# 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:** 11
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/201 "2004-06-09T22:55:51Z")
> [@thisisnotreallyme](#): > > it’s either a little old frenchman or some sort of seamonster Have you consider the possibility of its being a little old French seamonster? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/202 "2004-06-09T23:55:06Z")
You mean [this thing](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2661691.stm)? ---
**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 10, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/203 "2004-06-10T12:19:29Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > You mean [this thing](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2661691.stm)? No no. Our is, among other things, left handed. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/204 "2004-06-10T12:53:27Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No no. Our is, among other things, left handed. :smack: You mean it has hands as well?? :eek: HOW MANY??? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/205 "2004-06-10T13:33:41Z")
Have any of you seen my - Oh, **there** it is! Hey, thanks for keeping an eye on it for me. I hope it didn’t give you any trouble ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/206 "2004-06-10T13:34:43Z")
> [@noname](#): > > You mean it has hands as well?? :eek: HOW MANY??? Don´t ask… just… don´t ask… :eek: _Shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/207 "2004-06-10T13:37:02Z")
Hey, waitaminnut. This isn’t my…aghhhhhh! What the _hell_ is that thing?! ---
**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 10, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/208 "2004-06-10T13:37:29Z")
Bah! Forget about _that_! That’s old hat! What the hell is _this_? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/209 "2004-06-10T15:10:20Z")
Funny, doesn’t look like an _old hat_ to me. Maybe one of those new fangled funky hats, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/210 "2004-06-10T19:58:25Z")
Its not a hat, its a …aaghhhhhhhhh Run, its another wunadem!!! ---
**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 10, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/211 "2004-06-10T20:03:05Z")
Well, I could be wrong but I think it’s a … no, I’m wrong. But it could be … no, it couldn’t be that either. Hold on! Maybe it’s … naw. Couldn’t be. Could it? Naw. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/212 "2004-06-10T20:05:52Z")
> [@noname](#): > > Run, its another wunadem!!! An African Wunadem or a European Wunadem? ---
**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 10, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/213 "2004-06-10T23:07:38Z")
> [@noname](#): > > Its not a hat, its a …aaghhhhhhhhh > > Run, its another wunadem!!! They’re … _breeding!_ :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/214 "2004-06-11T10:26:46Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > They’re … > _breeding!_ :eek: :eek: :eek: And that too in the public. Don’t they have any shame? :eek: Pass me the _Thunderbolt 5000_ ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/215 "2004-06-11T11:21:54Z")
Anybody have a moss covered, 3-handled gredunza? I could use one to help analyze this… thing… whatever the hell it is. I wonder… it could be that thing that evolved from the leftovers Spike hid in the Bebop’s fridge. ---
**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 11, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/216 "2004-06-11T14:15:37Z")
I just made a call to the Marines. They’ll be sending a platoon over here right away. ---
**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 11, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/217 "2004-06-11T14:47:54Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No no. Our is, among other things, left handed. :smack: In the spirit of god form I must reply to this one. _I_ am \*not \* left handed. ---
**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 11, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/218 "2004-06-11T14:59:25Z")
Hey! While we were here talking, I think it left. :: Looks around :: Well, I can’t see it anywhere. (wait for it) (you know what’s coming) What the hell _was_ that? ---
**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 11, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/219 "2004-06-11T15:15:46Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > I just made a call to the Marines. They’ll be sending a platoon over here right away. That platoon Of Marines you ordered just arrived. Unfortunately, they are all Marine Corps pastry chefs. What are they gonna do, eclair it do death? Mmmmm…eclairs… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/220 "2004-06-11T15:28:58Z")
Mmmmm…eclairs… Mmmmm…coffee & eclairs… Good morning, Dopers! 🙂 Is it still in the field? Any changes? 😕 What…did you guys… **DO**? :eek: That’s it! I’m going back to bed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=12)