# What is YOUR battle cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602 "2003-09-24T18:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/1 "2003-09-24T18:26:11Z")
[http://bdmonkeys.net/~chaz/battle.php](http://bdmonkeys.net/~chaz/battle.php) Mine is, “Vengenance and goo flow from my veins! I hereby void your warranty and send you back to God!” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/2 "2003-09-24T18:28:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Prowling amidst the freeway, attacking with a studded crowbar, cometh Ponder Stibbons! And he gives a low scream: > > “I’m seriously going to smack you until you taste like chicken!” And here I thought my battle cry was various curse-words … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/3 "2003-09-24T18:37:43Z")
Stalking over the candy store, wielding a bladed baseball bat, cometh Eve! And she gives a vengeful bellow: “Ares, God of War, be praised! I lay waste to the landscape until everything has croaked!!!” ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/4 "2003-09-24T18:46:57Z")
Who is that, prowling amidst the icy wasteland! It is **DaToad** , hands clutching an oversized scalpel! And with a mighty scream, his voice cometh: “I’m going to contort you beyond mortal comprehension, and sever every head in sight!!” It has a nice flavor. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/5 "2003-09-24T18:49:50Z")
These are too long! Try shouting them in the heat of battle. Heck, try _remembering_ them in the heat of battle. When I was in grad school, our IM sports battle cry was straight to the point, and short, and perfectly expressed our feelings: **Don’t Screw Up!** ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/6 "2003-09-24T18:51:07Z")
Hark! Who is that, rampaging along the hotel lobby! It is Slortar, hands clutching buzzsaw hand extensions! And with a mighty roar, his voice cometh: “I’m going to flog you into a fine spicy powder, and throw you out the airplane door!!!” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/7 "2003-09-24T18:54:17Z")
Rampaging along the plains, cutting down all who dare stand in the way using a reflective halberd, cometh koeeoaddi! And she gives a mighty howl: “Blood and souls for my dark lord! I hereby snap and go berzerk!!!” I live for this stuff, **ivylass**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/8 "2003-09-24T18:58:55Z")
Silly me, and here I’d always thought it was “Eff 'em if they can’t take a joke.” ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/9 "2003-09-24T19:05:23Z")
Skulking across the candy store, swinging a studded crowbar, cometh Amp! And he gives a bloodthirsty howl: “I’m going to brutalize you beyond your expiration date!” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/10 "2003-09-24T19:10:59Z")
Oh, and apparently, I am swinging two hardened pitas while I sprint across the tundra. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/11 "2003-09-24T19:12:14Z")
Fixing a steely gaze upon those intending to purloin the last of the Krispy Kremes zoid pronounces: “I will fall out of the sky and rain upon you with a beating of biblical proportion!” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/12 "2003-09-24T19:13:07Z")
My favorite one, of course, is probably not even in there: “I’m going to beat you like a Hitler piñata!” ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/13 "2003-09-24T19:22:39Z")
I don’t need some website to tell me that my battlecry is: “SPOON!” ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/14 "2003-09-24T19:28:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*Oh, and apparently, I am swinging two hardened pitas while I sprint across the tundra. \*\* ## Oh, if I had a quarter for evertime I did that… Skulking out of the tarmac, swinging a thorned whip, cometh **DeVena**! And she gives a spectacular roar: “I’m going to contort you all the way to Abu Dhabi!” [sub]I’m liking the thorned whip part.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/15 "2003-09-24T19:42:43Z")
D’oh, beat me to it, **Anamorphic** Mine is: Sprinting over the cliffs, carrying gilded boxing gloves, cometh Wintermute! And she gives a vengeful scream: “In the name of malice, I lay waste to all I see like a river of pure piranha!” ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/16 "2003-09-24T19:44:02Z")
Well mine said: Zang! Who is that, running amidst the tarmac! It is Edward The Head, hands clutching a jeweled meat hammer! He bellows thunderously: “Vengeance and goo flow from my veins! You are made of meat and I am very hungry!!” Guess I’m glad I like meat! NP: Motorhead Eat the Rich. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/17 "2003-09-24T19:48:36Z")
Not in the face! JuanitaTech, who don’t need no stinkin’ quiz to tell her what her battle cry is. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/18 "2003-09-24T19:48:50Z")
I usually go with “Cry Havoc and let slip the Dogs of WAR!”… but I LIKE this un! > [@](#): > > Rampaging out of the wasteland, carrying a burning branch, cometh Verbenabeast! And he gives a booming roar: > > “I’m going to pulverize you until you scream like a banshee, and hit you with a steamroller!” ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/19 "2003-09-24T19:50:07Z")
Hark! Who is that, prowling across the terrain! It is IrreverentTone, hands clutching buzzsaw hand extensions! And with a vengeful bellow, her voice cometh: “I’m going to flog you until you have puppies!” ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602/20 "2003-09-24T19:50:49Z")
Yea, verily: Who is that, rampaging out of the icy wasteland! It is Deadly Nightlight, hands clutching a reflective halberd! And with a spectacular roar, her voice cometh: “I’m seriously going to brutalize you like a first grade teacher!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-battle-cry/203602.md?page=2)