# Stump the dope with your most obscure reference

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904 "2005-11-13T22:59:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/321 "2005-11-20T23:18:40Z")

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From a TV show:

Q: “Wire brush?”  
A: “Because it works!”

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/322 "2005-11-21T00:13:24Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **Biffy the Elephant Shrew** wrote:  
> The Shaggs!

Correct! From the abysmal, “It’s Halloween!”

One down, two to go.

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/323 "2005-11-21T02:04:23Z")

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> [@Cisco](#):
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> Shut the fuck up, Swan. SWAN! SHUT - THE FUCK - UP!!

Phantom of the Paradise?

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-dope-with-your-most-obscure-reference/330904/324 "2005-11-21T02:49:29Z")

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“Agnes? Nipple!”

“I hadn’t meant to shoot the cat” is the first line of Spider Robinson’s book “Telempath.”

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