# What The Hell Is That?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 28, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559 "2004-05-28T19:25:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/1 "2004-05-28T19:25:07Z")
Over there…no, not that. There, to the left of that. Yeah, that thing over there. What the hell _is_ that?? 😕
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### Author:  [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/2 "2004-05-28T19:27:50Z")
I don’t know _what_ the hell that thing is.
But here’s my camera - get a shot of me with it!
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### Author:  [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/3 "2004-05-28T19:33:36Z")
I can’t tell you what it is, but I **can** tell what it isnt:
_this._
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### Author:  [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/4 "2004-05-28T19:44:07Z")
Biff Tannen:
“He said, 'one day a teenage punk or crazy scientist is gonna come looking for this. And when he does…” (points gun at Marty)
Marty McFly:
“You’re forgetting one thing Biff. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!” (points)
(Biff turns around)
(Marty throws metal disc with spikes at Biff)
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/5 "2004-05-28T20:03:40Z")
Oh, I know what that is. It’s a…
_What_ the hell is that?
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/6 "2004-05-28T20:21:55Z")
Sorry, did I disturb you guys, I was just practicing naked kundalini tantric yoga.
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### Author:  [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/7 "2004-05-28T20:22:11Z")
Oh God. I’m _so_ embarassed. I didn’t even realize I’d lost it. Oh wait, nope, not mine. Mine is more of a muave and less ungulate…
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/8 "2004-05-28T20:26:19Z")
I don’t know what it is, but I do know that it would be best if we were to silently slip away, and hope that it doesn’t notice us.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/9 "2004-05-28T20:30:07Z")
Too late… I just peed on it.
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/10 "2004-05-28T20:35:21Z")
It’s a snipe. You go down there, and crouch down with your gunny sack, calling “Here snipe, snipe, snipe.” The rest of us will swing around to the other side and try to scare him towards you, ok?
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### Author:  [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/11 "2004-05-28T20:37:45Z")
It’s a belt.
I know it looks like a dried swordfish, but I’m telling you straight out, it’s a belt.
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### Author:  [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/12 "2004-05-28T20:42:03Z")
I think Steve Martin had one of those.
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/13 "2004-05-28T20:43:16Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> Too late… I just peed on it.
Well, in that case…
RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/14 "2004-05-28T20:45:36Z")
“Come closer, and I’ll tell you.”
:looks around secretly:
“You’re never going to believe this, but it’s a…”
**BANG!**
\ “It’s a…a…a…” \
:dies a martyr’s death:
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### Author:  [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/15 "2004-05-28T20:45:49Z")
After you peed on it, my dog dragged it out into the back yard and buried it. So you don’t have to worry anymore. It’s gone.
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/16 "2004-05-28T21:04:58Z")
> [@N. Sane](#):
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> After you peed on it, my dog dragged it out into the back yard and buried it. So you don’t have to worry anymore. It’s gone.
Did the dog bury it under that disturbed mound over there?
The mound that just moved?
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### Author:  [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/17 "2004-05-28T21:05:28Z")
I’m afraid it must be one of mine then, cause it’s back. 😉
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### Author:  [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/18 "2004-05-28T21:08:10Z")
Well, we know it’s not an almond in the mound, otherwise it would be an Almond Joy!
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### Author:  [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/19 "2004-05-28T21:21:06Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#):
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> Sorry, did I disturb you guys, I was just practicing naked kundalini tantric yoga.
> [@Salem](#):
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> Oh God. I’m so embarassed. I didn’t even realize I’d lost it. Oh wait, nope, not mine. Mine is more of a muave and less ungulate…
Yes, _my_ Bippy is definitely more ungulate. And Beardier.
Nice cross post, though. 😉
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/20 "2004-05-28T21:37:21Z")
And speaking of mounds…
Those. Aren’t. Nipples.
_RUN!!!_
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