# 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:** 4
**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 13, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/61 "2003-09-13T23:07:30Z")
[Death, the Destroyer of Worlds](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210326) radiates Art Deco style! ---
**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 14, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/62 "2003-09-14T04:42:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*It’s even better when you run all the letters together: > > OGSMAH!!! \*\* Even better: write it backwards: HAMS GO!!! That they do. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/63 "2003-09-15T16:32:48Z")
Hams go nicely with Dijon mustard from the Warlock, and some swiss cheese and rye bread. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/64 "2003-09-16T02:25:00Z")
::Throws pie at the dead horsie:: ---
**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 16, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/65 "2003-09-16T12:41:05Z")
[http://www.brotron.com/gallery1.html](http://www.brotron.com/gallery1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/66 "2003-09-16T15:17:29Z")
Badger badger badger badger DEATH RAY! ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/67 "2003-09-17T00:16:06Z")
What’s “vapid” mean? Isn’t that the stuff that rises from the hole you make in a horsie when using the aforementioned 1920s style death ray? But cereal, the ray is just dang funny. It is what professional funny people call “a running gag” (which phrase is itself an interesting target). Monty Python uses the concept in the form of Chartered Accountants. The Lord of the rings films use it in the form of dwarf tossing (I’m expecting to see the reference in The Return of the King and wil wet my pants laughing if I do). I say the death ray must live on…but it should be used in some kind of approriate context. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/68 "2003-09-17T02:49:58Z")
So, these [doublequote]1920’s style Death Rays[/doublequote]…do they have spinny things that send off sparks? Cause if they are, you guys are shootin’ without flint. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/69 "2003-09-17T04:33:58Z")
I think the only way to get around this issue is to switch to the 1980’s style “Moderate Discomfort Ray” ---
**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 17, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/70 "2003-09-17T12:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fuji Kitakyusho \* > \*\*I think the only way to get around this issue is to switch to the 1980’s style “Moderate Discomfort Ray” \*\* HUH! PC stuff! The rights of the Mad Scientist to keep & possess Doomsday Devices are being constantly infringed upon. BUT I’LL SHOW THEM! I’LL SHOW THEM ALL! **BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HAAAaaa!** ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/71 "2003-09-17T15:52:53Z")
The death ray is a myth! A myth! Myth! ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/72 "2003-09-17T21:13:34Z")
Hey man, just be glad the leems haven’t been unleashed…yet… ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/73 "2003-09-18T01:44:40Z")
All your death ray belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/74 "2003-09-18T02:38:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > \*\*All your death ray belong to us. \*\* Erm, that’d be: All your **‘death ray’** _are_ belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/75 "2003-09-18T03:02:25Z")
(come on, somebody help me out with the Muppet Movie punchline here) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/76 "2003-09-18T04:30:32Z")
> [@](#): > > 1920s death ray has got to go. Well, just remember that when 1920’s style death rays are outlawed, only outlaws will have 1920’s style death rays. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/77 "2003-09-18T07:31:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by corndog man \* > \*\*Get a life and grow up. \*\* \*\*øðžžžžžž€ \*\* ← Corndog Man 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/78 "2003-09-18T07:44:39Z")
Proud to say I never used it, never will. (The origination thread isn’t even two months old…shame the way we can chew up a joke and spit it out before it even has a chance, ain’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/79 "2003-09-18T12:08:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Scrappy Hero Pup \* > \*\*The death ray is a myth! > > A myth! > > Myth! \*\* Yeth? (Can’t believe it took this long.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1920s-s-d-r-and-people-who-use-it/200149/80 "2003-09-18T12:28:50Z")
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