# The Thing's Dick (Fantastic Four) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2007, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765 "2007-04-12T05:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/61 "2007-04-13T23:23:04Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] And, yes, I’ve seen porn about **that** too . . . [/QUOTE] You’re just testing whether I’m going to ask for a cite, right? Oh, what the hell. Cite! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/62 "2007-04-13T23:39:45Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You’re just testing whether I’m going to ask for a cite, right? Oh, what the hell. Cite! [/QUOTE] The mods would hunt me down and set me on fire if I started linking to superhero porn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/63 "2007-04-13T23:49:00Z")
That’s what PM is for, dummy! 😃 Please add me to the list for this too. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/64 "2007-04-14T04:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=Z. R. Test] So now I’m wondering… is it a stalagmite or a stalactite? [/QUOTE] That depends on how excited he currently is. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/65 "2007-04-14T04:52:26Z")
When the Thing gets excited… Pumice ensues. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/66 "2007-04-14T06:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] When the Thing gets excited… Pumice ensues. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well done! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 14, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/67 "2007-04-14T10:15:25Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] When the Thing gets excited… Pumice ensues. 😃 [/QUOTE] We’ve been taking your talent for granite. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/68 "2007-04-15T01:14:41Z")
“She Thing” probably thinks its gneiss when he comes in quartz… FML ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/69 "2007-04-15T01:23:44Z")
Guys, sometimes I marble at your wit. At other times, you make me lose my apatite. Oh, and before I forget… Hi, **Opal**! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/70 "2007-04-15T01:42:08Z")
No wonder he’s been grim for 46 years now. As for Johnny Storm, **nobody** is going to comment on the fact that he’s been flaming? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/71 "2007-04-15T04:23:35Z")
Amathyst close to complaining about all the puns. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/72 "2007-04-15T04:37:11Z")
[QUOTE=BraheSilver] Amathyst close to complaining about all the puns. [/QUOTE] My sediments exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/73 "2007-04-15T04:56:50Z")
“Everybody Wang Thing tonight!” ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/74 "2007-04-15T10:43:57Z")
The “granite” pun has been done so many times in this thread that I think a further repetition of it can be pretty much taken for granite. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/75 "2007-04-15T12:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] “She Thing” probably thinks its gneiss when he comes in quartz… FML [/QUOTE] We have already done: [ol][Gneiss](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8460421&postcount=33)[_][Quartz](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8461089&postcount=41)[_]Hi, **Opal!** [/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/76 "2007-04-15T13:46:24Z")
Speaking of superheroes, I bumped into [Omnicron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnicron) yesterday - I… er… metamorphic transformation genius. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/77 "2007-04-16T18:42:46Z")
Come to think of it, the Thing’s thing is probably made out of [this kind of rock](http://www.eos.ubc.ca/courses/eosc221/sed/carb/wackestone.html) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/78 "2007-04-16T19:24:25Z")
So dat’s why all he wears is his blue boulder-holder. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/79 "2007-04-17T12:38:09Z")
If he’s on a hot date, I imagine it’s made out of [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765/80 "2007-04-17T14:04:22Z")
He looks stoned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-things-dick-fantastic-four/399765.md?page=5)