# Omnibus Trolls R Us Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489 "2016-05-23T21:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 282
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5624 "2017-12-20T23:40:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, I’ve got the aluminum foil out now. Should I use heavy duty or regular? You should _not_ use aluminum foil: it amplifies the mind control waves. If you want proper protection, you need to use tin foil. After all, we have heard of the tinfoil hat brigade, but not aluminum foil hats. Tin foil, by the way, actually is obtainable, but it is rather rare. I suppose you could crush up my old altoid tins to make it, but they might be made of an alloy that is unsuitable for the application. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5625 "2017-12-21T00:02:30Z")
I have a galvanised bucket, I would looked pretty silly running around with a bucket on my head, though. I have a metal roof on my house, will that help? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5626 "2017-12-21T00:22:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You should _not_ use aluminum foil: it amplifies the mind control waves. If you want proper protection, you need to use tin foil. After all, we have heard of the tinfoil hat brigade, but not aluminum foil hats. Tin foil, by the way, actually is obtainable, but it is rather rare. I suppose you could crush up my old altoid tins to make it, but they might be made of an alloy that is unsuitable for the application. Tin foil was superseded after WWII by aluminum foil. I doubt the theory of preventing mind control waves/etc. predated WWII. So, oldsters like me continued to refer to metal foil as tin foil well into the 1980s or later. Aluminum foil hats don’t have the cachet of “tin foil hats.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5627 "2017-12-21T00:25:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have a galvanised bucket, I would looked pretty silly running around with a bucket on my head, though. > I have a metal roof on my house, will that help? Your bucket is steel with a zinc coating. No help. As for the roof on your house–they just send in the rays through the windows and walls. You’re f\*\*\*\*ed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5628 "2017-12-21T00:34:45Z")
Aaccckkk! The story of my life. No reason they won’t just land in my yard and walk right in and start probing. No body would ever believe me, after seeing me walk around with a bucket on my head. I can’t win for losing. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5629 "2017-12-21T00:38:10Z")
They can’t penetrate you with their rays if you wear your clothes inside out. You don’t need any hat at all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5630 "2017-12-21T00:40:00Z")
There’s no intelligent life here, guys. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5631 "2017-12-21T00:41:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I have a galvanised bucket, I would looked pretty silly running around with a bucket on my head, though. > I have a metal roof on my house, will that help? I know of three planets’ worth of aliens that think “ **Ooh la la, galvanized bucket head!** ” Which is always followed by “Earthling is clearly signaling that she is desirous of recreational probing…” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5632 "2017-12-21T00:45:49Z")
Pewter has a lot of tin in it. Perhaps you could get your hands on a pewter hat. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5633 "2017-12-21T00:46:04Z")
Are you telling me they speak French!!! How can I resist? Resistance is futile anyway;) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5634 "2017-12-21T00:46:46Z")
I would like to know where I can get a squid gun (NOT a ray - everyone’s got a ray gun). I’ve always wanted a squid gun. Other octopods considered. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5635 "2017-12-21T00:48:49Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I would like to know where I can get a squid gun (NOT a ray - everyone’s got a ray gun). I’ve always wanted a squid gun. Other octopods considered. Okay, I feel like you’re just trying to draw me out of hiding. SQUID GUN!!! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5636 "2017-12-21T00:57:01Z")
Pulled from the “[I want some of whatever it is he’s smoking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=845248)” files. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5637 "2017-12-21T00:58:46Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I would like to know where I can get a squid gun (NOT a ray - everyone’s got a ray gun). I’ve always wanted a squid gun. Other octopods considered. Be careful. there’s an \*octopi trollurus \*, a form of octopod, running loose in the pit. You can spot it coming, it has that “farm fresh” smell about it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5638 "2017-12-21T00:58:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Pulled from the “[I want some of whatever it is he’s smoking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=845248)” files. Thank you, I needed that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5639 "2017-12-21T01:21:44Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I would like to know where I can get a squid gun (NOT a ray - everyone’s got a ray gun). I’ve always wanted a squid gun. Other octopods considered. Contact Vector Industries. They manufacture a squid launcher. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5640 "2017-12-21T01:42:45Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I would like to know where I can get a squid gun (NOT a ray - everyone’s got a ray gun). I’ve always wanted a squid gun. Other octopods considered. Squid are decapods. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5641 "2017-12-21T01:49:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Squid are decapods. I think she meant cephalopods! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5642 "2017-12-21T01:56:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Squid are decapods. In the sense of having 10 legs, but in the technical sense crabs are [decapods.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapoda) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-trolls-r-us-thread/755489/5643 "2017-12-21T01:57:46Z")
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