# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/41 "2003-09-08T18:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*And I have one more riff to make off the concept, at the appropriate time, if and when **Skammer** and I end up discussing resistance to change in the Episcopal Church (along with the absolutely best “lightbulb” joke I know). ( **Skammer** , consider this fair warning! ;)) \*\* I’m tempted to start another GD thread just to hear your joke, Poly. We should be due for another Episcopal Church debate in mid-October, so I’ll try to be patient! ---
**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:** [September 8, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/42 "2003-09-08T19:39:40Z")
It kills me, the obsession that so many people have with the 1920’s SDR. The 1820’s had their own, suitable and highly stylized death rays. Of course it took a team of 12 horses to move them, and being coal fired the reload time was measured in hours. I don’t know if the 1820’s is the golden age of death rays, it may in fact be the 1920’s. Try to imagine the wheels turning in the head of a young supervillian as he sees the 1822 (generally regarded as the best year) model in the Sears catalog. ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/43 "2003-09-08T20:09:45Z")
And what about the new models that will be coming out? I’m looking forward to the 2020 style death ray, with its improved accuracy. ---
**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 9, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/44 "2003-09-09T22:18:38Z")
OK, I had gone away for a while, being too busy doing other things like work and get myself enrolled in the massage therapy program at CCSN and things to get on the 'net at all, let alone spend hours here at the SDMB. So, I come back, and lo, the 1920’s style death ray has come, been overused and become passe before I ever even had a chance to use one. BTW, I never did think that “jumped the shark” had actually jumped the shark. I think it’s a perfectly useful phrase for something that has reached the critical moment when we know it’s time has passed. Anyhoo, since there seem to be quite a few people who are swearing off the use of 1920’s S.D.R.'s, the price on them has gone waaaayyyyy down, so I’m stockpiling them. Once nobody else is using them anymore… ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/45 "2003-09-10T04:54:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*C’mon, who’s going to be the first to aim their 1920s style death ray at **wring**? > > _The above is not a death threat. I do not own a 1920s style death ray, nor any sort of scalar weapon. If I did, I would not aim it at any member of these boards. Thank you, and good night._ \*\* What if we used _sting_ rays? It wouldn’t kill anyone, just stun them - hopefully long enough that this fag will pass. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/46 "2003-09-10T04:55:41Z")
Whoa!! That’s supposed to be FAD!!! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/47 "2003-09-10T05:58:20Z")
AAAAAARGH! _hits head on desk_ WACK-WACK-WACK-WACK ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/48 "2003-09-12T04:15:19Z")
Oh NO! **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor**. **Seven** seems to be beating the dead horsie! I have yet to open a 1920’s Style Death Ray thread that I have not laughed out loud. And thanks to some pertinent safety advice, I now know not to stick a fork in a 1920’s style Death Ray. ---
**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 12, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/49 "2003-09-12T04:35:22Z")
Ahem: > [@](#): > > Oh NO! Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor. Seven seems to be beating the dead horsie! Only one portion of its anatomy, it would appear. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/50 "2003-09-12T05:36:58Z")
1920’s style death rays make the baby Jesus cry. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/51 "2003-09-12T06:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209230](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209230) \*\* Ah, there’s 1920s Style Death Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/52 "2003-09-12T06:28:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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] \*\* Catchphrase, catchphrase! **OG SMAH!!!** ---
**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 12, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/53 "2003-09-12T11:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*1920’s style death rays make the baby Jesus cry. \*\* Porr dead hosies make **Bosda** cry! \ Say…you don’t suppose…it _couldn’t be_ …a…_ **PONY**?_ BOO-HOO-HOO-HOO! ---
**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 12, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/54 "2003-09-12T12:08:43Z")
**Bosda, Bosda** – I never knew you had a pantyhose fetish. Or is it garden hoses you lust after? And no, you may NOT have a pony till you put all your toys away. ---
**Author:** ![corndog\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@corndog\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corndog_man)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/55 "2003-09-12T12:22:21Z")
I am going to pit everyone who uses this term, 1920’s Death Ray is stupid. Lame. Cliche’d. Why do people keep using it? Surely people on this board are not that vapid, are not this empty headed to keep using this phrase on this board anymore. Get a life and grow up. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/56 "2003-09-12T15:12:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corndog man \* > **1920’s Death Ray is stupid** It’s “1920’s _style_ Death Ray.” ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/57 "2003-09-12T17:53:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*Catchphrase, catchphrase! > > **OG SMAH!!!** \*\* I like your version better then mine-- reminds me of the comic book version of the Hulk. 😃 ---
**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 12, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/58 "2003-09-12T19:18:12Z")
It’s even better when you run all the letters together: OGSMAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/59 "2003-09-13T03:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corndog man \* > \*\*I am going to pit everyone who uses this term, > > 1920’s Death Ray is stupid. Lame. Cliche’d. Why do people keep using it? Surely people on this board are not that vapid, are not this empty headed to keep using this phrase on this board anymore. > > Get a life and grow up. \*\* 1920’s style “Death Rays” are good for burning your dog. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/60 "2003-09-13T08:02:25Z")
Sombody set up us the 1920 style ray death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149.md?page=4)