# What the hell is that BANGING??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274 "2006-02-20T02:13:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/21 "2006-02-20T15:40:30Z")

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> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> What’s he killing with? A sledgehammer??

It’s Peter Gabriel.

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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/22 "2006-02-20T15:51:26Z")

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> [@Susie Derkins](#):
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> It’s Peter Gabriel.

Ya know, I was going to mention something about no Peter Gabriel jokes, but I didn’t think anybody would make one.

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**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/23 "2006-02-20T15:57:47Z")

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> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> Naw. I’ve heard banging pipes and they’re much quieter than this.  
> There was another mega-bang in the wee hours of this morning again. Around 3 am.

Poltergeists? Let me ask you; do you have a clown on a rocking chair in your room? Facing your bed? Hmmm?

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**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/24 "2006-02-20T16:03:36Z")

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> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> Ya know, I was going to mention something about no Peter Gabriel jokes, but I didn’t think anybody would make one.

Sorry, the thought of a serial-killer/ex-Genesis frontman was too much for me to keep to myself.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/25 "2006-02-20T16:35:58Z")

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> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> Damn, man, if that’s what you’re up to, can I come visit? 😃  
> I have whipped cream and cherries in the fridge

so, um…how you doin?

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/26 "2006-02-20T19:58:48Z")

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Someone in the building has apparently been eating a lot of beans…

😃

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**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/27 "2006-02-20T20:14:21Z")

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> [@Dante](#):
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> Water pipes? Those things can be loud!

Hmmm, my ‘water pipe’ typically just makes bubbling sounds.

:: wonders what’ in Dante’s water pipe?? ::

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