# I thought that was a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404 "2008-03-31T17:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/121 "2008-04-03T21:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, it’s just another word for a swamp. [/QUOTE] You mean those little white goodies you roast over a campfire? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/122 "2008-04-03T22:38:41Z")
you’re mistaken marshmallow are the two words descibing opposite moods, words often used by hippies and Valley Girls ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/123 "2008-04-04T13:23:18Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] the two words descibing opposite moods, words often used by hippies and Valley Girls… [/QUOTE] Sorry – when you say Harsh/mellow, you’re thinking of the German director of _Grizzly Man, Fitzcaraldo_, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/124 "2008-04-04T13:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Sorry – when you say Harsh/mellow, you’re thinking of the German director of _Grizzly Man, Fitzcaraldo_, etc. [/QUOTE] Now wait a sec. I was pretty sure that Herzog was that part of old Yugoslavia linked up with Bosnia ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/125 "2008-04-04T17:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Now wait a sec. I was pretty sure that Herzog was that part of old Yugoslavia linked up with Bosnia [/QUOTE] No, he’s the former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The place you’re thinking of is herpes zoster ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/126 "2008-04-04T18:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] No, he’s the former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The place you’re thinking of is herpes zoster [/QUOTE] I always thought is was ironic that Elvis would use that 2001 music for his grand entrance when it was originally titled “Also Sprach _that guy_” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/127 "2008-04-04T19:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I always thought is was ironic that Elvis would use that 2001 music for his grand entrance when it was originally titled “Also Sprach _that guy_” [/QUOTE] No, no, no, that’s the famous masked Mexican swordsman. Zarathustra ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/128 "2008-04-04T19:11:23Z")
No, Zorro was the Japanese fighter plane of WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/129 "2008-04-04T19:13:40Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Zorro was the Japanese fighter plane of WWII. [/QUOTE] And here all this time I had been thinking that Zero was one of the Marx brothers. Hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/130 "2008-04-04T19:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] one of the Marx brothers. Hmmmm. [/QUOTE] No, that’s the kind of lighter that uses liquid fuel, the ones that people learn to do cool tricks with. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/131 "2008-04-04T19:23:10Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, that’s the kind of lighter that uses liquid fuel, the ones that people learn to do cool tricks with. [/QUOTE] Ah, yes, the same thing that Uncle Remus sings about in that old Disney live-action and animation movie _Song of the South_ with Brer Rabbit and all those critters. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/132 "2008-04-04T19:34:03Z")
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= OFF TOPIC QUESTION SERIOUSLY Does anybody know if this game has some “official” name? Have you ever played it and called it something specific? I ask, because it was a long time after I learned how to play _Botticelli_ that I learned it had that name. I even found a book with that title for a whole bunch of games like it. For all I know, this game is in that book, but it’s been a while since I saw the book around here. Back to the game… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/133 "2008-04-04T19:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Ah, yes, the same thing that Uncle Remus sings about in that old Disney live-action and animation movie _Song of the South_ with Brer Rabbit and all those critters. [/QUOTE] I really had to dig into the attic of my memory for this one, but I finally remembered that Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was a hair gel advertised extensively on TV in the '60’s. I figured it had gone out of business, but someone told me that White Rain had bought the rights to it from Gillette, and you can order it online. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/134 "2008-04-04T19:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I really had to dig into the attic of my memory for this one, but I finally remembered that Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was a hair gel advertised extensively on TV in the '60’s. I figured it had gone out of business, but someone told me that White Rain had bought the rights to it from Gillette, and you can order it online. [/QUOTE] I had to do similar head-scratching and (more relevantly) some web searching to see that Dippity Doo is the product name for some Nabisco (if it ain’t them it ought to be) product with those little cheese tidbits and other stuff you’d find in Chex Mix. It’s good with dips, I hear. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/135 "2008-04-05T00:46:42Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I had to do similar head-scratching and (more relevantly) some web searching to see that Dippity Doo is the product name for some Nabisco (if it ain’t them it ought to be) product with those little cheese tidbits and other stuff you’d find in Chex Mix. It’s good with dips, I hear. [/QUOTE] I thought that was the clinical term for double vision. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/136 "2008-04-05T00:50:06Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I had to do similar head-scratching and (more relevantly) some web searching to see that Dippity Doo is the product name for some Nabisco (if it ain’t them it ought to be) product with those little cheese tidbits and other stuff you’d find in Chex Mix. It’s good with dips, I hear. [/QUOTE] You got your foods mixed up. Cheeze Doodles stuck a feather in his hat and called macaroni. ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/137 "2008-04-05T09:07:35Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] You got your foods mixed up. Cheeze Doodles stuck a feather in his hat and called macaroni. [/QUOTE] Surely you meant yankee doodle Which is what you get when the Americans try to rip off Habsburg cuisine. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/138 "2008-04-05T13:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] Surely you meant yankee doodle Which is what you get when the Americans try to rip off Habsburg cuisine. [/QUOTE] No, I think you’re thinking of one of DiMaggio’s nicknames. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/139 "2008-04-05T14:25:34Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, I think you’re thinking of one of DiMaggio’s nicknames. [/QUOTE] If memory serves, yankee clipper is what they call those barber tools for giving chimps a haircut (not that I’ve seen all that many of them myself) BTW – the Nabisco snack I was thinking of (and which may be a defunct product no longer available in stores) was Doodads. Cheeze Doodles is close enough so we can go right on ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/140 "2008-04-06T21:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] If memory serves, yankee clipper is what they call those barber tools for giving chimps a haircut (not that I’ve seen all that many of them myself) BTW – the Nabisco snack I was thinking of (and which may be a defunct product no longer available in stores) was Doodads. Cheeze Doodles is close enough so we can go right on ahead. [/QUOTE] I also thought of Doo Dads (as the product name is spelled in [this thread from another forum).](http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3921) I ate a lot of those during my childhood. If you’re thinking of monkey clipper, I must inform you that that term actually refers to a tree whose scientific name is _Araucaria araucaria_, and which is considered the hardiest of the conifers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=8)