# I will take a crowbar to the next car whose alarm goes off.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 24, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146 "2004-03-24T16:14:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146/41 "2004-03-25T22:22:36Z")

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Smashing glass? Smashing tires? Sugar in the gas tank? Too much trouble (and too obvious). Eggs are better. Not only would they give the car a lovely smell, they do wonders for the paint. 😉

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146/42 "2004-03-25T23:54:14Z")

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Can we get a consensus here on how to spell those singing car alarms?

Is it my spelling:

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> Ehh! Ehh! Ehh! Ehh! Ehh! Ehh!  
> Boooooooweeeeeeeeeip! Booooooooweeeeeeeip!  
> Dooooooo-deeeeeeee Dooooooo-deeeeeee  
> Weeeeeooooo Weeeeeooooo Weeeeeoooo Weeeeeooooo! :||

Or **Master Wang-Ka** ’s spelling:

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> “WHEEP! WHEEP! WHEEP! WHEEP! OORT! OORT OORT! OORT FaaaaaZOOP! FaaaaaZOOP! FaaaaaaZOOP FaaaaaaZOOP! ERNK! ERNK! ERNK! ERNK! WHEEP! WHEEP! WHEEP! WHEEP!”

Or another spelling?

Please advise. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146/43 "2004-03-26T00:14:40Z")

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> [@Dooku](#):
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> Can we get a consensus here on how to spell those singing car alarms?
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> Is it my spelling:
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> Or **Master Wang-Ka** ’s spelling:
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> Or another spelling?
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> Please advise. 🙂

The different spellings reflect the dialects of the Chinese provinces where the alarms were manufactured, of course… 😉

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**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-take-a-crowbar-to-the-next-car-whose-alarm-goes-off/236146/44 "2004-03-26T16:32:17Z")

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> [@Ale](#):
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> The different spellings reflect the dialects of the Chinese provinces where the alarms were manufactured, of course… 😉

[OT] **Ale** , I tried to e-mail you, but the link in your profile is dead. Can you e-mail me? It’s in my profile. I wanted to ask you something.[/OT]

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