# Poke the penguin!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573 "2002-06-12T02:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/21 "2002-06-12T19:45:33Z")

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Aw. The site is blocked here at work! Damn, I’ll have to get my penguin poking in somewhere else!

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/22 "2002-06-13T10:56:33Z")

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I’m soooo loving this.

But the thread title made me think of “Penguin In Bondage” by Frank Zappa.

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/23 "2002-06-13T11:08:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Jessica2 \*  
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> Me too! \*\*

Me three!

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/24 "2002-06-13T11:16:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DarkWriter \*  
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> The bunny doesn’t do anything for me. I’ve tried poking that damn thing for five to ten minutes and nothing ever happens.
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> At least the penguin paid off.
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> Sheri \*\*

After a while he bites your finger and won’t let go. There is a very satisfying chomp sound, as well.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/25 "2002-06-13T11:43:51Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by auRa \*  
> \*\*This shouldn’t be this much fun. Now I’m poking him using songs. “I shot the sheriff…” poke, poke, poke-poke-poke… \*\*

“I poked the penguin  
But I did not poke the cute bun-ny…”🙂

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/26 "2002-06-25T05:17:13Z")

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Poke the Penguin seems to have gone missing :\*(

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/27 "2002-06-25T07:01:55Z")

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_She’s just like a Penguin in Bondage, boy  
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh…_

Well, no not really like a penguin in bondage at all, but still fun.

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**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/28 "2002-06-25T14:14:17Z")

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Has anyone else had the penguin smash the hand with a big mallet?

This just happened to me. Quite surprising…

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**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poke-the-penguin/113573/29 "2002-06-25T14:36:19Z")

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I had the penguin shoot the hand with a shotgun: just try poking the penguin after that happens! 😃

(Yes, I’m at work, and bored.)

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\<\< Wheee. \>\>

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