# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/81 "2014-07-02T03:50:38Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Lots of English there but I’ve always loved the way that the actor delivers this with the attitude that everyone knows these terms. [Rick Moranis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjzZhTS_xa0) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/82 "2014-07-02T03:57:45Z")
I am black on the right side! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/83 "2014-07-02T04:03:42Z")
We are no longer the Knights Who Say Ni! We are now the Knights Who Say Ecky Ecky Ecky Fizang Boom! (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/84 "2014-07-02T04:20:51Z")
[Ko-Ko: As some day it may happen that a victim must be found …](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NLV24qTnlg&feature=kp) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/85 "2014-07-02T05:09:57Z")
> [@Yask](#): > > Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/86 "2014-07-02T05:36:09Z")
Miraculously I had forgotten all about the thread so when I did a search on one of its nonsense phrases that I _did_ remember the search came back with [Weird utterances you can’t seem to forget](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377047) from 06-24-2006! Obviously my curiosity / interest in such matters just won’t go away! (Plenty of candidates for this current thread if you want to rip one/some off!) 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/87 "2014-07-02T06:18:12Z")
At the risk of being too obscure even for this thread: Honk honk blat wak wak wak wak wak ungow! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/88 "2014-07-02T06:29:17Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > At the risk of being too obscure even for this thread: > > \<\< clipped \>\> ungow! My grammar school aged playmates made plenty use of our interpretations of what the Johnny Weissmuller **Tarzan** would say to any of the critters in his entourage to get them to do _anything_, which was _umgawa_ (sp?) only we would use it for almost any communication and hope the gestures and facial expressions that would accompany the noise would convey some sort of meaning to the others within earshot. Later on, more advanced Tarzan-speak would replace the _umgawa_ thing and it became more like _Kreegah Bundolo_ from the comic book version of the Apeman. Any common ground here? Or is _ungow_ another can of worms? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/89 "2014-07-02T08:10:20Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Any common ground here? Or is _ungow_ another can of worms? It has nothing to do with Tarzan. Anyone else want to guess? ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/90 "2014-07-02T08:19:10Z")
[Fil-i-me-oo-re-i-re-ay Fil-i-me-oo-re-i-re-ay Fil-i-me-oo-re-i-re-ay To work upon the railway!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Y0oIVf0Mo) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/91 "2014-07-02T08:38:02Z")
_Nautron respoc lorni virch_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Cabbage\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cabbage_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/92 "2014-07-02T14:31:41Z")
[Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee](http://shortstories.wikispaces.com/Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee) ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/93 "2014-07-02T14:43:47Z")
[Baby, I’m going to sine your pitty on the runny kine!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258038/quotes) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/94 "2014-07-02T15:12:37Z")
uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh… (since you won’t get it, Forrest Gump’s mamma paying his tuition) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/95 "2014-07-02T15:34:33Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh…uhhh… > > (since you won’t get it, Forrest Gump’s mamma paying his tuition) Cold! Love it! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/96 "2014-07-02T17:52:09Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > It has nothing to do with Tarzan. Anyone else want to guess? I seem to remember – one of the “cat cartoons” by Kliban? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/97 "2014-07-02T17:55:29Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > I seem to remember – one of the “cat cartoons” by Kliban? Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/98 "2014-07-02T21:04:43Z")
[A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj_jm2J6DWc)! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/99 "2014-07-02T21:24:44Z")
[Axaxaxas mlö](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tl%C3%B6n,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius) ---
**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:** [July 2, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klaatu-barada-nikto/691970/100 "2014-07-02T22:51:27Z")
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