# The 1920's S.D.R and people who use it. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149 "2003-09-07T19:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_the_CC)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/21 "2003-09-08T01:45:53Z")
You and I are mortal, but 1920’s Style Death Rays will never die! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/22 "2003-09-08T01:47:12Z")
But…_what about the poor horsie?_ **BOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!** ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/23 "2003-09-08T01:50:24Z")
It’s not dead, **Bosda**. It’s only sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/24 "2003-09-08T01:56:29Z")
Chainsaw? Oh, you mean _this_ chainsaw. No reason. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/25 "2003-09-08T03:52:04Z")
So, you’re saying that the 1920’s-style Death Ray has jumped the shark? [sub]flees beneath a hail of rotting vegetables[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/26 "2003-09-08T04:22:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thea Logica \* > > [sub]flees beneath a hail of rotting vegetables[/sub] When come back… ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/27 "2003-09-08T06:18:41Z")
It’s too late. I should not be up reading this, because I thought that said > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thea Logica \* > \*\*[sub]fleAs beneath a hail of rotting vegetables[/sub] \*\* … then I tried a search to find the origin of that joke. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/28 "2003-09-08T12:59:32Z")
We could make it a new catchphrase, couldn’t we? What? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/29 "2003-09-08T15:24:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > It’s not dead, it’s only sleeping. Nah. It’s paining for the fjords. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/30 "2003-09-08T16:59:43Z")
NEVER!!! You can have my 1920’s style “Death Ray” when you pry it from my cold dead hands! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/31 "2003-09-08T17:04:25Z")
Does this mean we have to upgrade to 1930s Style Death Rays? ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/32 "2003-09-08T17:14:38Z")
All your 1920s Death Rays make the baby Jesus smell like cat food when come back Hi Opal Og smash your dog in-jokes, think of the children shark. Cite. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/33 "2003-09-08T17:15:31Z")
What a waste of precious bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/34 "2003-09-08T17:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*What a waste of precious bandwidth. \*\* The whole board, or just this thread? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/35 "2003-09-08T17:32:17Z")
I saw in MPSIMS that some changed their user name to this old cliche. Ouch. Like posting as “Og Smah” or “Hi Opal”. [shudders] ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/36 "2003-09-08T17:47:58Z")
[economic geek mode] 1920’s SDR’s? But, but, the IMF only started issuing [Special Drawing Rights](http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdr.HTM) in 1969! [/economic geek mode] ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/37 "2003-09-08T17:56:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*I saw in MPSIMS that some changed their user name to this old cliche. Ouch. Like posting as “Og Smah” or “Hi Opal”. [shudders] \*\* That would be "Og smash: grrr! Linky link: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209230](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209230) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/38 "2003-09-08T17:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*The whole board, or just this thread? 🙂 \*\* Just the thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/39 "2003-09-08T17:59:14Z")
Whence comes “jump the shark”? That one seems a little less used on here than “Opal” and “Og smash”, as well as the increasingly irritating Death Rays. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/40 "2003-09-08T18:02:01Z")
Colour me boring, but I still find it pretty funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149.md?page=3)