# I wonder if anyone knows more about "Yamantau" than the internet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301 "2013-06-06T16:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/21 "2013-06-06T17:09:31Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Sadly, no one knows the answer to this question. Delicately braised in a white wine sauce and served over chickpeas with a good hearty Cabernet, perhaps with some french fries and some good Heinz 57 sauce or catchup… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/22 "2013-06-06T17:12:14Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Do Balrogs taste like chicken? Yes, but the argument hinges on whether they taste like real chickens or simply figurative chickens… ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/23 "2013-06-06T17:12:15Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Do Balrogs taste like chicken? Chicken actually tastes like Balrog, since the Balrog came before the egg. The only real difference is in the slightly tangy taste of Balrog that’s been dinning on Russian. If you get the dwarf fed variety, then the taste and texture is remarkably similar. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/24 "2013-06-06T17:12:32Z")
> [@Mr\_Quatro](#): > > “Yamantau” translates into “evil mountain” located in Russia … > > you can look it up, but it won’t get you any closer to knowing what it is all about > > in my humble opinion Russia is thinking way ahead of the USA Your title and post suggests that you acquired your information from somewhere other than the internet. So-how did you learn about the subject? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/25 "2013-06-06T17:28:00Z")
In Middle Earth, adventurers came inside evil mountain. In Russia, Evil Mountain comes inside you! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/26 "2013-06-06T17:42:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m sort of wondering if there is any random/weird thing the OP _doesn’t_ believe. I’m going to go way out on a limb and guess “evolution”. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/27 "2013-06-06T18:04:57Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In Middle Earth, adventurers came inside evil mountain. In Russia, Evil Mountain comes inside you! And it burns! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/28 "2013-06-06T18:07:24Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In Middle Earth, adventurers came inside evil mountain. In Russia, Evil Mountain comes inside you! …then leaves a ten-spot on the nightstand before sneaking out the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/29 "2013-06-06T18:27:32Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Bet he doesn’t believe in Balrogs (with or without wings) eating dwarves and Russians on crackers with caviar. 😉 Of course he doesn’t. If you aren’t a barbarian, you know that Balrogs are served on toast points, not crackers. And lots of vodka to wash it down… (The vodka would explain a lot, though.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/30 "2013-06-06T18:29:57Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > (The vodka would explain a lot, though.) If you mean his mother drank a lot while she was pregnant, sure. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/31 "2013-06-06T20:54:07Z")
In Russia, Balrog eats _you_. With caviar. And vodka (for the flambaise). ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/32 "2013-06-06T20:56:49Z")
By the way, **Snowboarder Bo** did a very interesting thing with [noparse] [quote] [/noparse] boxes up there, in Post #14, that I don’t think I’ve seen done before. The _entire text of the whole quote box_ is a clickable link to the Wiki article he quoted. Click anywhere in the quote and it opens a new tab there. I’m going to have to remember that! (And yes, I’ve figured out how he did it.) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/33 "2013-06-06T23:42:39Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > In Middle Earth, adventurers came inside evil mountain. In Russia, Evil Mountain comes inside you! The One Cockring? ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/34 "2013-06-07T01:23:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Two syllables too much for you to handle? I think it’s a subtle callout to the Czar. Yannow, Czar being Russian and all. Or, maybe not. I’m wavering in my opinions regarding the abilities on display here. Isn’t a Balrog, tho. It’s really the mouth of Hell. That [burny shit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell) in Turkmenistan is just to throw people off the scent. Although, [Satan](http://api.ning.com/files/gJDkq1YvrFq5POoUjKqPDarknPrvXvYFYphWzNIGmU0GiLDpT51BM6uAB9d50yNotP3gSq8H4L-vbxWEaGQKsFxN2xskh0g*/fantasia.jpg)does come out and hang his nads in the cool breeze in the doorway every once in a while, so I can see how people would confuse him with a [Balrog](http://images.wikia.com/lotr/images/6/65/Glorfindel_Balrog_by_Moumou38.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/35 "2013-06-07T01:40:04Z")
Maybe Putin saw Dr. Strangelove too many times… Or the Fellowship of the Ring. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/36 "2013-06-07T01:49:07Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Maybe Putin saw Dr. Strangelove too many times… > > Or the Fellowship of the Ring. odd that you should mention President Putin’s name on the same day that he has announced his divorce from his wife of almost 30 years. your emails are now being traced and what exactly is the “Fellowship of the Ring” that you speak of? Is it another one of those unknown secret clubs? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/37 "2013-06-07T02:12:54Z")
Well, some have described the fandom of [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_fandom) as a secret club of sorts… 😛 Of course, when we now know that you are not aware of the name of one of the Books from The Lord of the Rings we have to wonder if you are thinking that all other references to a Balrog are supposed to be taken seriously. Here is a big tip as the whoosh is strong in you: \*\*No one is taking you seriously. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/38 "2013-06-07T03:17:24Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Here is a big tip as the whoosh is strong in you: \*\*No one is taking you seriously. \*\* I wouldn’t be so sure of that if I were you, besides I didn’t ask you to take me seriously. I simply pointed out that the USSR is taking the future of nuclear war seriously 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/39 "2013-06-07T03:28:15Z")
The USSR? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301/40 "2013-06-07T03:32:01Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > The USSR? Did they change their name again? I’m sorry that was the 1998 name … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-anyone-knows-more-about-yamantau-than-the-internet/660301.md?page=3)