# Klaatu Barada Nikto

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/21 "2014-06-30T03:18:55Z")

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[MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN](http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10678-mene-mene-tekel-upharsin) Hike!

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**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/22 "2014-06-30T03:26:30Z")

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Okay, [Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?](http://www.biblestudy.org/question/meaning-of-eli-eli-lama-sabachthani-spoken-by-jesus.html)

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/23 "2014-06-30T04:04:03Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> There’s also “Needle Noddle Noo” but I couldn’t find a cite.

[Needle nardle noo](http://www.thegoonshow.net/characters.asp)

Waits for applause. Not a sausage!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/24 "2014-06-30T04:47:56Z")

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> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#):
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> Nov shmoz ka pop?

[Notary sojac! 1506 nix nix! Foo?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Stover)

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**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, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/25 "2014-06-30T05:04:40Z")

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Wow, notary sojac. As soon as I heard it (well, saw it in print actually) it rang a bell. Haven’t heard or seen or thought of that phrase for decades.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/26 "2014-06-30T05:33:19Z")

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[Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.](http://www.neco1.com/pooh_book/chap2.html)

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**Author:** ![Yask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/27 "2014-06-30T05:41:29Z")

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Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/28 "2014-06-30T05:44:05Z")

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Serious (TMI) question" If I say “Unga bunga” do you think Bugs Bunny or getting violently raped in the ass? Because wow, Google just taught me the latter.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/29 "2014-06-30T06:01:59Z")

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[Swedish Bookstore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5eEi8T5kU).

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/30 "2014-06-30T06:04:54Z")

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I want the [Frim Fram Sauce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6c1PPF2dc) with the aussenfay with shifafa on the side.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/31 "2014-06-30T07:45:07Z")

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[Ku!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin-dza-dza!)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/32 "2014-06-30T12:15:52Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> [Ying Tong Iddle I Po](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebe1zuEtbc).

For subliminal reasons this reminds me of [Rang Tang Ding Dong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDl5YkSqQAE)

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/33 "2014-06-30T12:36:25Z")

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[Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-lagunga.](http://youtu.be/TkLH56VlKT0)

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/34 "2014-06-30T12:43:41Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> The gostak distims the doshes.

Damn right! \<bangs fist on table\>

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/35 "2014-06-30T12:48:56Z")

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Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves  
Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe:  
All mimsy were ye borogoves;  
And ye mome raths outgrabe.  
etc etc

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/36 "2014-06-30T12:52:01Z")

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> [@susan](#):
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> Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.

Nitpick: the phrase is easily translatable to “In his house at R’lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming”

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/37 "2014-06-30T13:10:30Z")

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[Marklar](http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Marklar)

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/38 "2014-06-30T13:12:21Z")

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[“Hoi, hoi u embleer Hrair,  
M’saion ule hraka vair.”](http://books.google.com/books?id=ittzoegmRpAC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=hoi+hoi+u+embleer&source=bl&ots=RmNUvRJERf&sig=yNtTy8ENusDP1ZegLF9M_Q7jO3w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4WKxU9-lNYnMsQS14oGQBA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=hoi%20hoi%20u%20embleer&f=false)

Ain’t it the truth.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/39 "2014-06-30T13:13:27Z")

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[Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A)

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/40 "2014-06-30T13:55:28Z")

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[Keyser Söze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyser_S%C3%B6ze)

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