You and I are mortal, but 1920’s Style Death Rays will never die!
But…what about the poor horsie?
BOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
It’s not dead, Bosda. It’s only sleeping.
Chainsaw? Oh, you mean this chainsaw. No reason.
So, you’re saying that the 1920’s-style Death Ray has jumped the shark?
[sub]flees beneath a hail of rotting vegetables[/sub]
When come back…
It’s too late. I should not be up reading this, because I thought that said
… then I tried a search to find the origin of that joke.
We could make it a new catchphrase, couldn’t we?
What?
Nah. It’s paining for the fjords.
NEVER!!!
You can have my 1920’s style “Death Ray” when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
Does this mean we have to upgrade to 1930s Style Death Rays?
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.
What a waste of precious bandwidth.
The whole board, or just this thread? 
I saw in MPSIMS that some changed their user name to this old cliche. Ouch. Like posting as “Og Smah” or “Hi Opal”. [shudders]
[economic geek mode]
1920’s SDR’s? But, but, the IMF only started issuing Special Drawing Rights in 1969!
[/economic geek mode]
That would be "Og smash: grrr!
Linky link:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=209230
Just the thread. 
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.
Colour me boring, but I still find it pretty funny.