# What is "Hi Opal, I burn your dog, 1920'S style death rays?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal-i-burn-your-dog-1920s-style-death-rays/219501>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 17, 2003, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal-i-burn-your-dog-1920s-style-death-rays/219501 "2003-12-17T08:35:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal-i-burn-your-dog-1920s-style-death-rays/219501/41 "2003-12-23T03:03:02Z")

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Is this where I tell everyone they owe me a monitor because (drink of choice) spewed from my nose?

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal-i-burn-your-dog-1920s-style-death-rays/219501/42 "2003-12-23T04:34:30Z")

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Dude, you drink through your nose? That would go in a TMI thread.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal-i-burn-your-dog-1920s-style-death-rays/219501/43 "2003-12-23T06:54:45Z")

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This looks like a good place to ask what it means when somebody says they’re being whooshed.

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