, feel free. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-know-what-noise-a-hoise-makes-when-it-explodes/658737.md?page=1)