# Israel is developing a weapon targeting Arabs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146 "2006-09-02T01:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/161 "2006-09-07T16:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] He’s probably thinking of Princhester. Y’know, there are waaaaay to many dopers with similar names. Like I always have trouble remembering which one is **spoke-** and which one is **wring**. Capitalize, people. I always used to confuse **Excalibre** with **Exapno Mapcase** , but I’m cured now, it doesn’t happen any more. [/QUOTE] Confuse me with someone else again and I’ll stab your eyes out while you sleep. I find threats of violence make one memorable. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/162 "2006-09-07T16:54:00Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] …es zol dir dunern in boykh, vestu meyen az s’iz a homon klaper. [/QUOTE] Well! He’ll show you! Especially for that “purple monkey dishwasher” remark. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/163 "2006-09-07T17:03:50Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Confuse me with someone else again and I’ll stab your eyes out while you sleep. I find threats of violence make one memorable. [/QUOTE] But isn’t the most disturbing thing, not that I confused you with someone else, that would be scientifically impossible, but rather that I THOUGHT about confusing you with someone else? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/164 "2006-09-07T17:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] I am reminded of a joke that a guide told me while I was backpacking in Scotland: Why do Scots wear kilts? Because sheep can hear a zipper being opened 100 yards away. [/QUOTE] Ya know, **Hal Briston** told me _the exact same joke_! Huh. Didn’t know **Hal** was a Scot. ---
**Author:** ![Wildfire\_MM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wildfire\_MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildfire_MM)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/165 "2006-09-07T17:28:42Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] No, you’re thinking of New Zealanders. [/QUOTE] No, Australians ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/166 "2006-09-07T17:32:39Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Ya know, **Hal Briston** told me _the exact same joke_! Huh. Didn’t know **Hal** was a Scot. [/QUOTE] Out of curiosity, do you actually still find that “Hal Briston fucks sheep” thing funny? Because for me, humor sort of wears out after the first five hundred times or so. Particularly in this case, in which it really couldn’t be more obvious that Hal posted just to get attention. It’s just rather puzzling to me that you would repeat this joke for the five hundred first time. Why would anyone still think it was funny? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/167 "2006-09-07T17:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=mrklutz] purple monkey dishwasher [/QUOTE] Band name! “Proactive Danish Sausage” would be a good band name, too. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/168 "2006-09-07T18:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Out of curiosity, do you actually still find that “Hal Briston fucks sheep” thing funny? Because for me, humor sort of wears out after the first five hundred times or so. Particularly in this case, in which it really couldn’t be more obvious that Hal posted just to get attention. It’s just rather puzzling to me that you would repeat this joke for the five hundred first time. Why would anyone still think it was funny? [/QUOTE] I don’t think he posted it because he thought it was funny, I think he posted it just to piss you off. And isn’t that what really matters? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/169 "2006-09-07T18:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] I don’t think he posted it because he thought it was funny, I think he posted it just to piss you off. And isn’t that what really matters? 😛 [/QUOTE] It doesn’t really piss me off. It’s a little annoying when someone like Bosda brings that kind of MPSIMS stupidity in here, but mostly I’m just incredibly puzzled to see people still repeating that. It’s not like it was a particularly funny joke in the first place. It’s like people who repeat catchphrases from commercials years after they’ve gone off the air. It wasn’t that funny back when it was new and fresh. I have to wonder what’s going on with the people who still think it’s funny now. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/170 "2006-09-07T19:35:27Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Out of curiosity, do you actually still find that “Hal Briston fucks sheep” thing funny? Because for me, humor sort of wears out after the first five hundred times or so. Particularly in this case, in which it really couldn’t be more obvious that Hal posted just to get attention. It’s just rather puzzling to me that you would repeat this joke for the five hundred first time. Why would anyone still think it was funny? [/QUOTE] You’re fighting a losing battle, my brother. Some people just have to post. Off topic? Post anyway. All you have to offer is a moronic catch phrase that was played out months ago? It’s time to post! OMG. I haven’t made a post since breakfast. Maybe I can shoe horn in a Futurama post here. BTW, I think it was Hal’s co-worker who made the sheep post when Hal was away from his computer. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/171 "2006-09-07T19:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] BTW, I think it was Hal’s co-worker who made the sheep post when Hal was away from his computer. [/QUOTE] Well, I don’t think that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/172 "2006-09-07T19:53:32Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] It doesn’t really piss me off. It’s a little annoying when someone like Bosda brings that kind of MPSIMS stupidity in here, but mostly I’m just incredibly puzzled to see people still repeating that. It’s not like it was a particularly funny joke in the first place. It’s like people who repeat catchphrases from commercials years after they’ve gone off the air. It wasn’t that funny back when it was new and fresh. I have to wonder what’s going on with the people who still think it’s funny now. [/QUOTE] Considering we still have people doing the “Hi Opal!” thing and “It was Rio, Duran Duran” or whatever, I think we’ll have to get used to it. In-jokes around this place NEVER die. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/173 "2006-09-07T19:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Considering we still have people doing the “Hi Opal!” thing and “It was Rio, Duran Duran” or whatever, I think we’ll have to get used to it. In-jokes around this place NEVER die. [/QUOTE] You know, no one told any in jokes on the SDMB, once. For twenty minutes. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/174 "2006-09-07T20:06:31Z")
Gotta nuke those jokes from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/175 "2006-09-07T20:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] Gotta nuke those jokes from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but can we create a nuke that would recognize these jokes from the good ones? Or is it genetically impossible? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/176 "2006-09-07T20:44:40Z")
Kill them all. Cecil will recognize his own. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/177 "2006-09-07T23:10:15Z")
[The Swedes are working on a weapon to use against airplanes](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10375856). The airlines are concerned that “the tins could explode midflight and potentially shower customers with noxious odors that would take many days to fumigate”. [QUOTE=duffer] No. All Swedes are racist. Your ignorance of this fact is noted. [/quote] We’re not racist, just better than everybody else. **Your** ignorance of **that** fact has been noted. Someone is being sent to hide an opened can of surstromming somewhere in your car where you won’t find it as I post this 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/178 "2006-09-07T23:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=Wildfire\*\*MM] No, Australians [/QUOTE] You’re not exactly the sharpest bulb in the sack, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/179 "2006-09-08T06:48:11Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] You’re not exactly the sharpest bulb in the sack, are you? [/QUOTE] You didn’t figure that out until now? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146/180 "2006-09-09T03:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Particularly in this case, in which it really couldn’t be more obvious that Hal posted just to get attention. [/QUOTE] Huh. Never even considered that this idea was out there. But, since you’re 100% wrong on that little notion, I’d have to say that “couldn’t be more obvious” is a bit of a stretch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-is-developing-a-weapon-targeting-arabs/371146.md?page=10)