# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/261 "2004-07-25T02:56:04Z")
Do you think we should try and make friends with it? ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/262 "2004-07-25T05:13:12Z")
Are you crazy, man??? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/263 "2004-07-25T06:05:53Z")
Oh yeah! That thing smells gross! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/264 "2004-07-25T13:19:19Z")
Oh no…just when I thought it was gone forever… ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/265 "2004-07-25T15:26:52Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Oh no…just when I thought it was gone forever… You mean its back??? _RUUUNNN…_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/266 "2004-07-25T18:23:38Z")
It has risen from the Grave!! :eek: Or, do I mean :rolleyes: ? ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/267 "2004-07-25T18:40:17Z")
The grave? You mean someone had already killed it? Well, call him back. Call the **Terminator** ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/268 "2004-07-25T19:34:04Z")
Back? I’ve seen it here every day… I thought someone tamed it… You mean, I shouldn’t be feeding it? I’ve only fed the little one… Its really kinda sweet, except when it nips. Its fur is very soft, and it will purr if you scratch just behind its ear. (Don’t touch the ear itself, it burns.) ---
**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:** [October 4, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/269 "2005-10-04T21:30:49Z")
:: Stares blankly for a _long_ time :: What the hell **IS** that? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/270 "2005-10-04T22:20:21Z")
Heh…yeah, I’d call 15 months of staring blankly “a long time”. 🙂 And what the hell is with the bumping of my old threads lately?? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/271 "2005-10-04T23:17:35Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > :: Stares blankly for a _long_ time :: Zombieism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=13)