# The "What The Hell?" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173 "2014-11-09T18:41:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/41 "2014-11-19T05:05:54Z")
Yes. Exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/42 "2014-11-19T18:40:32Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > … > > Moving away from creepy back to WTF, I was skiing while mentally altered when I saw someone skiing uphill. I mean, he was doing exactly that: skis pointed uphill, pushing his weight into his poles upwards against gravity with all of his might. (Nonskiiers: if you have to get back up a slope, you either point yourself sideways and side-step, or you take the damn things off and walk like a normal human being. Not … this.) I know that’s what I was looking at (I wasn’t THAT altered!) but it was one of those moments when you think, “Wait, _I’m_ the fucked-up one, but what the hell are \*you \*thinking?” When I was in high school (class of 1967,) my algebra teacher told us of a pair of German military skis he had brought back from WW II. The underside of each ski was done in seal skin, with the hairs pointed back. That was to offer resistance to back-sliding, he said. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/43 "2014-11-19T19:02:47Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > When I was in high school (class of 1967,) my algebra teacher told us of a pair of German military skis he had brought back from WW II. The underside of each ski was done in seal skin, with the hairs pointed back. That was to offer resistance to back-sliding, he said. Very common for X-Country Skiers. They are called [skins](http://www.backcountry.com/Store/catalog/search.jsp?q=skins&s=u) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/44 "2014-11-19T19:08:26Z")
I’ve got one that happened to me the other day, but it’s creepy, just weird. Went to the allergist and I’m waiting and I’m waiting and I’m waiting…and then the nurse calls my name. Me and another woman jump up at exactly the same time…and then give each other the same befuddled looks. My name is very unusual in the States. I have never met anyone with my name, ever. I have never been to a doctor’s office and had another person with my name. I was blown away. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/45 "2014-11-19T20:01:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’ve got one that happened to me the other day, but it’s creepy, just weird. Went to the allergist and I’m waiting and I’m waiting and I’m waiting…and then the nurse calls my name. Me and another woman jump up at exactly the same time…and then give each other the same befuddled looks. > > My name is very unusual in the States. I have never met anyone with my name, ever. I have never been to a doctor’s office and had another person with my name. I was blown away. I had this happen but it was the same first and last name. I was selling appliances and I was entering the guy’s info into the PC for delivery. First name? Bob. Last name? Bobalewancheskiovich. Seroiusly? Yep. That’s my name. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/46 "2014-11-21T18:23:59Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I had this happen but it was the same first and last name. I was selling appliances and I was entering the guy’s info into the PC for delivery. > First name? > Bob. > Last name? > Bobalewancheskiovich. > Seroiusly? > Yep. > That’s my name. My name is Terry Lee xxxxx and in 1978 I lived with a lady whos name is Teri Leigh xxxxx. Made for some interesting responses from people that called and didn’t know either of our nicknames. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/47 "2014-11-21T19:05:50Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I was heading south on I-45 in the Houston 'burbs one day when I saw a motorcycle overtaking on the adjacent feeder road. He must have been going at least 70 in a 45 zone, but the real item of note was that the rider was standing up on top of the seat, with his arms stretched out like Jesus. Who he was likely to meet very soon, if he kept that shit up. How did he maintain acceleration? Speaking of names, when you are “Rivkah VeryJewishLastName,” in Manhattan, you are definitely not the only one, but for some reason, for a couple of years, I was the only one with a listing in the phone book. I used to get calls for all the other Rivkahs all the time, and about one in three wrong numbers would ask me “Well, do you have her phone number?” Yeah, let me get the phone list from the “Rivkah VeryJewishLastName” club. We just had a meeting last night. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/48 "2014-11-21T19:09:26Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > How did he maintain acceleration? Throttle locks. All those moron street stunt riders have them. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/49 "2014-11-21T21:55:00Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The other day I saw two ducks deliberately\* following a snake. I thought they were re-enacting a scene from one of the _Redwall_ novels. > > \*_They’d stop and start with its every move_ Knowing ducks, they were probably trying to figure out how to sexually assault the snake. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/50 "2014-11-21T23:04:35Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Sledge hammer and wedges? :eek: > > Why don’t you use an axe? As noted, an axe ain’t always the right tool. Perhaps a more appropriate question: Why a [wood handle](http://www.grainger.com/product/NUPLA-Handle-3MD35?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/3MD35_AS01?$smthumb$) on the sledge hammer? ---
**Author:** ![bubba001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@bubba001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba001)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173/51 "2014-11-21T23:34:41Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Throttle locks. All those moron street stunt riders have them. AKA “suicide throttles” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-the-hell-thread/704173.md?page=2)