# What the bloody heck is going on?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 21, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974 "2000-03-21T07:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974/1 "2000-03-21T07:47:00Z")

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I’m sitting in my apartment in North Hollywood (CA) and the wind is gusting like a hurricane, except there’s no wind.

Shame Melin can’t see this post; she’s probably getting some of it.

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“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,  
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,  
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,  
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”

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**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974/2 "2000-03-21T07:53:00Z")

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So let me get this straight:  
The wind, of which there is none, is gusting like a hurricane?  
Call me stupid, but  
What?  
I hate it when things go over my head.  
Is this some kind of inside joke?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974/3 "2000-03-21T08:21:00Z")

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Read on **Lex**. “Let winds unnoticed whistle round your hill!”

Dr. Watson

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974/4 "2000-03-21T09:20:00Z")

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Goddamn it! I meant to say, “There is no **rain**!” Mr. Rilch was talking to me when I was posting.

## Now I hear thunder.

“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,  
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,  
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,  
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”

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**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-bloody-heck-is-going-on/14974/5 "2000-03-21T12:55:00Z")

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I’m in the foothills and were losing trees right and left. Can’t sleep. Listening to it is like waiting for a train wreck. I’ll be very lucky if I don’t have to take off work today to remove our favorite Norway pine from the neighbor’s swimming pool.