# The Passing of the SDMB Hamster **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616 "2003-01-24T16:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/21 "2003-01-24T19:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jesuslynch \* > \*\*Wouldn’t that be four? > I swear I don’t work for _Auther_ Anderson. \*\* Arthur. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/22 "2003-01-24T19:30:54Z")
**Slomo** has passed, RIP Is **Deadmeat** any faster? We shall see But if not, don’t fret I suggest that we get [the nutria that attacked Jimmy C.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_019.html) ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/23 "2003-01-24T19:38:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*Arthur. > > 😃 \*\* You know, I debated on the spelling. The bone just gets bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/24 "2003-01-25T20:41:24Z")
**Elucidator** Did you get any Finnish singing hamsters? Anyone who wants to hear the hamsters singing, just send me a message and I will E-mail You. Henry ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/25 "2003-01-26T03:09:12Z")
I’m thinking of the Frenchman atop the castle wall in Monty Python’s movie: “Your Mother was a hampster, and your Father smelt of elderberries!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/26 "2003-01-26T04:10:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jesuslynch \* > \*\*Wouldn’t that be five? \*\* [Picard] There are FOUR legs! [/Picard] For **Henry B** : Finnish hamsters are known to be dinky They’ll faint when we ask for a linky We place the power in him tell him sink or else swim The Finnish hampster’s no good 'cause Helsinki. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/27 "2003-01-26T06:33:35Z")
**Enderw24** So Ypu asked for the Finnish variant, so You got it. 🙂 How to use it: If You feel stressed, put volume on max., listen and sing along for 20 minutes. Your stress is gone and You need something to drink. No medicine for that. Sorry. Henry ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/28 "2003-01-26T06:43:10Z")
Damn, **Hank** I like you. Gotdam if I understand you, but I like you. There was music? All I got was the dancing lemmings, singing in Ugaritic, which means as much to me as the Turkish song about a Coca-Cola hat. Don’t ask, my kid thought it was cool. Yes, I got your e-mail, and I am honored. If I’m weird enough for you, then I’m weird enough. It’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/29 "2003-01-26T06:49:37Z")
**Enderw24** Sorry for addressing You as **Ypu**. My most humble apologize! The explanition to why I addressed You as I did, was that I was alone yesterday with my cat. listened to the Finnish hamster-music for 45 minutes and drunk a lot. Just the usual hamster home-sickness, I think. Henry ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/30 "2003-01-26T07:09:42Z")
**elucidator** Whatta you mean “There was music?”. I mean after Sibelius that is the best song my tribe have created. **Ever.** **P.S.** I like Your writings. Not buttering You up. Just like it, when You sometimes scream the truths on the Boards. To the bruths of the board. And You have a bright kid. Be proud! Henry ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/31 "2003-01-26T07:21:07Z")
Hank: Get drunk. Watch a baby sleep. Be lonesome, but refuse to be lonely. Have friends you don’t neccesarily approve of. But dammit, if you’re gonna send me dancing lemmings, at least **translate**! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/32 "2003-01-26T09:02:00Z")
It’s ok, **Henry B** , we can’t all be perfect like I am. So what sound do Finnish hamsters make anyway? Gaflugen eeken eeken? ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/33 "2003-01-26T18:52:44Z")
**Enderw24** There should be the song with the text. Just put Your loudspeakers on. If it does not work, just send me a note to [komponent@vologda.ru](mailto:komponent@vologda.ru) and I’ll try again. **elucidator** I am sorry that I did not translate everything right away, but You see I was writing here a report to my investors. I had the hamster music on and took some vodka. My cat came and sat at the table. She usually let my mouse alone, because she knows by now that it is made of plastic. Anyhow, when she saw the dancing hamsters, she got interested. I was afraid that she would eat them or in other way harm them, if I would pass away, so I thought I’ll send them far away. Well, I found Your address and Nipples,MN sounded to be far enough. The rest You know. The anti-stress hamsters, (or lemmlings if You wish to see it that way), should be used as follows: **Remember to put on Your loud-speakers!!!** 1. Close the door 2. Put the loud-speakers on max. 3. Sing along with the hamsters for 20 minutes. 4. The stress is gone 5. Send this E-mail to others that might have stress. I am the nice-looking hamster in the second row, the 4th from left. Today a little bit tomato-eyed… * * * The original song and The Dancing Hamsters can be got from me: [komponent@vologda.ru](mailto:komponent@vologda.ru) Henry ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/34 "2003-01-26T20:09:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by elucidator > Location: Nipples, MN_ > Rumor has it that the Moderator involved was sentenced to Texas. I’d rather be sentenced to Nipples. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/35 "2003-01-26T20:17:44Z")
No! Its terrible here! Too cold! Stay away! Besides, everybody here talks funny! There is no, repeat, _no_ bar-b-que. Did I mention cold? _Damn_ cold! Go to Iowa. Iowa is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/36 "2003-01-26T20:21:06Z")
So, **'lucy** , would you say that Nipples is colder than a witch’s titty? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passing-of-the-sdmb-hamster/150616/37 "2003-01-26T21:22:31Z")
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