# Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661 "2007-09-10T10:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/41 "2007-09-11T13:46:45Z")
Maybe if they’ll change the name of the film, they’ll call it _Indiana Jones decides not to go to the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull because it is a Silly Place_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/42 "2007-09-11T13:59:42Z")
How has this gone 40 posts without becoming another “Indiana Jones and the Elder Stereotype” thread? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/43 "2007-09-11T14:19:45Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] How has this gone 40 posts without becoming another “Indiana Jones and the Elder Stereotype” thread? [/QUOTE] I propose instead that we turn it into an Indiana Jones Facts thread. Indiana Jones was not consumed by the Ark because it feared the repercussions. Indiana Jones isn’t afraid of snakes. Snakes are afraid of Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones gets his power from his hat, much like Samson’s hair. Okay, I got nuthin’… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/44 "2007-09-11T17:26:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Whoa! Are they saying Jesus had multiple penii … penises … penis? The standard Latin plural for “penis” is “penes”, and the standard English plural is “penises”. Either is acceptable. “Penii”, though, is just an abomination, resulting from a combination of multiple misconceptions about Latin. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/45 "2007-09-11T17:54:46Z")
The proper plural for “penis” is “too many penises”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/46 "2007-09-11T17:56:41Z")
I thought it was “scrum.” ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/47 "2007-09-11T18:11:03Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] The proper plural for “penis” is “too many penises”. [/QUOTE] Not quite a plural, but [Diphallia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphallia) is the medical term for having two on one guy. I guess “Multiphallia” for more than that. Or perhaps specific prefixes for a given quantity: Pentephallia? Octopahallia? Sesquicentephallia? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/48 "2007-09-11T18:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=sinjin] So… he’s fighting a demilich? [/QUOTE] Pthph…I bet Indy and his party don’t even get past the first room without getting disintegrated. ---
**Author:** ![AmalgramFour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@AmalgramFour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmalgramFour)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/49 "2007-09-11T18:39:47Z")
Indiana Jones to Diphallia in 47 posts. A side benefit of Diphallia is that in snowy weather, with careful aim, it’s possible to forge a signature. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/50 "2007-09-11T18:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] The standard Latin plural for “penis” is “penes”, and the standard English plural is “penises”. Either is acceptable. “Penii”, though, is just an abomination, resulting from a combination of multiple misconceptions about Latin. [/QUOTE] Heh, reminds me of the battles over the plural of “octopus”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/51 "2007-09-11T19:37:59Z")
[QUOTE=GargoyleWB] Pthph…I bet Indy and his party don’t even get past the first room without getting disintegrated. [/QUOTE] Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Horrors would ROCK. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/52 "2007-09-11T23:41:01Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] The proper plural for “penis” is “too many penises”. [/QUOTE] No, it’s “legislature”. Or perhaps “law firm”. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/53 "2007-09-12T00:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] No, it’s “legislature”. Or perhaps “law firm”. [/QUOTE] Two are called a law firm, three or more become a congress. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/54 "2007-09-12T02:00:03Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] The standard Latin plural for “penis” is “penes”, and the standard English plural is “penises”. Either is acceptable. “Penii”, though, is just an abomination, resulting from a combination of multiple misconceptions about Latin. [/QUOTE] Ah, thank you. I know this has come up before but I always forget what the correct form is but still you must admit that “penii” is funnier. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/55 "2007-09-12T02:29:39Z")
I agree it’s not the best title. I wonder what it’s about, though? I always liked the concept for the (PC game?) IJ and the Infernal Machine. He fights Communist Russians in the late 50’s for possession of a treasure hidden in the recently discovered ruins of the tower of babyl (a teleporter that works through time, space, and possibly beyond), IIRC. It gets bonus points for being ~15-20 years after the trilogy, just as the movie’s being made ~20-25 years after the trilogy was made, so Harrison’s aging works well (if you ignore the pesky immortality post tLC issue, which I think they’re doing anyways). [QUOTE=garygnu] Two are called a law firm, three or more become a congress. [/QUOTE] Mad props for getting a _1776_ reference into an Indiana Jones thread! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/56 "2007-09-12T02:36:56Z")
The immortality of the grail only worked inside the church/retreat where it resided if I remember right. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/57 "2007-09-12T02:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=Grey] The immortality of the grail only worked inside the church/retreat where it resided if I remember right. [/QUOTE] I think what the Grail did was heal all wounds, including the minor wear and tear of aging. When Indy drank from it, it cleared out any blockage in his arteries, broke up his gallstones, repaired any genetic damage that might have turned into cancer in thirty years, etc. etc. This makes you effectively immortal, so long as you drink from it regularly, but if you only take the one swallow, like Indy did, it just resets your biological clock. He’s not immortal, but he probably will live to be 130 years old, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/58 "2007-09-12T04:27:20Z")
I had no idea Strom Thurmond drank from the Holy Grail. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/59 "2007-09-12T06:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I had no idea Strom Thurmond drank from the Holy Grail. Huh. [/QUOTE] Not many people know this, but Strom Thurmond’s birth name was Allen Quartermain. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661/60 "2007-09-12T13:32:37Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] He’s not immortal, but he probably will live to be 130 years old, or something. [/QUOTE] What if on your one drink you hit that bad boy like a frat kid on a beer bong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/418661.md?page=4)