# My hovercraft is full of eels? Whaa? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227 "2003-10-08T04:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/61 "2003-10-10T06:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mojave66 \* > \*\*But there is no Number Six! \*\* The wolverines are eating my toenails! ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/62 "2003-10-10T07:02:36Z")
Right, then. I won’t ruin this sketch, for a pound. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/63 "2003-10-10T07:43:17Z")
All right! Stop it! That’s silly! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/64 "2003-10-10T09:58:28Z")
And now for something completely different. I wonder where my fish did go? ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/65 "2003-10-10T11:20:10Z")
Oh, have you been shopping? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/66 "2003-10-10T13:02:48Z")
I know it’s not MP, but… don’t mention the war! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/67 "2003-10-10T13:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Papermache Prince \* > \*\*One of the earlier warning signs of a debilitating syndrome known as **Dr. E. Henry Thripshaw’s Disease** is the nonsequitur insertion of random sketch lines into daily conversation and the insertion of references to the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Eonwe, 1. Fawlty Towers (chiropodist version): “Don’t mention the wart!” 2. Your username is strangely familiar… ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/68 "2003-10-10T13:14:12Z")
Looks like we’ve got us an eater! Dirty low-down Belgian bastards. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/69 "2003-10-10T13:37:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eonwe \* > \*\*All right, who said mattress? \*\* It was me…I just wanted to buy a, um, dog kennel. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/70 "2003-10-10T13:40:56Z")
Arthur Pewty! Are you a man or a mouse? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/71 "2003-10-10T16:51:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*It was me…I just wanted to buy a, um, dog kennel. \*\* Ah yes, well that’s the pets department, second floor. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/72 "2003-10-10T17:42:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BMalion \* > \*\*Ah yes, well that’s the pets department, second floor. \*\* No no no, we want to see the…_dog kennels_ -wink wink- ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/73 "2003-10-10T17:46:10Z")
This is my only line. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/74 "2003-10-10T18:26:14Z")
You’re not flying! You’re on a wire! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/75 "2003-10-10T19:26:05Z")
Constable Clitoris nearly et one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/76 "2003-10-10T19:40:48Z")
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! NO ONE expects the Spammish repetition! ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/77 "2003-10-10T23:31:32Z")
With shallots and aubergines, covered in a mornay sauce, garnished with truffle patty and SPAM! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/78 "2003-10-11T00:01:02Z")
And, the upper class twit of the year award goes to… ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/79 "2003-10-11T00:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caveman \* > \*\*Yes, we are all individuals! \*\* [sub]I’m not.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227/80 "2003-10-11T00:56:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > \*\*The wolverines are eating my toenails! \*\* “I want to feed your fingertips to the wolverines!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels-whaa/206227.md?page=5)