# Smurfin' NEWS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353 "2005-07-20T21:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/21 "2005-07-21T02:22:53Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > (What _was_ Gargamel going to do after he caught the Smurfs, anyway?) I believe the plan was something like: 1. Capture Smurfs 2. ? 3. Profit ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/22 "2005-07-21T03:09:13Z")
Gargamel has a potion/spell/somethin’ that would turn Smurfs to gold if he had six of them I always hated Johann and Peewee, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/23 "2005-07-21T03:15:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Gargamel has a potion/spell/somethin’ that would turn Smurfs to gold if he had six of them I seem to remember that he planned to eat them. Perhaps he had different motivations in different episodes. I always felt sort of sorry for Gargamel. Poor guy lives in a dilapitated shack wearing the same decaying robe day after day with only a cat for company. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/24 "2005-07-21T03:18:25Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > Poor guy lives in a dilapitated shack wearing the same decaying robe day after day with only a cat for company. I thought we were discussing Gargamel. Why did you insult me? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/25 "2005-07-21T04:07:46Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Yeah, something like that](http://www.google.com/custom?domains=albinoblacksheep.com%3B+absforums.com&q=smurf&sa=Search&sitesearch=albinoblacksheep.com&client=pub-6275177839270700&forid=1&channel=8217736793&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23FFFFFF%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336666%3BVLC%3A497177%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3A1B1F25%3BLBGC%3A105C6C%3BALC%3A61979F%3BLC%3A61979F%3BT%3A666666%3BGFNT%3A61979F%3BGIMP%3A61979F%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en). Somebody is looking at eternal damnation for that. The best non smurf smurf reference has to be the argument that The Monarchs henchmen have/ ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/26 "2005-07-21T04:19:59Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Somebody is looking at eternal damnation for that. > > The best non smurf smurf reference has to be the argument that The Monarchs henchmen have/ Notable, because they were wrong. The naked mole rat is a mammal in which a single queen services the entire colony. Therefore, Smurfs are the missing link between humanity and naked mole rats. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/27 "2005-07-21T08:44:30Z")
COOL! er, I mean SMURFY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/28 "2005-07-21T17:22:25Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Notable, because they were wrong. The naked mole rat is a mammal in which a single queen services the entire colony. > > Therefore, Smurfs are the missing link between humanity and naked mole rats. Gods, how I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/29 "2005-07-22T06:50:08Z")
I have a dear friend in Belgium who has a list of Things The World Should Thank Belgium For. The problem with this list is she includes the Smurfs. I keep telling her, No, no, the Smurfs are one of the things we _forgive_ Belgium for because they invented the “French” fry, make such good chocolate and beer, etc. But on this point, I fear, we must agree to disagree. I hope to smurf my younger son (now 5) will declare himself “too old” to see this movie if it ever opens here… ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353/30 "2005-07-22T15:23:53Z")
Your dear friend in Belgium is correct. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smurfin-news/313353.md?page=1)