# The Scream

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045 "2005-08-15T02:58:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045/21 "2005-08-15T19:06:32Z")

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I’ve always had the impression that he’s screaming to drown out the sound of someone or something else. Sort of a darker version of sticking your fingers in your ears and going “La, la, la” I can’t hear you!"

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045/22 "2005-08-15T19:30:21Z")

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Heh. I always imagined he was shouting “Calgon! Take me away!”

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**Author:** ![Mongoroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mongoroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongoroot)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045/23 "2005-08-15T20:18:35Z")

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I’ve always thought he was screaming in horror, but maybe just very briefly. Something like “Oh no, I lost my wallet! AAAIIIEEeeeee!!! … Oh, wait a minute, here it is. Nevermind.”

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scream/317045/24 "2005-08-15T20:56:09Z")

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I always thought the two figures in the background were trying to get him, and he was screaming because he couldn’t escape. Maybe there are two other people on the side of the bridge that we can’t see from this angle, and he’s surrounded.

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