# Weird wombat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140 "2007-10-09T21:40:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/1 "2007-10-09T21:40:51Z")

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Where did the wacky, weird wombat wander without wondering why whiskey was withheld?

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**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:** [October 9, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/2 "2007-10-09T21:55:17Z")

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Walla Walla, Washington.  
… wanker.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/3 "2007-10-09T21:55:33Z")

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I’m not at all sure it _was_ withheld. Although that would be pretty tricky typing for a wombat.

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**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:** [October 9, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/4 "2007-10-09T22:02:13Z")

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Wally the Wombat, from Walla Walla, WA, wondered where his wonderful Wiccan wombatess was waddling with the wizardly wort that packed a wallop. Warsaw, without a doubt.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/5 "2007-10-09T22:35:38Z")

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What?

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/6 "2007-10-09T22:36:19Z")

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Pfft…whatever.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/7 "2007-10-09T22:42:38Z")

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Woosh!

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**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:** [October 9, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/8 "2007-10-09T23:49:38Z")

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[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady]  
Woosh!  
[/QUOTE]

Well…what of it?

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/9 "2007-10-09T23:51:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya]  
Well…what of it?  
[/QUOTE]

Wonderful.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/10 "2007-10-10T00:33:56Z")

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Wow.

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**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/11 "2007-10-10T02:19:15Z")

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And was he worried when the whiskey was watery and weak? Would the wacky weird wombat work with wimpy whiskey?

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**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:** [October 12, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/12 "2007-10-12T20:07:24Z")

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What will we wonder when wallowing with weasels while we wend westward?

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/13 "2007-10-12T20:27:08Z")

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Was the weird wombat wet from Wildwood?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/14 "2007-10-12T23:27:58Z")

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[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff]  
Where did the wacky, weird wombat wander without wondering why whiskey was withheld?  
[/QUOTE]  
When will we wend wassailing with weird, weary wombat? Wednesday, when women whack weeds without wanting wangs.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/15 "2007-10-12T23:45:22Z")

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This is funny . . . “WOMBAT” is the code word I e-mail to some coworkers to call me on my landline, and save me from the bat-shiat insane secretary in the other cubicle. See, I can type without looking, so I tab up to the addresses, type in some names, and type WOMBAT into the subject line with a blank body. In about 10 - 30 seconds, my landline rings, breaking the conversation.

Yes, I am a captive, hostile audience, and I must resort to these measures. :mad:

Tripler  
Don’t get me started. It’ll be a pit thread soon enough.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/16 "2007-10-13T00:02:19Z")

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Woozle…wuzzle?

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/17 "2007-10-13T01:26:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Derleth]  
When will we wend wassailing with weird, weary wombat? Wednesday, when women whack weeds **without wanting wangs**.  
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Werry worrisome, wrecking wonderful wangs!

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/18 "2007-11-05T22:36:43Z")

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Wait, wait! I’m right here!

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**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/19 "2007-11-05T22:51:01Z")

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[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff]  
Where did the wacky, weird wombat wander without wondering why whiskey was withheld?  
[/QUOTE]  
Montana, apparently

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wombat/422140/20 "2007-11-05T23:04:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]  
xxxxxxx, apparently  
[/QUOTE]

Wombat Whereabouts Withheld

Weird wombat withdraws, wending wearily westward whilst westerly winds whine woefully.

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