# What the heck are... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134 "2003-11-30T23:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/21 "2003-12-01T07:21:25Z")
You’ve been wooshed. A wag what results when the muscles located below the sacral vertebrae contract, causing an oscillation of the tail. Dogs do it when they’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/22 "2003-12-01T07:33:17Z")
[1920’s style death rays are real!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225998) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/23 "2003-12-01T07:55:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chavardz \* > \*\*[1920’s style death rays are real!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225998) \*\* Yeah, but somebody stole them . . . 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/24 "2003-12-01T08:04:43Z")
I still think it was YOU, you smug and smiling elder one. ---
**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 1, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/25 "2003-12-01T09:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\*The “Hi Opal!” gag came about due to the poster \*\* OpalCat \*\* who insisted that a list should have at least three items. \*\* 1. Might I request a link to that one? 2. I was going to post a link to the 1920s Style Death Rays thread but Flami beat me to it. 3. Umm… Hi Flami! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/26 "2003-12-01T16:27:07Z")
Should we also offer a seminar in pie, dog-burning, and Og? Or save it for the second semester? ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/27 "2003-12-01T17:01:14Z")
**cityboy** , I believe the “Hi Opal” thing predates these boards, back to a time when the Straight Dope was on AOL. Must be the oldest running joke around here. Use carefully and sparingly. [sub]Someone set up us the 1920’s style death ray![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/28 "2003-12-01T17:04:05Z")
Flamsterette\_X and DreadCthulhu, Thanks for the links. Strangely enough, this is one of the first threads I ever read here and this is actually the one that started my confusion. If I hadn’t been new here I would have figured it out. EddyTeddyFreddy, you got me curious… please enlighten me! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/29 "2003-12-01T17:14:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Should we also offer a seminar in pie, dog-burning, and Og? Or save it for the second semester? \*\* Would “cow-orker” be the masters thesis? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/30 "2003-12-01T17:26:07Z")
“When come back, bring pie.” “I burning your dog.” “Og smash!” Gotta go to work now – I’m sure other Dopers can dig up the links for each catchphrase that had its moment of glory. Yes, I know I’m a lazy good-for-nothing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/31 "2003-12-01T17:27:26Z")
I actually thought the 1920s Death Rays thread was pretty funny (though only read the first 10 posts or so). Thanks for the link. Now what’s with the ‘I burning your dog’? I’ve seen that one before. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/32 "2003-12-02T02:00:23Z")
**YoudNeverGuess** It would be worth your while to read more than 10 posts. Not that you have to read every single entry (read some of the married ones too!!) Woah - tough crowd. Anyway, read a few then jump to another page. You’ll be amazed how the subject starts with the War in Iraq, moves on to Nikola Tesla, Madame & Pierre Curie, Calvin & Hobbes, and finally ends up with Warren G Harding. That is the reason the thread was locked. They **knew** we were getting close to the truth … yes, maybe **too close !!!** BWA-HA-HA !!! Oh gee whiz, it’s time for my medication. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/33 "2003-12-02T02:32:27Z")
[I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203185) Heh. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/34 "2003-12-02T02:48:35Z")
“When come back, bring [pie](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/weebl-pie.php).” Mmmmmmmm… pie! “I burning your [dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203185)” – the origin. [One](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209333) among many followups. And a [farewell of sorts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213438) for the originator. Someone else can do “Og Smash!” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/35 "2003-12-02T02:51:05Z")
Oh, crap, **Darkhold** – do you know how long it took me to track all that down? And then you slip your link in before me. Grumble moan bitch whine… _You_ do “Og smash” then. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/36 "2003-12-02T02:58:46Z")
**EddyTeddyFreddy** I already tried the Og Smash but Og is too small for a search. I did once read the thread it came from. Not all that funny just a religious idiot (I don’t even remember what bizarreness he was spouting) that kept typing ‘og’ instead of ‘of’. This of course struck the posters as amusing and began to call his god ‘og’. Og Smash wasn’t far behind. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/37 "2003-12-02T02:59:11Z")
I’m a little disappointed nobody brought up “Gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/38 "2003-12-02T03:03:30Z")
And I’m very disappointed in myself that I can’t remember what thread that started in now. I remember I participated in it, and was a central player for a little while. I just might lose hair over this, and that is not a good thing, as hair loss tends to run in my family, but I have thus far remained unscaythed. Bad spelling runs in my family, too, but I got that one pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/39 "2003-12-02T06:22:23Z")
I tried to find the “og smash” origin, and thought I’d type in “Son God smash smite”, but got this: > [@](#): > > The search term you specified **(god)** is under the minimum word length (4) and therefore will not be found. Please make this term longer. > If this term contains a wildcard, please make this term more specific. I guess there’s no satisfying the hamsters. And if they can’t find god, who among us can? 😛 But typing “smash smite religion” got me [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108709&highlight=smash+smite+religion), which in turn got me to [what I believe to be the origin of “Og smash”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103615/). I apologize if I’m wrong; I wasn’t around for the original, as far as I know. Sarah ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134/40 "2003-12-02T06:28:47Z")
**Tax Guy** nailed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are/216134.md?page=3)