# Nothing like flogging a dead horse.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433 "2001-04-26T20:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/1 "2001-04-26T20:03:15Z")
but I just couldn’t resist [http://www.dearauntnettie.com/museum/museum-bass.htm](http://www.dearauntnettie.com/museum/museum-bass.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/2 "2001-04-26T20:08:02Z")
Okay. That’s funny. We’ll forgive you this time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/3 "2001-04-26T21:02:16Z")
That’s it, gimme that hemlock. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/4 "2001-04-26T22:43:51Z")
::Climbs up that clocktower, rifle in hand:: ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/5 "2001-04-26T22:59:19Z")
Ah, I was wondering where “All your base are belong to us” came from. Is this it? ---
**Author:** ![donnie\_rotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@donnie\_rotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_rotten)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/6 "2001-04-26T23:04:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dobbinaire \* > \*\*Ah, I was wondering where “All your base are belong to us” came from. Is this it? \*\* Nope, the catchphrase that annoyed us so and died a mercifully quick death comes from the old video game, **Gundam Wing**. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/7 "2001-04-26T23:08:25Z")
Aw, come on guys. It’s funny! Did you look at the rest of that site? It’s hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/8 "2001-04-27T00:10:57Z")
I decided to click on it _just for the halibut_. OK, so it’s a lame joke. I’m sorry…it’s just that I have a terrible _haddock_, and I feel quite _eel_. Maybe it’s just a _fluke_ thing, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-like-flogging-a-dead-horse/63433/9 "2001-04-27T00:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dobbinaire \* > \*\*Ah, I was wondering where “All your base are belong to us” came from. Is this it? \*\* Do a search for that phrase. You’ll find plenty of threads to give you all the information you’d ever want on the subject. And **Dire Wolf**? Just for that, when the revolution comes, I’ll see to it that you’ll be one of the first up against the wall.