# T. Rex and the Amish **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440 "2012-07-26T12:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/21 "2012-07-29T03:04:22Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > If you enjoyed, that, you might also enjoy this [image of a bear dressed as Teddy Roosevelt riding Abraham Lincoln with laser eyes](http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg155/scaled.php?server=155&filename=gentlemanbearridesabrah.jpg&res=landing). OMG, it’s like photo realism! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/22 "2012-07-29T06:12:50Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > Why on earth did I click that link to see if there really was a foot treadle laser? Could be worse. Several times since reading the phrase, I’ve become preoccupied with trying to figure out a way to _build_ one. (I think I’ve got the pumping apparatus and primary reaction chamber mostly figured out, but I’m stumped on isolating the necessary chemicals. I’m assuming that I’m not allowed to use electricity, even if it’s generated from a foot treadle.) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/23 "2012-07-29T09:20:59Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Could be worse. Several times since reading the phrase, I’ve become preoccupied with trying to figure out a way to _build_ one. > > (I think I’ve got the pumping apparatus and primary reaction chamber mostly figured out, but I’m stumped on isolating the necessary chemicals. I’m assuming that I’m not allowed to use electricity, even if it’s generated from a foot treadle.) You’re welcome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/24 "2012-07-29T12:10:11Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > How do you pronounce DuBois? “Doo bwah?” Close enough, but if 5 years in the US has taught me anything, it’s that Americans are much more likely to pronounce it “Dew Boys”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/25 "2012-07-29T14:36:22Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Close enough, but if 5 years in the US has taught me anything, it’s that Americans are much more likely to pronounce it “Dew Boys”. It’s Dew Boy to the locals, occasionally Dew Boys outside of town. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/26 "2012-08-01T21:03:13Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > If you enjoyed, that, you might also enjoy this [image of a bear dressed as Teddy Roosevelt riding Abraham Lincoln with laser eyes](http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg155/scaled.php?server=155&filename=gentlemanbearridesabrah.jpg&res=landing). And if you enjoyed _that_, you might also enjoy [this picture of Bea Arthur wrestling a velociraptor](http://www.brandonbird.com/bea.html). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/27 "2012-08-01T21:12:48Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > And if you enjoyed _that_, you might also enjoy [this picture of Bea Arthur wrestling a velociraptor](http://www.brandonbird.com/bea.html). If this doesn’t work out, I’m coming to get you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/28 "2012-08-01T21:15:41Z")
She looks awfully…tanned. This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 4 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/29 "2012-08-01T21:21:37Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Close enough, but if 5 years in the US has taught me anything, it’s that Americans are much more likely to pronounce it “Dew Boys”. Ay. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/30 "2012-08-01T22:05:22Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > And if you enjoyed _that_, you might also enjoy [this picture of Bea Arthur wrestling a velociraptor](http://www.brandonbird.com/bea.html). I’d bet on Bea. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/31 "2012-08-01T22:20:55Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I’d bet on Bea. Hell yes. Is that a giant metallic salamander on the rock by the parking lot? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440/32 "2012-08-01T22:58:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s Dew Boy to the locals, occasionally Dew Boys outside of town. In my dialect Dew and Jew are pretty much indistinguishable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-rex-and-the-amish/629440.md?page=1)