# Name this time traveller **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678 "2006-08-07T13:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/121 "2006-08-14T10:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] That man was [Barry Mann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp), actually. So, ironically, Me First was not…first… [/QUOTE] Somehow, “That man was [Barry Mann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Put_the_Bomp)” fits this thread so perfectly…!!! ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/122 "2006-08-14T13:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Rufus is with Kim & Ron. Leave him out of it. [/QUOTE] I thought Rufus was with Chaka Khan ---
**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:** [August 14, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/123 "2006-08-14T14:03:01Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] I thought Rufus was with Chaka Khan [/QUOTE] \KHHAAAAAAAANNNNN!\ ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/124 "2006-08-14T14:57:27Z")
What came first, the chicken or the egg? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/125 "2006-08-14T15:19:30Z")
I don’t want to know about the things What has been doing with chickens or eggs. ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/126 "2006-08-14T15:27:21Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I don’t want to know about the things What has been doing with chickens or eggs. [/QUOTE] I probably shouldn’t milk this joke any further but I can’t help egging you people on… ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/127 "2006-08-14T17:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=davmilasav] I probably shouldn’t milk this joke any further but I can’t help egging you people on… [/QUOTE] The yokes on you, as this thread is eggsactly what he hoped for… ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/128 "2006-08-14T18:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] No, What was the name of the guy who invented the steam engine? [/QUOTE] Why ask me? I don’t know! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/129 "2006-08-14T18:17:39Z")
> [@](#): > > No, What was the name of the guy who invented the steam engine? The guy who invented the _first_ steam engine is one of my Heros. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/130 "2006-08-14T18:43:20Z")
Okay, so what was _his_ name? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/131 "2006-08-14T20:12:05Z")
Hero’s a _girl’s_ name, man. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/132 "2006-08-14T20:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] Wasn’t Booth the guy who shot Lincoln? I don’t think he was a doctor. [/QUOTE] No, the doctor’s name was Mudd. As for those needing three fiddy, I got a 68 I could lay one you. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/133 "2006-08-14T23:28:09Z")
[QUOTE=Tracy LordWasn’t it used at the end of “Grease”?[/QUOTE] _We Go Together_ was written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, as were all of the songs from _Grease_ that originally appeared in the musical. _Who Put the Bomp_ was written by Gerald Goffin and Barry Mann. Mann sung the original version, which went to #7 on the Billboard charts in 1961. The publisher is Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/134 "2006-08-15T00:18:55Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85_Who Put the Bomp_ was written by Gerald Goffin and Barry Mann. Mann sung the original version, which went to #7 on the Billboard charts in 1961.[/QUOTE] Ah, so he’s the Mann. I’d like to shake his hand. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/135 "2006-08-15T00:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Ah, so he’s the Mann. I’d like to shake his hand. [/QUOTE] …Who’s the Mann? (Thanks for the info, **mobo**!) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/136 "2006-08-15T01:18:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tracy Lord] …Who’s the Mann? [/QUOTE] You’re the Mann now, dawg! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/137 "2006-08-15T01:26:20Z")
How’s the spelunker who discovered the caves up above Albany? ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/138 "2006-08-15T02:55:18Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] How’s the spelunker who discovered the caves up above Albany? [/QUOTE] Ever since he married that nanny from Queens, he’s been fine. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/139 "2006-08-15T03:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName] Who was that masked man? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, but he left a silver bullet. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/140 "2006-08-15T03:36:52Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] How’s the spelunker who discovered the caves up above Albany? [/QUOTE] That’s right. What about that [comedian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright) from _Mad About You_ with the deadpan delivery style? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678.md?page=6)