# Not many people know that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647 "2004-10-28T11:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/161 "2004-11-18T06:16:18Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > The man has visited the deeper part of the oceans of the world, challenging in depth in the trench of the marianas, hardly once. In 1960. For 20 minuteren. Deeper the part! KArrukk KArukkk! Challlenjerr the deep. Deeper the deep. The salty sea, the scrotumtightening trench of the marianas once in 1960 it was that the yale coeds were there and this is the truth i think you would find out it was true yes if you were to look yes and yes i said yes i will yes. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/162 "2004-11-18T06:22:21Z")
:eek: GAAA! I’m going insane reading this post!!! :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/163 "2004-11-18T06:34:45Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Deeper the part! KArrukk KArukkk! Challlenjerr the deep. Deeper the deep. The salty sea, the scrotumtightening trench of the marianas once in 1960 it was that the yale coeds were there and this is the truth i think you would find out it was true yes if you were to look yes and yes i said yes i will yes. riverrun, past Eve and Mariana’s, from swerve of shore to bend of Challenger Deep, bring us in 20 minutes back to the deepest part of the world’s oceans…\* \*1960 revised version ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/164 "2004-11-18T06:42:02Z")
I visited a trench . . . once. And it was for much less than twenty minutes. And it wasn’t with a Yale prom date, neither. . . But I’m wondering how much salt in the Marinara trench would be enough to cover my ‘bathyscaphe breadsticks’. Tripler Women call me “Speedy McGee” in some circles . . . ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/165 "2004-11-18T07:22:01Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > > [@Racer72](#): > > > > I wonder if GW thought of looking in Mariana’s Trench for the WMD? > > Um, no. Remember, man has visited the deepest part of the worlds oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. [Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianas_Trench). You’re not reading carefully enough. Bush clearly has not visited the Marianas Trench, looking for WMD. Nor has anyone done so on his behalf. Because, after all, man has visited the deepest part of the worlds oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. But Bush may well have \*thought \* of looking in Mariana’s Trench for the WMD. In 2004. For much more than 20 minutes. Though probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/166 "2004-11-18T07:29:53Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > riverrun, past Eve and Mariana’s, from swerve of shore to bend of Challenger Deep, bring us in 20 minutes back to the deepest part of the world’s oceans…\* > > \*1960 revised version This way to the mariana museyroom. Watch your boots for the sahlt goan in. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/167 "2004-11-18T14:53:18Z")
If you salt a Yale co-eds marinara trench, do you have to slam her on the table before downing her? ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/168 "2004-11-18T15:05:54Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > If you salt a Yale co-eds marinara trench, do you have to slam her on the table before downing her? Only once. Every 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/169 "2004-11-18T16:03:46Z")
… but what I want to know, is if Sampras can win on Salt… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/170 "2004-11-18T16:14:34Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > … but what I want to know, is if Sampras can win on Salt… What I want to know is if Sampras can score in Marinara’s trench. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/171 "2004-11-18T17:15:45Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Not true. > > It was faked in a soundstage on the moon. It took them approximately 209 hours to set it up, 20 minutes to shoot and an additional 90 hours and 40 minutes to disassemble the stage. This is why they spent 300 hours on the moon. > > I dare you to prove me wrong. And wrong you are! As anyone who has ever worked a television remote knows, no matter how much time the setup may require, teardown _never_ takes more than an hour! Been there, done that. _Quod erat deathrayatus_ Where do I sign the petition in favor of covering the earth with 500 feet of salt? I _tired_ of raking leaves, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Sevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/172 "2004-11-18T21:12:37Z")
I’m not sure I’m understanding this thread at all. What you’re saying is that if Pete Sampras was buried under 500 feet of salt, it would take about 20 minutes for 100 Yale cheerleaders to rake him out? Are we talking “twenty 1960’s minutes” or “1920’s-style death ray minutes”? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/173 "2004-11-18T22:14:25Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > As anyone who has ever worked a television remote knows What was your remote doing in Mariana’s trench? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/174 "2004-11-19T03:26:46Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > There are _no_ fish in the Dead Sea. > > If you were to visit the Marianas Trench would you see any fish? Would it take more than a 20 minute visit to find them? Are the chances of seeing any fish in said trench be greater or lesser than they were in 1960? > Discuss. Mariana’s trench smells like fish…or at least it did, once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/175 "2004-11-19T03:36:40Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > So your are saying that Magellan visited the trench in the 17th century? How did he get down there and was it one time or more than that? Did the people in 1960 realize that they were just wasting their time? Just once, In 1660, for 20 min. but he was dead, so it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/176 "2004-11-19T06:23:07Z")
All right, so as I understand it, a group of Trotskyites and their Yale Prom dates convinced a group of Satyagrahists from Ghandi’s Salt March to cover the moon in marinara sauce and pretzel-eating politicians. Despite a high incidence of end-to-end trenchfoot, they successfully achieved Utopia. Once. In 1960. But only for 20 minutes. ;j ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/177 "2004-11-19T15:12:30Z")
> [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > All right, so as I understand it, a group of Trotskyites and their Yale Prom dates convinced a group of Satyagrahists from Ghandi’s Salt March to cover the moon in marinara sauce and pretzel-eating politicians. Despite a high incidence of end-to-end trenchfoot, they successfully achieved Utopia. Once. In 1960. But only for 20 minutes. ;j This was the basis for an entire trascendental religion in 1960. Just one time. For 20 Minutes. Or maybe it was a communal acid trip by a group of Yale co-eds in 1960 that lasted just 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/178 "2004-11-19T15:15:56Z")
BTW, this thread made Threadspotting. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/179 "2004-11-19T15:20:16Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > BTW, this thread made Threadspotting. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/180 "2004-11-19T15:20:51Z")
Oy. Even the newbies are getting in on the act. (Welcome to Doperdom, **UncleRojelio** and **TheSeaOtter**. Looks like you have what it takes to fit in here [how sad \]. And given the subject of this thread, I’m compelled to note: “The sea otter know better.”) > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > What was your remote doing in Mariana’s trench? Well, it was one of those old [ultrasonic remote controls](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_270.html), and they were using it as a backup for their 1950s-style sonar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647.md?page=10)