# Oh! I just got that! (sound of hand smacking forehead) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805 "2001-01-26T01:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/61 "2001-02-28T23:38:08Z")
_:: scuffing dirt ::_ Um, I have to admit that for a long time I didn’t get the pun in “Drain Bead” and therefore assumed the “bead” was pronounced like a bead you string on a necklace. The name didn’t make a lot of _sense_, but lots of names around here make no sense to me. But I felt mighty dumb when the light finally dawned with a big ol’ _duuuhhhhhh_. ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/62 "2001-03-01T00:51:57Z")
Another Simpsons forehead-smacker. In the episode where Homer becomes a temporary regular-Joe astronaut, he is complaining to NASA. One of his complains is that it’s hard to find Tang anymore…you know, the orange drink made popular by astronauts. As NASA drives out to Moe’s to pick up Homer, Homer is on the phone. “Hello, President Clinton? I thought if anybody knew where to get some Tang, it’d be **you**.” A few months ago it hit me. President Clinton…Tang…tang…'tang…_smack_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/63 "2001-03-01T00:56:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jodi \* > \*\*_:: scuffing dirt ::_ > > Um, I have to admit that for a long time I didn’t get the pun in “Drain Bead” and therefore assumed the “bead” was pronounced like a bead you string on a necklace. The name didn’t make a lot of _sense_, but lots of names around here make no sense to me. But I felt mighty dumb when the light finally dawned with a big ol’ _duuuhhhhhh_. \*\* Ohhh BRAIN DEAD. I just got that just now. And Tequila Mockingbird? I never said that outloud until just now. And now that’s To Kill a Mockingbird. At least I knew Roxanne when I heard it. I was old already when I heard it for the first time. Okay here’s something else: In the Critic, Jay Sherman’s parents are named after Franklin and Elanour Roosevelt. Yeah…I remember thinking, “Jay’s father reminds me of FDR. Maybe I’m crazy.” But then I realized his name was Franklin…and HER name was Elanour (sp?), and I had an epiphany of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/64 "2001-03-01T00:57:52Z")
In the Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling, there is a Wizard Village called Hogsmeade. The two main streets are Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley. I have recently been informed they refer to: Diagonally, and Nocturnally. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/65 "2001-03-01T01:06:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Paul The Younger \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Heloise \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*thinksnow \* > > > \*\*I felt so dumb when I finally found out about Cecil. I mean, I had to have been the last one to get it. \ \*\* > > > > No, you’re apparently not the last one, because I don’t know what you’re talking about! :sheepish grin: Please help me out. \*\* > > I had the same thought, and then I found [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60371) > Paul \*\* Well, that’s not it. C’mon, you know…that _thing_…about Cecil…C’mon people, **you know this!** ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/66 "2001-03-01T01:10:57Z")
It took me numerous readings to understand this: An amorous M. A. Said of Cupid, the C. D. From their prodigal use, He was, I deduce The John Jacob A. H. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/67 "2001-03-01T01:14:23Z")
One more. At some point I learned what a “shaggy dog story” was: a long convoluted story that existed for no reason except to make you wait for a stupid joke or pun at the end. But I was an adult when I finally made the connection between that and a cartoon I liked when I was a kid: “Peabody’s Improbable History” on “Rocky and His Friends”, in which Mr. Peabody **actually was** a shaggy dog, and the stories always ended with a pun. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/68 "2001-03-01T01:32:33Z")
The other day at work, I was thinking about the SD, since I’m reading Triumph of the Straight Dope. I finally got Weird Earl’s! Earl=URL, pronounced phonetically! D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/69 "2001-03-01T01:34:51Z")
Spider Robinson had another interpretation of \*\* Norweigan Wood \*\* as in ``` "Isn't it good, **knowing she would?**" ``` Which explains a lot better why he says he didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the bath. And, for the record, I had no clue about the song as a teenager when it came out ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/70 "2001-03-01T02:24:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ITR champion \* > \*\*It took me numerous readings to understand this: > > An amorous M. A. > Said of Cupid, the C. D. > From their prodigal use, > He was, I deduce > The John Jacob A. H. \*\* 😕 Je ne comprends pas… ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/71 "2001-03-01T02:32:49Z")
Until I heard the song again in my 20’s - I always thought the song “Afternoon Delight” was about riding in an airplane. All those rocket sounds in the background… That was definitely an “oh! I just got that!” moment. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/72 "2001-03-01T03:08:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*In the Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling, there is a Wizard Village called Hogsmeade. The two main streets are Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley. > > I have recently been informed they refer to: Diagonally, and Nocturnally. > > D’oh! > \*\* Oh, _man_! I didn’t get that at all! I literally slapped my forehead when I read that post! ::sits in corner with dunce cap on head:: ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/73 "2001-03-01T03:57:13Z")
Master of Arts dunno (something darts?) Ace of Hearts BUT Roxanne - do you mean it’s really about Roseanne? [shudders] AND I thought everybody knew that thing about Cecil. NOT about that thread either. I hope **thinksnow** won’t mind if I give you a clue. spoiler space try counting the number of characters (including spaces) in his name… Redsmug ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/74 "2001-03-01T06:33:11Z")
You know those head and shoulders commercials that used to have one guy with a dandruff problem talking to a friend. The friend is advocating Head And Shoulders, the dandruff guy then says “But, you don’t even have dandruff.” Then the friend says “Exactly.” I didn’t get what he meant by “exactly”. Then I realized that he meant that he _used_ to have dandruff before he started using the shampoo. DUH!!! by the way, I don’t know what you guys are talking about concerning Cecil. The hint didn’t help me. I guess I too am one of the woefully uninformed. ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/75 "2001-03-01T12:33:49Z")
Any Terry Pratchett fans out there? In ‘Pyramids’ the kingdom is **Djelibeybi**. I read this a million times without thinking about it, but one day I said it out loud and got… **Jelly Baby!**. [sub]God only knows why though.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/76 "2001-03-01T14:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Redboss \* > …AND > I thought everybody knew that thing about Cecil. NOT about that thread either. I hope **thinksnow** won’t mind if I give you a clue. > > try counting the number of characters (including spaces) in his name… \ Well, sure, that works, too, but only if you know his middle name, which I always misspell. Or was it his Confirmation name…I can never remember. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/77 "2001-03-01T15:11:56Z")
::furiously running through search engines to find Cecil’s middle name:: spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space ::sound of hand slapping forehead:: ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/78 "2001-03-01T19:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gundhilde \* > \*\*“Hello, President Clinton? I thought if anybody knew where to get some Tang, it’d be **you**.” > > A few months ago it hit me. President Clinton…Tang…tang…'tang…_smack_ \*\* In a similiar vein, the episode where Homer bootlegs alcohol and runs out, he says to Moe, “I don’t have any liquor, but how about some caulk. Delicious delicious caulk.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/79 "2001-03-01T21:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Redboss \* > > …AND > > I thought everybody knew that thing about Cecil. NOT about that thread either. I hope **thinksnow** won’t mind if I give you a clue. > > > > try counting the number of characters (including spaces) in his name… > > \ Well, sure, that works, too, but only if you know his middle name, which I always misspell. Or was it his Confirmation name…I can never remember. \*\* Ok, now I’m really befuddled. A little more help here? I can’t seem to find what his middle name is. **Paul** , you got it…help me out here. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/80 "2001-03-01T22:39:31Z")
On an entirely unrelated note, I was so chagrinned when I finally realized what that \-ing sound was over my head. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805.md?page=5)