# Say this, and those in the know immediately identify you as a member of/someone who \_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314 "2010-07-28T15:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/41 "2010-07-30T06:54:37Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > [@Koxinga](#): > > > > 1. Gubo and Palanka > > in collaboration with Sze-yun Liu and Li-lin Shih? Never heard of the latter two, but since the latter appear to be Wade-Giles, I doubt it. Hey, that’s another one! 1. Wade-Giles! ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/42 "2010-07-30T07:44:59Z")
> [@Goblin\_Queen](#): > > You might be a member of this group if you can measure 5 yards perfectly, but you always take 8 steps to do so; unconsciously walk in step with others in your group; and are a high schooler who thinks of the sexual meanings _second_ when hearing the words fingering or tonguing. Also if you don’t know what a free Saturday in fall is like, and always carry an extra pair of black socks, just in case. I do believe that would be marching band. “Did yinz go dahn the new Jint Eggle on saside?” ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/43 "2010-07-30T15:07:08Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > [ol] > [li]Anyone who uses GDTRFB, BIODTL, FOTD, or a host of other similar acronyms[/li] > [/ol] Raises hand…SOTM, LTGTR, NFA, and WALSTIB ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/44 "2010-07-30T15:09:53Z")
“Top one, nice one, get sorted” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/45 "2010-07-30T15:14:39Z")
> [@Goblin\_Queen](#): > > Also if you don’t know what a free Saturday in fall is like, To my husband, Thanksgiving Day is a McDonald’s meal on a bus. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/46 "2010-07-30T16:16:50Z")
wompwompwompwompwoooooooooowowowowo wompwompwompwompwompwooooooooooooowowowowow [Of course, it’s very hard to convert that sound to the text] ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/47 "2010-07-31T11:11:24Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Here are mine, all from the same universe: > > 1. Ying tong iddle high po (clue: not sure of spelling, I have only heard it said) > > 2. Needle noddle noo, to name but a few! > > 3. Mr. Eccles, please! We are not for one moment doubting your sincerity! It’s only your intelligence that’s in question. > > 4. You silly, twisted boy, you. [Enter **Princhester** wearing string and cardboard pyjamas. Waits for doper applause. Not a sausage.] ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/48 "2010-07-31T13:02:18Z")
> [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > wompwompwompwompwoooooooooowowowowo wompwompwompwompwompwooooooooooooowowowowow Did you take the mufflers off your hog? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/49 "2010-07-31T16:44:35Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > 2.“Do you have any questions about propane, or propane accessories?” > … > 5.“Everything you know, your entire civilization–it all begins here in this little puddle of goo.” You’re a _King of the Hill_ fan, and a trekkie (or, at least, you like _Next Generation_). Mine: “We were near the bubble so I couldn’t push my double-gutter like I wanted to, and when I asked for a rabbit hunt the twit said no.” ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/50 "2010-07-31T17:14:35Z")
“You _never_ pick up a duck in a dungeon!” ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/51 "2010-07-31T19:54:47Z")
“That FRB called On-On when he wasn’t on true trail, and the pack followed through knee-deep shiggy, only to run into a checkback. At least the RA awarded him the Hashit at circle. Oh, and the hares got down-downs for that as well.” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/52 "2010-07-31T21:21:45Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > [@ftg](#): > > > > Among my brethren, our shibboleth is the use of _grep_ as a verb. > > And the great thing about this message board is that people use words like “shibboleth” in casual conversation. If you’re a traveling man, it takes “shibboleth” to get you in, sometimes. How old is your grandmother? Brass pins, nickel silver bolsters, jigged bone, and a long-tailed C. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/53 "2010-07-31T21:40:29Z")
> [@evilbeth](#): > > “You _never_ pick up a duck in a dungeon!” Munchkin! So, he was out in the 420, but he went inside of the marker, so he had to do a 720, but he turned turtle, and that was that for the day. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/54 "2010-08-01T03:03:29Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > [ol] > [li]Anyone who uses GDTRFB, BIODTL, FOTD, or a host of other similar acronyms[/li][li]Do you need to tighten your diamonds? [/li][li]Hi Opal! (no, really, that counts!) [/li][li]I’ll be seeing you ;)[/li][/ol] 1. Fan of the tv show “The Prisoner” ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/55 "2010-08-01T03:16:36Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Here are mine, all from the same universe: > > 1. Ying tong iddle high po (clue: not sure of spelling, I have only heard it said) > > 2. Needle noddle noo, to name but a few! > > 3. Mr. Eccles, please! We are not for one moment doubting your sincerity! It’s only your intelligence that’s in question. > > 4. You silly, twisted boy, you. That’d be _The Goon Show_, which predates most of the board members by about… ooh, 30 or 40 years. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/56 "2010-08-01T03:45:30Z")
“Fins to the left” “Once, for 20 minutes.” (Hey, I don’t get out much with other people anymore.) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/57 "2010-08-01T15:15:24Z")
“You are ri-donk-ulous.” ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/58 "2010-08-01T16:35:20Z")
This is an old one, from something I don’t really like much anymore, but someone “in the know” knows the correct callback to “Through our bleeding…” Different one: if you find it extremely funny when someone holds up an onion ring (at this point, even if they _don’t_ say the appropriate line) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/59 "2010-08-01T17:08:27Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > “Fins to the left” “Fins to the right!” Parrothead. (More people should watch the Goon Show. It is good stuff.) “Lips! Lips!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314/60 "2010-08-01T18:15:16Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > > [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > > > wompwompwompwompwoooooooooowowowowo wompwompwompwompwompwooooooooooooowowowowow > > Did you take the mufflers off your hog? Nah, it’s a music thing - particularly dubstep. See: [Rusko - Jahova](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsQMpJ5lURQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314.md?page=4)