# International Talk To Your Giant Invisible Rats Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033 "2004-04-03T05:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/21 "2004-04-04T20:37:36Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Oh, great. The new boss is coming tomorrow to meet the staff. And I’ll be sitting at my desk talking to my Giant Invisible Rat. Every now and then, certain replies cause me to laugh maniacally. This is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/22 "2004-04-04T20:43:05Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > …Just out of curiosity, what will you say?.. Are you from Sumatra? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/23 "2004-04-04T21:20:15Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > We can’t stop here! This is rat country! 😃 Good call, **TM**. By the way, I’m now fully sober, and this thread makes a little more sense. But not much. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/24 "2004-04-04T21:25:33Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > 😃 Good call, **TM**. > > By the way, I’m now fully sober, and this thread makes a little more sense. > But not much. Good. 'Cos I’m confused by the > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Tentacle Monster > We can’t stop here! This is rat country! line. Would you or someone please explain the reference? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/25 "2004-04-04T22:50:25Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What if the rats are just Giant Invisible Dust Bunnies? My Giant Dust Bunnies are clearly visible and, trust me, you do _not_ want to talk to them! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/26 "2004-04-04T22:52:51Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Just out of curiosity, what will you say? Probably, “Where the fuck are you?” **screech** – it’s a Hunter S. Thompson line from _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas._ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/27 "2004-04-04T23:38:29Z")
“Are you pink, like invisible unicorns?” ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/28 "2004-04-05T01:11:19Z")
No, no, no. It’s the elephants that are pink, not the unicorns. At least that’s what my international rat told me. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/29 "2004-04-05T01:33:10Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > Would you or someone please explain the reference? As **Cervaise** said, it’s a (slightly modified) Hunter S. Thompson line from _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_. He and a friend were driving down what was apparently a two-lane highway in Nevada or somesuch, and Thompson noted mentally that “the drugs were starting to kick in” (I don’t remember which drugs, probably because I was really stoned when I saw the movie–but it was probably some combination involving LSD or mescaline). Thompson suddenly started seeing vicious bats flying around everywhere. His friend asked if they could stop the car for some reason or another, and Thompson replied, “We can’t stop here! This is _bat country!_”, swiping at the invisible bats in the air with his hand. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/30 "2004-04-05T01:37:05Z")
[short hijack]BTW, I don’t recommend watching _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_ under the influence of anything unless you’re very familiar with both the movie and the stuff you’re taking. There are some movies you just shouldn’t watch high, and that’s one of them. It was a pretty freaky experience. (At one point, I just left the room and walked around the house where I couldn’t see or hear it, because it was too much for me to handle. It turned out that this point was about 15 minutes before the end. Oh well.) Anyway, there are plenty of drugs in that movie to go around; you don’t need to bring any.[/hijack] Now back to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/31 "2004-04-05T01:41:15Z")
I knew it sounded familiar. Much thanked. (Gonna have to get the book again. Read that in high school and enjoyed it way back then.) ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/32 "2004-04-05T02:13:46Z")
Giant invisible rats?? I never thought of that - that explains why one of my dogs seems to bark for no reason - he’s trying to chase the rats away!! What I would say to them - “Why me?? Go infest my neighbour’s house!!” I wonder if you could catch them, and make a coat from their skins, could you make yourself invisible just by putting it on? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/33 "2004-04-05T03:28:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I wonder if you could catch them, and make a coat from their skins, could you make yourself invisible just by putting it on? Yes, but no matter, because that ineffable dead-rat smell would give you away. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/34 "2004-04-05T04:23:13Z")
As tribute to this thread, I’m listening to Modest Mouse’s _I Came as a Rat_. Just thought you should know. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/35 "2004-04-05T05:45:09Z")
> [@screech-owl](#): > > I knew it sounded familiar. Much thanked. > (Gonna have to get the book again. Read that in high school and enjoyed it way back then.) I still haven’t read that book. I’ve been meaning to. I’ll go pick it up after I finish reading the 5 books or so that are next in line for me (sober! I learned my lesson from my _F&LiLV_ movie experience–there are some things you should experience while under the influence, and _Fear and Loathing_ isn’t one of them). ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/36 "2004-04-05T07:35:50Z")
Ross so made me laugh. Oh, and I’d probably tell the rats to avoid my workplace. We have a giant, invisible vivisectionist on the premises. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/37 "2004-04-05T11:44:50Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Just out of curiosity, what will you say? Hi there. Haven’t I seen you somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/38 "2004-04-05T11:59:14Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yes, but no matter, because that ineffable dead-rat smell would give you away. Surely, with all this modern technology, there’d be a way to effectively deodorise it without losing the invisible quality. Now that I think of it, maybe that’s why they haven’t captured Bin Laden yet - they can smell a rat OK, they just can’t see him!! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/39 "2004-04-05T13:32:20Z")
Rats. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-talk-to-your-giant-invisible-rats-day/238033/40 "2004-04-05T13:58:02Z")
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