# 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:** 6
**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 2, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/101 "2001-03-02T20:28:43Z")
[sup]Psst…[/sup][sub]Paul[/sub][sup], FTR,[/sup][sub] Heloise[/sub][sup] brought it up again, and _you_ brought it to page 2. To give credit where credit is due,[/sup] [sub]Redboss[/sub][sup] did a terrific job putting a spin on the whole thing. Why are we whispering? Oh yeah, the gunfire.[/sup] ---
**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 2, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/102 "2001-03-02T21:16:21Z")
[sub]uh, thinksnow, I think you misunderstood me…what I meant to say was “why are you _taunting_ them about the 30 days?”…guess it doesn’t matter much now…it’s only a matter of time… how long _does_ it take them to reload, anyways?.. relic?..Sunshine?..anyone?..[/sub] aw, hell, they left… ::sound of hand smacking forehead:: [sub]whaddya’ say we go get a beer?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/103 "2001-03-02T22:03:26Z")
Don’t worry **relic** - I’ll be your backup. READY AIM FIRE ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/104 "2001-03-02T23:26:04Z")
**_BLAMBLAM_BLAM** \*\* Did I get 'em? ---
**Author:** ![SINsApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SINsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SINsApple)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/105 "2001-03-03T23:30:57Z")
I’m going to forgive the transgression regarding CA. Having been gone for almost a year, its my own fault for falling for something so stupid. Instead, I’ll add my own little forhead slapping incident that occured last night. Didja know that Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star and the ABC song are the same tune with different words? I know, I know. Even grade school kids know that, but I would just like to point out that three of us college kids were stunned by the realization last night. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/106 "2001-03-04T00:06:15Z")
Those of you familliar with the Boston area may like to know that I stunned a group of my friends with the information that “Frugal Fannie’s” basically means “cheap ass.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Xadium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Dr\_Xadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Xadium)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/107 "2001-03-04T00:26:49Z")
When I was in grade school, there was a story we had to read called “The Most Dangerous Game”, about a fellow who becomes prey for a master hunter who has gotten tired of hunting mere animals and so switches to homo sapiens instead. Now, keep in mind I am an English minor and really, really good about knowing things such as the alternate meanings of words and all that… which is why this one is so personally humiliating to me… From the time I read the story sometime in the mid-80’s I thought the title “the most dangerous game” referred to the danger inherent in “playing the game” of hunting a man for sport. It was only until **last year** that I realized the title meant that humans were “the most dangerous game” as in game animals. And now, JUST as I type this, I realize the title of the cool Ice-T movie “Surviving the Game” also means the hunters having to “survive” their game animal, as opposed to the victim suviving the hunter’s game. ARRGH! To make the same mistake again after thinking oneself clever enough to have figured it out the first time… ::sound of hand smacking forehead:: ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/108 "2001-03-04T00:46:09Z")
To Dr\_Xadium–DUDE! I’ve read that story so many times, and I never ever ever thought about that definition of “game.” Wow! On a similiar note, have you ever read “The Interlopers” by. . . you know–that guy with one name who always writes stories with a wacky ending? Anyway, the story is, these two guys are feuding over who owns this land. One say, they’re both hunting on it, they get in a huge fight, accusing each other of all sorts of shit, but something happens and they become friends and decide to share the land. Then a bear comes and kills them. I just figured out that they’re BOTH interlopers on the animals’ property. Granted, I read this story once, in eigth grade (right about the first time I read “The Most Dangerous Game”), and I haven’t really thought about it, but still it’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![SINsApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SINsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SINsApple)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/109 "2001-03-04T00:47:25Z")
As a fellow english major, I have to admit that those types of slip-ups are definitely the worst. However I caught the double meaning back in high school. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/110 "2001-03-04T00:56:13Z")
regarding the cecil name thing: ok – maybe we should try a different approach… I thought this was a message board created to fight ignorance but alas - here I sit with my ignorant self waiting for answers that apparently most everyone else has but refuses to tell. What is wrong with this place? I tried to be nice then I tried to be mean 🙂 Will anything work? I’m open to suggestions. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Xadium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Dr\_Xadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Xadium)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/111 "2001-03-04T01:03:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > **On a similiar note, have you ever read “The Interlopers” by. . . you know–that guy with one name who always writes stories with a wacky ending?** > \*\* By Saki? No, but I will have to now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/112 "2001-03-04T02:26:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr\_Xadium \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ThisYearsGirl \* > > **On a similiar note, have you ever read “The Interlopers” by. . . you know–that guy with one name who always writes stories with a wacky ending?** > > \*\* > > By Saki? No, but I will have to now 🙂 > > \*\* Yes! That’s him. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/113 "2001-03-04T04:16:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*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! > \*\* Chalk me up! DOH! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/114 "2001-03-04T06:49:40Z")
Gee whiz… I don’t understand half of these. The one “oh-my-God-I’m-such-a-moron” epiphany I remember most is the ending of “The Sixth Sense”. It’s so obvious when you look for it. ---
**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 4, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/115 "2001-03-04T07:13:19Z")
**callie:** see [this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1166696#post1166696) And welcome to the board! An amorous M **agister** A **rtium** Said of Cupid, the C **agister** D **artium** From their prodigal use, He was, I deduce The John Jacob A **gister** H **artium**. Oh, of course, it makes perfect sense. 😉 [sub]Okay, it’s really Master of Arts, Caster of Darts, Astor of Hearts[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/116 "2001-03-04T15:16:19Z")
H.H. Munro was the real name of the author know as Saki. I love his stories. If you want a really creepy one try “Shredni Vashtar”. I’m told it was once made into an Alfred Hitchcock story on TV but I haven’t been able to find it. Also try “The Toys of Peace” a hilarious commentary on children, violence and the things that influence them. And of course my all time favorite is “Tobermory” about a cat that was taught to talk( imagine the consequences!) I have a cat named Tobermory, because I like that story so much. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/117 "2001-03-04T18:05:55Z")
[Very MAD Totoro] That’s it, what’s with the six year olds being so goddamn standoffish? It’s not like knowing the whole Cecil thing makes you a god, and you must prevent others from knowing. [/Very MAD Totoro] Just because it says [/Very Mad Totoro] doesn’t mean I’m not still pissy, but anyway, Sue Duhnym messed me up, same with WoodstockBirdyBird, but most of the other stuff I got (other than that limerick, still trying to get that). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Xadium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Dr\_Xadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Xadium)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/118 "2001-03-04T21:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Totoro \* > \*\* > [Very MAD Totoro] > That’s it, what’s with the six year olds being so goddamn standoffish? It’s not like knowing the whole Cecil thing makes you a god, and you must prevent others from knowing. > [/Very MAD Totoro] > \*\* Well, I don’t know about puns, but “Cecil Adams” is an anagram for “CIA LED SCAM”… and now you and I both know the truth and will be promptly “disappeared” by the Men in Black… ---
**Author:** ![CyberHippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@CyberHippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberHippy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/119 "2001-03-04T23:08:26Z")
Just got the Led Zeppelin/D’yer Ma’ker/Jamaica reference several months ago, really sad because I’ve known how to play the song for 15 years and love Reggae music… Even harder to take, as a musician, is the part in “The Crunge” where the Robert Plant’s singing about “the bridge - can anybody find the bridge? Where is that confounded bridge?” 😕 - now, after many years of just plain wondering, I understand that the arrangement of the song HAS NO BRIDGE:eek:! He’s asking the band where the bridge of the song is… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805/120 "2001-03-05T06:41:26Z")
I’m still trying to think of a \ worthy of this thread. I’m one of those annoying, pun-loving people who catches these things, and I was apparently _never_ too young to understand sexual references (I laughed at the naive notions of the heroine in _Shield of Three Lions_ when I was five). Granted, I usually don’t get stupid sitcom references…but I’m actually _proud_ of that, so I don’t hit myself in the forehead. However, Guanolad’s Potter puns have inspired me to share a few of the things I noticed in the books that have so far \ everyone I’ve to whom I’ve mentioned them. (No doubt more people in England caught some of them.) Some of these are rather simple-minded, and others are quite obscure. Off the top of my head, in no particular order: Flourish & Blotts–The writing references are obvious. Moving on. _Unfogging the Future_, Cassandra Vablatsky–Cassandra was a legendary seeress cursed to accurately foresee the future, and never be believed. Vablatsky is an anagram of Blavatsky, as in Madame Blavatsky (medium, Spiritualist, launcher of the Theosophical Movement) of whom precisely the opposite could likely be said. _Magical Drafts and Potions_ by Arsenius Jigger–a “jigger” is, of course, a somewhat archaic unit of liquid measure. Arsenius, while also the name of a saint, can mean “containing arsenic”. “A shot of arsenic”, more or less…no wonder Snape likes him. _One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi_ by Phyllida Spore, _A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration_ by Emeric Switch, _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ by Newt Scamander…these should be obvious when you look at them now. Quentin Trimble is too obvious. Fawkes, the phoenix–the name is a reference to Guy Fawkes, who once tried to blow up the Parliament. His attempt and/or his failure (depending on who you ask and when) are celebrated annually on Guy Fawkes’ Day with bonfires and fireworks, I believe. I’m sure most Brits caught this one immediately. The Mirror of Erised–“_Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi._” Read it backwards (duh), and it says “I show not your face, but your heart’s desire.” Professor Vector–Come on, she teaches _arithmancy_. Remus Lupin–Again, too obvious. Sibyll Trelawney–A Divination teacher named Sibyll…need I say more? Professor Sprout–Herbology, everyone got this one. [sub]Paul, thinksnow–make a run for it when they come after me! Don’t worry about me, I can Disapparate.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-i-just-got-that-sound-of-hand-smacking-forehead/51805.md?page=7)