# What The Hell Is That? **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/181 "2004-06-09T00:11:34Z")
If it were on the telly, I’d have sworn it was a penguin. As it is, do you suppose it might have been … a Gremlin? It aint Wendell Wilkie. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/182 "2004-06-09T02:49:51Z")
It isn’t a blamonge, I have footage of them and I’ve known a couple of them, and that isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/183 "2004-06-09T05:13:04Z")
It’s Arthur Godfrey… (calm down) :wally ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/184 "2004-06-09T05:26:38Z")
[Noticing Dr. Evil’s spaceship on radar] Radar Operator: Colonel, you better have a look at this radar. Colonel: What is it, son? Radar Operator: I don’t know, sir, but it looks like a giant– Jet Pilot: Dick! Dick, take a look out of starboard. Co-Pilot: Oh my God, it looks like a huge– Bird-Watching Woman: Pecker! Bird-Watching Man: [raising binoculars] Where? Bird-Watching Woman: Over there. What sort of bird is that? Oh goodness, it’s not a bird, it’s– Army Sergeant: Privates! We have reports of an Unidentified Flying Object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with– Baseball Umpire: Two balls! [looking up from game] What is that? It looks just like an enormous– Colonel: Johnson! Radar Operator: Yes, sir? Colonel: Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/185 "2004-06-09T13:55:21Z")
Did you just see what it did? Can it really do _that_? :dubious: ---
**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:** [June 9, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/186 "2004-06-09T14:14:10Z")
> [@noname](#): > > Did you just see what it did? Can it really do _that_? :dubious: No, I’m pretty sure it can be cited for that. At the very least, a littering ticket. :: whiff :: (Holding nose) Yea, definitely a littering ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/187 "2004-06-09T14:39:14Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > No, I’m pretty sure it can be cited for that. At the very least, a littering ticket. > > :: whiff :: > > (Holding nose) Yea, definitely a littering ticket. I don’t think you can call it littering, as the object in question is airborne, & floating away from It like a toy balloon. That’s some case of gas. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/188 "2004-06-09T14:44:51Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > EEWWWW-WW! THAT’S NASTY! > > And in _public_, too! How can Professors do that?! :eek: Apparently, there are just some things they can’t get the rats to do… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/189 "2004-06-09T15:53:03Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I don’t think you can call it littering, as the object in question is airborne, & floating away from It like a toy balloon. That’s some case of gas. A whole case? I didn’t count that many. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/190 "2004-06-09T16:42:56Z")
Well, you know what happens when _scientists_ crack open a case of _anything_… and Professors are even worse… ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/191 "2004-06-09T16:49:24Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > The Barris, Carlin, & Barris cannot handle _that_ . > > I’d go for the Thunderstick 5000 from 1973. does that thing have a compass in the stock? _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/192 "2004-06-09T17:31:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _bamf_ Doh!! Now what was **that** \> ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/193 "2004-06-09T18:33:39Z")
I’m not sure, but it was blue and had a tail. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/194 "2004-06-09T19:04:06Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > does that thing have a compass in the stock? > > _bamf_ Not that I noticed but it can certainly put an eye out. 😉 SEE! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/195 "2004-06-09T19:54:48Z")
Good heavens! It ate **Shirt Ninja 13**! Where’s the nearest Armed Forces base, of any country? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/196 "2004-06-09T20:13:55Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Good heavens! It ate **Shirt Ninja 13**! > > Where’s the nearest Armed Forces base, of any country? Say, that’s not a bad idea. Think we can get it to join? ---
**Author:** ![thisisnotreallyme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@thisisnotreallyme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thisisnotreallyme)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/197 "2004-06-09T22:17:01Z")
[Tourist #1 wanders onto set, looks straight into camera inquisitively with a dumb look on his face] Tourist #1: What the hell is that?! [squints] What the hell is that? [chuckling at himself] What’s that danged thing doing here! How did that get here? What the hell is that?! [squints] What the hell is that?! How’d that dang deal get here?! [turns off-camera] Hey! Come on over here and look at this deal! [Tourist #2 wanders onto the set to take a bewildered look] Tourist #2: What the hell is that? Tourist #1: I don’t know what the hell that is! Tourist #2: What in the hell is that?! Tourist #1: Hey, you kids! Get away from there! Tourist #2: I would not mess with that thing… Tourist #1: Don’t put your lips on it! Tourist #2: [ever curious] What the hell is this? Tourist #1: Well… get a photo of me with it, anyway! [Tourist #1 hands camera to Tourist #2, then walks away from camera view to have his picture taken] Tourist #2: Be careful with that thing. [snaps Tourist #1’s picture, as spark of ingenuity develops on his face] Oh, I know what that is! Tourist #1: [returns next to Tourist #2] Well, what the hell is it?! Tourist #2: [looks closer] What is that thing…? Tourist #1: I don’t even care what it is. [pause] What the hell is that?! Tourist #2: I don’t know what the hell that thing is. Tourist #1: Oh, I know what it is! Tourist #2: [seeing it] Oh, yeah… oh yeah… [chuckles] [Tourist #1 & #2 walk away from the stage. A beat, before their heads peer back into frame, more inquisitive than ever.] Tourist #1: What the hell was that?! [fade] ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/198 "2004-06-09T22:19:33Z")
What the hell was that?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/199 "2004-06-09T22:34:42Z")
: Looks sideways at **thisisnotreallyme** : That’s a sock puppet. Gimme that _Thunderstick 5000_… ---
**Author:** ![thisisnotreallyme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@thisisnotreallyme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thisisnotreallyme)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/200 "2004-06-09T22:42:04Z")
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