# Ohhhhh, Lieuuuuuuu! This one is for you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692 "2003-11-06T13:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**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 6, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/1 "2003-11-06T13:03:01Z")
[Herring Farts](http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994343) ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/2 "2003-11-06T13:17:40Z")
First [whale farts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204790) and now this? Is this for a term paper or something? 😃 > [@](#): > > “It sounds just like a high-pitched raspberry,” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/3 "2003-11-06T13:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \* > \*\*😕 \*\* Are you confused over the term _‘raspberry’_? It’s Cockney rhyming slang - Raspberry _Tart_ = _Fart_. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/4 "2003-11-06T15:26:21Z")
Ah, right 😉 Learn something new everyday huh. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/5 "2003-11-06T15:39:46Z")
**Mangetout** , I bet they meant raspberry like when you stick our your tongue and Pfffft! in someone’s general direction… High-Pitched Raspberry \<— BN! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/6 "2003-11-06T15:42:34Z")
Now we know why there’s so many red herrings. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/7 "2003-11-06T16:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazelle \* > **Mangetout, I bet they meant raspberry like when you stick our your tongue and Pfffft! in someone’s general direction…** I’m sure they did, but the origin and meaning of the term ‘raspberry’ is the same in either case. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/8 "2003-11-06T16:18:29Z")
I just hope this is somehow related to bioluminescence. ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/9 "2003-11-06T16:47:55Z")
But the weirdest part, if you read the whole article, is that they do it by choice to communicate their location at night. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/10 "2003-11-06T16:54:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chrisk72 \* > \*\*But the weirdest part, if you read the whole article, is that they do it by choice to communicate their location at night. \*\* Just like my husband. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/11 "2003-11-06T16:55:09Z")
Favorite cockney quote of all time: **So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we’re in Barney.** ::confused looks from other cast members:: \*\*Barney Rubble. \*\* ::still confused:: **Trouble!** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/12 "2003-11-06T17:16:18Z")
Anal Marco Polo? I guess the fish school that farts together darts together. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/13 "2003-11-06T17:19:35Z")
Marco! pffffbbbbttbbttttttbbbbbttt ---
**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 6, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/14 "2003-11-06T17:33:56Z")
Y’know doing a paper or something on farts would be a gas. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/15 "2003-11-06T19:11:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*Y’know doing a paper or something on farts would be a gas. \*\* Unless your professor was full of hot air, then it would just be redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/16 "2003-11-06T19:32:33Z")
You know, that used to be a much more common phrase 'round here before hot wings displaced rollmops as common pub-food. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/17 "2003-11-06T21:23:03Z")
> [@](#): > > It was at this point that the team named the noise Fast Repetitive Tick (FRT). Priceless. This article reads like an Onion story… like the Superconducting Monkey Collider or something. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/18 "2003-11-06T21:34:55Z")
I’m not sure how I feel about the possible advent of GPF. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhhh-lieuuuuuuu-this-one-is-for-you/211692/19 "2003-11-07T04:45:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazelle \* > \*\*Favorite cockney quote of all time: > > **So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we’re in Barney.** > > ::confused looks from other cast members:: > > \*\*Barney Rubble. \*\* > > ::still confused:: > > **Trouble!** \*\* Ah, yes, uttered in the world’s absolute worst Cockney accent ever to have been recorded. The rest of the movie was a refreshing improvement over the original, but Don Cheadle should be ashamed of himself for that debacle. Perhaps that’s why he was uncredited in it.