# Randomly hilarious moments

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 31, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832 "2006-05-31T04:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randomly-hilarious-moments/358832/30 "2006-06-02T13:31:50Z")

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Backstory: I’m from central PA, not far from Three Mile Island. I was away at college the year the place nearly melted down.

One day I happened to walk in upon the future Papa Zappa (whose back was to me) and his roommates just as one of the roommates said “…mutant cows from Harrisburg”.

Without missing a beat, I said “Ooom?”, which was my beloved’s first clue that I was in the room. Everyone else went into hysterics while Papa Zappa / Typo Knig attempted to die of embarassment.

20+ years later, “ooom” still makes us giggle.

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