# Klaatu Barada Nikto **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970 "2014-06-29T23:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/1 "2014-06-29T23:39:16Z")
I’m starting this thread in MPSIMS (as opposed to Cafe Society) so that its purpose won’t be seen as merely a collection of movie stuff. There may be plenty of that (he says hopingly) but it would be more fun if we have a No Limits approach to it. Come up with weird and perhaps untranslatable expressions that you can at least find a link to (as a cite if nothing else) and that you’re pretty sure some reasonable number od SDMB aficionados would at least recognize. Think of it as a combination Vocabulary Building and Arcana Sharing venture. Who has a good connecting phrase or word to link to the title or something in an earlier post in the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/2 "2014-06-29T23:55:05Z")
[Ying Tong Iddle I Po](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebe1zuEtbc). (Not sure about the spelling) Well, it may not be familiar to a lot of you, but I know at least a couple of you know whence it comes. There’s also “Needle Noddle Noo” but I couldn’t find a cite. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/3 "2014-06-30T00:02:58Z")
[Meega, nala kwishta!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-F189dFppc) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/4 "2014-06-30T00:46:59Z")
The gostak distims the doshes. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/5 "2014-06-30T01:03:14Z")
[Me Tie Dough-ty Walker!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark) ---
**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 30, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/6 "2014-06-30T01:06:51Z")
Mimsey were the borogroves. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/7 "2014-06-30T01:15:22Z")
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/8 "2014-06-30T01:23:07Z")
[Frammin’ at the jim-jam, frippin’ in the krotz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Id) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/9 "2014-06-30T01:27:08Z")
Well, I have posted this before, but it seems to the point: [Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu). Also: > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **[Roger Waters](http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/several-species-umma-lyrics.html)**: > > Aye an a bit o’ mackerel, fiddler, rack and fear, > And I rutted down by the hade and the furrow > Well, I slipped me in a flop and hit down and I shied, > And I cried, cried, cried > The fear of fallin’ down aft’ taken, never back to rise. > > … _More in the same vein cut for copyright reasons_ … > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > [Ying Tong Iddle I Po](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebe1zuEtbc). > > (Not sure about the spelling) Well, it may not be familiar to a lot of you, but I know at least a couple of you know whence it comes. > > There’s also “Needle Noddle Noo” but I couldn’t find a cite. "Hey, you’ve deaded me! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/10 "2014-06-30T01:32:56Z")
[It’s hard to bargle nawdle zouss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklUAoZ6KxY) ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/11 "2014-06-30T01:41:30Z")
Nov shmoz ka pop? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/12 "2014-06-30T01:49:48Z")
Nanu nanu! (Gotta run) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/13 "2014-06-30T01:53:37Z")
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou. Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/14 "2014-06-30T02:11:26Z")
“Mucho ecological, Poncho! Mucho ecological!” ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/15 "2014-06-30T02:14:30Z")
Does the entire script for Bane in The Dark Knight Rises count? ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/16 "2014-06-30T02:30:28Z")
Narfle the Garthok ---
**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:** [June 30, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/17 "2014-06-30T02:35:38Z")
[Koon-ut-kal-if-fee](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Vulcan_language) :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/18 "2014-06-30T02:38:54Z")
[Menomena](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50i5egBSUxs). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/19 "2014-06-30T02:41:24Z")
“Groop! I implore thee…” [sub]Aaaiiieeee…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/20 "2014-06-30T02:43:26Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > [Koon-ut-kal-if-fee](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Vulcan_language) > > :dubious: I’m sorry, I’m in plak tow. I cannot speak. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970.md?page=2)