# Okay, I have solved the death ray problem **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219 "2003-09-08T04:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/21 "2003-09-08T13:08:00Z")
I can’t wait for the next big catchphrase thingy, I expect I will **flip my flippin lid** when it happens. As for ideas though, I have none. edit: Hey! How come half my sentence took on a black hue? edit#2: Come to think of it, can black accurately be described as a hue? ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/22 "2003-09-08T13:09:12Z")
Will someone change their user name to our winner as well? “And the kitten played with the ball of string all night long, and in other news a local shop keeper was brutally killed” ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beryl_Mooncalf_1)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/23 "2003-09-08T13:32:21Z")
why not combine several… Furious oriental nipples of fire, 1970 style ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/24 "2003-09-08T13:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > \*\*This thread is too tame for the Pit. Good rants need emotionally-charged invective. Putting the thread in IMHO might better fit the tone of the OP, but in the Pit you have a better chance of attracting posters with a knack for stringing together vulgarities in creative ways. \*\* I put it in the Pit because I was expecting a backlash of, “Why are you bringing that up again? If people keep talking about it, it will _never die!!!_” Whatever. If a mod wants to move it, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/25 "2003-09-08T14:27:32Z")
“Bumper? Sticker? I hardly know her!” ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/26 "2003-09-08T15:02:47Z")
## quote: ## I’d rather be gang-raped by the house of Lords This would look stunning in place of 'FIGHTING IGNORANCE SINCE 1973". Someone suggest it to the Chicago Reader. I’m also pretty fond of ‘I burning your dog’. Not that I have any great aversion to the Deaths Rays in ones and twos… I just wish there weren’t quite so many threads dedicated to them. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/27 "2003-09-08T15:04:12Z")
Or, inspired by **Beryl\_Mooncalf** : Hi, I burning your nipples! ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/28 "2003-09-08T17:41:36Z")
“Dyslexic knot theorists of the world, unite!” (preferably using the Reidemeister moves) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/29 "2003-09-08T22:42:44Z")
I burning your dog . . . with a 1920’s style “Death Ray.” Ducks and Runs 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/30 "2003-09-08T23:58:49Z")
This is rather like trying to get rid of a song going through your head by thinking of Kylie Minogue’s “I Should Be So Lucky.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/31 "2003-09-09T00:22:30Z")
I thought we already had a winner: [Loose Anus Homos](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209393) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/32 "2003-09-09T00:25:00Z")
“What a shocking bad hat!” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/33 "2003-09-09T05:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > **Hate to burst y’all’s bubbles…** And what do we burst things with? _(giggle)_ Anyway, my vote goes to “Is that a _leg_?!” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/34 "2003-09-09T05:21:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > \*\*“Dyslexic knot theorists of the world, unite!” > > (preferably using the Reidemeister moves) \*\* Wouldn’t that be “untie?” I like the idea of someone changing their name. In fact, perhaps that would help it jump the shark and go away real quick so we can move on to the next fad. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/35 "2003-09-09T06:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*I like the idea of someone changing their name. In fact, perhaps that would help it jump the shark and go away real quick so we can move on to the next fad. \*\* Not me, I **need** my name. I could change my location field to Gallatin, TN, though, and see if anyone finds that amusing. Or we ALL could. That probably WOULD be amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/36 "2003-09-09T06:31:29Z")
I suggest “ **Kantalooppi** is a god amongst men and compared to him I am a mere earthworm”. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/37 "2003-09-09T11:11:20Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lord Ashtar_ > Wouldn’t that be “untie?” One of the tasks of a knot theorist is to untie knots. A dyslexic knot theorist would try to unite them instead. It’s a playful modification of the original joke, which said, “Dyslexic people of the world, untie!” The Reidemeister moves are a set of operations that transform a pictorial representation of a knot into a different but topologically equivalent pictorial representation. I hoped that by including that parenthetical comment, the joke would become obvious. I guess that was wishful thinking on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/38 "2003-09-09T14:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > \*\*The Reidemeister moves are a set of operations that transform a pictorial representation of a knot into a different but topologically equivalent pictorial representation. \*\* That gets my vote for the new catchphrase. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/39 "2003-09-09T14:37:54Z")
I’d buy that for a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219/40 "2003-09-09T14:59:05Z")
I’m burning down your fish pond. (No, I didn’t make that one up.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-have-solved-the-death-ray-problem/200219.md?page=3)