# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/101 "2004-06-03T19:02:22Z")
: poke : : poke, poke : : **poke!** : šŸ˜• I think it must be sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/102 "2004-06-03T19:05:45Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > : poke : > > : poke, poke : > > : **poke!** : > > šŸ˜• > > I think it must be sleeping. That reminds me of my last date. ---
**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 3, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/103 "2004-06-03T19:15:59Z")
OW!!! Hey, stop poking me! Iā€™m up, Iā€™m up! _stands up, brushes himself off_ Wow, I just had the wierdest dreamā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/104 "2004-06-03T19:17:54Z")
: poke! :. Whoops! Sorry, **Rufus**! šŸ˜ƒ Thatā€™ll heal, right? ---
**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 4, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/105 "2004-06-04T01:23:14Z")
Iā€™m trying to get out of here in one piece, AND YOU ARE POKING THE @#!$ THING!!! ---
**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 4, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/106 "2004-06-04T01:35:57Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Sorry, **Rufus**! šŸ˜ƒ > > Thatā€™ll heal, right? šŸ˜‰ sureā€¦no problemā€¦stereoscopic vision is definitely overratedā€¦ :wally ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/107 "2004-06-04T01:48:23Z")
You know, now that I look at it it seems to be a Congolese arboricoral giant slug; IĀ“ll just drop some salt over it and itĀ“ll shrink and dieā€¦ _Sprinkles salt over the thing_ _The thing pops up to twice itĀ“s former size and develops two pairs of legs and a tail_ Oh dearā€¦ RUN AWAY!!!ā€“\>RUN AWAY!!!ā€“\>RUN AWAY!!! ---
**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 4, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/108 "2004-06-04T13:28:47Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Ok! Poke that sucker!!! For Ogā€™s sake, just donā€™t do it the other way around!! :eek: ---
**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 4, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/109 "2004-06-04T14:38:17Z")
Well, I now know what it isā€¦ It mutated again. Scratch that. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/110 "2004-06-04T17:22:10Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > šŸ˜‰ sureā€¦no problemā€¦stereoscopic vision is definitely overratedā€¦ :wally Guess youā€™ll be using that winky smilie from now on. šŸ˜› Has anyone called the National Guard yet? ---
**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 4, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/111 "2004-06-04T17:41:29Z")
šŸ˜‰ Huh? What, maā€™am? No, maā€™am, Iā€™m not winking at you, really. No, maā€™am, I wouldnā€™t dream of making a pass - no, maā€™am. Maā€™am, I had my eye poked out. Yes, maā€™am, it was a terrible tragedy. No, maā€™am, it doesnā€™t hurt anymore. :smack: See? I guess I could wear sunglasses šŸ†’ or I could try on some glass eyes. Howā€™s this one? šŸ™‚ or this one? :rolleyes: ouch. how about this one? :dubious: does the glass one look bigger than the other one? does this one make me look mad? :mad: oh I give up. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/112 "2004-06-04T18:34:35Z")
Well, in that case, can I have your eye? They go good with ice cream. Hello, National Guard? Weā€™ve got a problemā€¦wazzat? You already know about it? Well, when can you get hereā€¦ What do you mean ā€œitā€™s _our_ problemā€? Hello? Hello?? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/113 "2004-06-04T18:45:21Z")
Come on, people. Itā€™s Anna Nicole Smith. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/114 "2004-06-04T18:51:34Z")
That would explain the _hills_ everyone keeps talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/115 "2004-06-04T19:47:11Z")
Please folks, it only takes a little practice to learn how to handle these things: First you take this and shove it in here; take that other ā€¦yeahā€¦and shove it in there on the other sideā€¦Good! Now, jus fold here, here, here, and hereā€¦ Voila! A crane. Or maybe a swan. Or maybe ā€¦ umā€¦maybe we shouldnā€™t have done thatā€¦ Eeeaarrrgghhlllkkkk! _sblp_ ---
**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 4, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/116 "2004-06-04T20:09:55Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > First you take this and shove it in here; take that other ā€¦yeahā€¦and shove it in there on the other sideā€¦ and ā€˜piss on a gopherā€™, it works! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/117 "2004-06-04T20:32:15Z")
Someone call ASPCA! **Rufus** is pissing on gophers again! ---
**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 5, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/118 "2004-06-05T00:00:54Z")
Well, better to piss on a gopher than to piss on ā€¦ well, you know ā€¦ _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/119 "2004-06-05T01:11:11Z")
Weird. Has anyone tried Googling it? ---
**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 5, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/120 "2004-06-05T01:18:16Z")
I canā€™t tell _what_ it is. But the tag on it says it was shipped by Zeppelin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=7)