# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/141 "2008-04-06T21:56:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] 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. [/QUOTE] You are ever so close, but I feel I should point out that monkey puzzle is actually the first of the weekday word games in the newspaper that people while away time with using a pen or pencil or (if they’re really good at them) with Magic Markers. ---
**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 7, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/142 "2008-04-07T00:59:04Z")
Can’t be. The Marine Corps song refers to the halls of monkey puzzle Certainly they didn’t write a song about Marines doing crosswords! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/143 "2008-04-07T01:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Can’t be. The Marine Corps song refers to the halls of monkey puzzle Certainly they didn’t write a song about Marines doing crosswords! [/QUOTE] We may have a legitimate disagreement going here. I’d say that Monday Puzzle and Montezuma are both reasonable estimates of the little country with all the casinos or else the comedy show that did a King Arthur putdown ---
**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 7, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/144 "2008-04-07T02:03:20Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] We may have a legitimate disagreement going here. I’d say that Monday Puzzle and Montezuma are both reasonable estimates of the little country with all the casinos or else the comedy show that did a King Arthur putdown [/QUOTE] Come now, everyone knows that Monte Carlo was the place that that guy was from who escaped from prison in the book, and Monty Python was a Billy Idol song. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/145 "2008-04-07T12:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Come now, everyone knows that Monte Carlo was the place that that guy was from who escaped from prison in the book… [/QUOTE] No, you’re thinking of the woman who starred in _The Munsters_. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/146 "2008-04-07T12:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, you’re thinking of the woman who starred in _The Munsters_. [/QUOTE] Everybody knows that Yvonne De Carlo is the guy in _Gangs of New York_ and _The Departed_ ---
**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 7, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/147 "2008-04-07T14:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Everybody knows that Yvonne De Carlo is the guy in _Gangs of New York_ and _The Departed_ [/QUOTE] Huh. I always thought Leonardo DiCaprio was a popular citrus-flavored version of a well-known gelatine dessert brand. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/148 "2008-04-07T19:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Huh. I always thought Leonardo DiCaprio was a popular citrus-flavored version of a well-known gelatine dessert brand. [/QUOTE] Please tell me you didn’t mean Lemon Jello because if you did, I have no idea where to try to take it next. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/149 "2008-04-07T19:05:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Please tell me you didn’t mean Lemon Jello because if you did, I have no idea where to try to take it next. [/QUOTE] He couldn’t have meant that – I think he’s thinking of the guy who composed the opera “Pagliacci.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/150 "2008-04-07T19:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] He couldn’t have meant that – I think he’s thinking of the guy who composed the opera “Pagliacci.” [/QUOTE] That would be a little better because if he meant Leoncavallo — which I always see as Lionhorse then maybe he’s confused and was thinking of the old French guy with the bowtie and straw hat who sang about little girls and how Heaven should be thanked for them (did you ever think of him as a pervert/pedophile?) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/151 "2008-04-07T19:31:15Z")
Chevalier? Isn’t that a U.S. automaker? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/152 "2008-04-07T19:41:47Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Chevalier? Isn’t that a U.S. automaker? [/QUOTE] That’s close but I bet you’re thinking of the big corn chip/potato chip conglomerate that’s big into snack foods. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/153 "2008-04-07T21:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] That’s close but I bet you’re thinking of the big corn chip/potato chip conglomerate that’s big into snack foods. [/QUOTE] My dear sir, how could you have forgotten that Frito-Lay was the woman who had a hit back in 1970 with _Band of Gold_? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/154 "2008-04-07T21:40:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] My dear sir, how could you have forgotten that Frito-Lay was the woman who had a hit back in 1970 with _Band of Gold_? [/QUOTE] Oh, yes, I know too well that you’re thinking that Freda Payne might be the answer, but she’s the artist that Salma Hayek went unibrow to play ---
**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 8, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/155 "2008-04-08T01:16:18Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Oh, yes, I know too well that you’re thinking that Freda Payne might be the answer, but she’s the artist that Salma Hayek went unibrow to play [/QUOTE] Salma Hayek came up with 6.022 x 1023? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/156 "2008-04-08T01:28:30Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Salma Hayek came up with 6.022 x 1023? [/QUOTE] Don’t be silly. Avogadro is where the first atomic bomb was detonated. ---
**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 8, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/157 "2008-04-08T01:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Don’t be silly. Avogadro is where the first atomic bomb was detonated. [/QUOTE] Are you quite sure? I thought an Alamogordo was one of those big reptiles that live in the bayous. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/158 "2008-04-08T05:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Are you quite sure? I thought an Alamogordo was one of those big reptiles that live in the bayous. [/QUOTE] Not really. I was trained to believe that an alligator has replaced the generator as the main source of electical power in a car ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/159 "2008-04-08T09:34:14Z")
Isn’t alternator a type of music? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/160 "2008-04-08T12:25:26Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] Isn’t alternator a type of music? 😕 [/QUOTE] I believe what you’re thinking is a type of music, namely alternative is what people go to a tailor to have done [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=9)