# Pardon me, boy, is this the Chuckupnoodle Choo-Choo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751 "2007-01-12T20:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/1 "2007-01-12T20:56:29Z")
So. I’m heading home on the PATH train (goes under the river from NY to NJ), and the young businessman standing right in front of me starts throwing up. Again and again and again. Everyone made a beeline to the outer reaches of the car: we’d already gone into the tunnel, so there was no escape, or stopping the train. I managed to dig a little pack of tissues out of my pocketbook and hand it to him (he clutched at it with _vomit-dripping hands!_) ands joined the other passengers huddled against the door. And tried, for the rest of the trip, to keep my own lunch down as poor Pukey Guy hurled over and over and over again. (Urgh. I am getting a bit queasy even recalling this.) Poor Pukey Guy. He will have to quit his job and leave the country, as no matter what else he accomplishes in life, he will always be **The Guy Who Threw Up on the Train**. I’ve had a couple of close calls myself, but thus far (_kina hora!_) have escaped that fate. Y’all? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/2 "2007-01-12T21:03:41Z")
The poor guy. He probably felt awful all around, not just physically. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/3 "2007-01-12T21:08:11Z")
You know we’ve got The Bug going around hereabouts. Me, I plan to hole up at home and boil all my food till it blows (eurgh)…over. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/4 "2007-01-12T21:17:43Z")
_Under the river And spew the goods To land sputtered toss We blow_ You were soooo lucky no sympathy horkers were aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/5 "2007-01-12T21:18:10Z")
I read the title of the thread as “Chuckypoodle Choo-Choo” and was sure it was going to be about some new part-poodle dog breed with one of those hideous and embarassing oodle names, like “Schnoodle” and “Cockapoo”. After reading the OP, I wish it were just about poodles. Poor guy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/6 "2007-01-12T21:24:33Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] You were soooo lucky no sympathy horkers were aboard. [/QUOTE] I damn near started a chain puke, myself. Can you imagine the poor conductor? It would’ve been like _The Shining_, only with puke instead of blood. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/7 "2007-01-12T21:24:34Z")
Couldn’t somebody give the poor guy a Ricola? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/8 "2007-01-12T21:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] I damn near started a chain puke, myself. Can you imagine the poor conductor? It would’ve been like _The Shining_, only with puke instead of blood. [/QUOTE] Or like the Wave at a ballgame, which would be really impressive if it continued around twice. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/9 "2007-01-12T21:44:18Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Poor Pukey Guy. He will have to quit his job and leave the country, as no matter what else he accomplishes in life, he will always be **The Guy Who Threw Up on the Train**. I’ve had a couple of close calls myself, but thus far (_kina hora!_) have escaped that fate. [/QUOTE] A lady with your advantages will be acquainted with _A Thousand Nights And A Night_, I presume? With particular reference to the short’n’sweet “The Historic Fart”? And still we have no “barf” smiley. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/10 "2007-01-12T22:14:26Z")
**Sorry – didn’t have much time…** Pardon me boy You better run if you got new shoes I’m travelin’ by rail But boy that sushi was stale Can you afford To lend a fella all your tissues? In case that plan fails You better get me a pail Reversin’ peristalsis is this trick that I know Ev’rybody better duck 'cause I’m gonna blow Don’t think I’m a whiner No train could be finer But if you like your tummy I’d avoid the diner When you see a technicolor yawn right up close Try to keep your lunch down holding on to your nose Don’t be disapprovin’ Just keep your feet movin’ Tell the porter when you see him “bring the hose.” I hope there’ll be A man with sawdust at the station The vomit won’t stop Won’t someone please bring a mop Please bring a mop Please bring a mop. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/11 "2007-01-12T22:20:45Z")
I was very nearly that guy myself, once. I was on the bus in San Francisco, leaving school, trying to talk to this cute girl from my last class despite feeling pretty crappy, when suddenly I realized I needed to get off the bus _right now_. Later, the girl said that my face instantly turned oatmeal grey. I lurched off at the next stop and stumbled into a diner on 19th avenue, croaked out, “Can I use your bathroom?” and just managed to get into the stall before the Flood began. That did not turn out to be the most fun I’ve ever had over Christmas break. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/12 "2007-01-12T22:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I read the title of the thread as “Chuckypoodle Choo-Choo” and was sure it was going to be about some new part-poodle dog breed with one of those hideous and embarassing oodle names, like “Schnoodle” and “Cockapoo”. [/QUOTE] It all comes full circle: those dogs make me want to puke. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/13 "2007-01-12T22:37:49Z")
Aaaaah! It’s like the first chapter of [The Hot Zone](http://home.san.rr.com/johndoe/rude/hot_zone-review.txt)! “He is holding an airsickness bag over his mouth. He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag. The bag swells up. Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red … .” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/14 "2007-01-12T23:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=The King of Soup] Pardon me boy You better run if you got new shoes… [/QUOTE] BRAVO! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/15 "2007-01-12T23:35:24Z")
Once when I used to take the bus, a poor girl staggered up the aisle from the rear of the bus. She was completely dripping with vomit from chin to foot, and needed to get off the bus _NOW_. Poor thing! I know from experience that the very back seat of the bus is not the place to sit if you’re prone to motion sickness. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/16 "2007-01-13T00:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Aaaaah! It’s like the first chapter of [The Hot Zone](http://home.san.rr.com/johndoe/rude/hot_zone-review.txt)! “He is holding an airsickness bag over his mouth. He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag. The bag swells up. Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red … .” [/QUOTE] Excellent and scary book! And can I just speak from experience and say that when using an airsickness bag, don’t put it up past your lips, if you can manage it. I didn’t do so, and wound up w/ regurged cheesy eggs on my chin and upper neck, and on my white sweatshirt. The emitus splashes back up in the bag, don’tcha know. Worst and most miserable flight of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/17 "2007-01-13T00:05:33Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] And can I just speak from experience and say that when using an airsickness bag, don’t put it up past your lips, if you can manage it. I didn’t do so, and wound up w/ regurged cheesy eggs on my chin and upper neck, and on my white sweatshirt. The emitus splashes back up in the bag, don’tcha know. [/QUOTE] I guess a guy named **Chucka** _would_ be the authority here. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 13, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/18 "2007-01-13T00:11:06Z")
Last week at the Science Center, we had a young girl puke up all over the ramps (instead of stairs going up to the various floors, we just have ramps). I was monitoring the ramps to make sure everyone had their wristbands on, and I had to warn everyone going up until the janitor got there. Poor thing was so embarassed. I felt sooooo bad for her. (Her mother was waiting for her hubby to come and pick them up, and she was leaning over the trash can). What’s more embarassing when you’re thirteen? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/19 "2007-01-13T00:15:43Z")
Oh, and did I mention that she must have passed it on to me, because just this weekend, I spent it hunched over a wastebasket, sick as a dog? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751/20 "2007-01-13T00:28:31Z")
[QUOTE=The King of Soup] **Sorry – didn’t have much time…** [/QUOTE] Bwa! I am singing it in Portuguese like Carmen Miranda. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-boy-is-this-the-chuckupnoodle-choo-choo/387751.md?page=2)