# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/121 "2004-06-05T15:19:18Z")
Is it still here? Where did it go? Does anyone see it? Man, I hate it when you lose sight of one of those! 😕 ---
**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 5, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/122 "2004-06-05T15:26:40Z")
Waitaminute…you don’t think that it…it…_took the form of one of us_, do you?? :eek: _ **\** _ ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/123 "2004-06-05T15:40:05Z")
Oi! That’s my brother! Come along now. Sorry about all this, sometimes he mixes his meds and, well… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/124 "2004-06-05T15:43:35Z")
AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEE! It’s a **Tentacle Monster**! :eek: Oh, wait. It’s just **Tentacle Monster**. 😃 ---
**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 6, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/125 "2004-06-06T00:47:22Z")
Ah! How could I have been so obtuse? :smack: I mean, come on people, it’s so obvious! It’s ---
**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 6, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/126 "2004-06-06T00:48:51Z")
How odd. The hamsters seem to have eaten the end of my last post. Anyway, it’s ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/127 "2004-06-06T01:58:03Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Anyway, it’s… It’s a wotchamacallit, of course! Last time I saw one of those, it became Governor of California!! So watch out - he’ll be back!! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/128 "2004-06-06T03:38:20Z")
It keeps thwarting **Ponder Stibbons’** efforts to ID it. That must mean that _it’s in control of this message board!_ Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/129 "2004-06-06T04:37:19Z")
By the way, **ZombiesAteMyBrain** , I’ve been meaning to apologize about that. They were quite tasty though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/130 "2004-06-06T13:00:44Z")
It’s still Anguilus. Come on, people, how hard is it to identify a 200-foot-tall friggin’ ankylosaurus? Geez… ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/131 "2004-06-06T13:35:16Z")
Oh come on, guys. You know… it’s that _thing_. In the _place_ with the… _stuff_. You know, the _thing_ they did that other _thing_ with. Over _there_. With that _guy_ from that _show_ about those… uh… _people_. From that _place_, you know! ---
**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 6, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/132 "2004-06-06T15:30:38Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > It’s still Anguilus. Come on, people, how hard is it to identify a 200-foot-tall friggin’ ankylosaurus? Geez… How many times do I have to tell, you, Roland, we’re not talking about [the ankylosaurus! Everyone knows what that is. No, if you look juuuust to the left and back a bit, you can see a ---
**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 6, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/133 "2004-06-06T18:54:24Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > How many times do I have to tell, you, Roland, we’re not talking about [the ankylosaurus! Everyone knows what that is. No, if you look juuuust to the left and back a bit, you can see a …and it has, (and this is the amusing part), it has the Zeppelin Express Delivery card hanging from its… ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/134 "2004-06-07T06:21:20Z")
How about Head & Shoulders Anti-Dandruff shampoo?? After all, it did work that that thing in _Evolution_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/135 "2004-06-07T13:36:35Z")
> [@Vision of Love](#): > > Has anyone tried Googling it? Sorry, it won’t [Google](http://www.google.com) . Should I [Ask](http://www.ask.com) it? ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/136 "2004-06-07T13:42:06Z")
When you guys come back from running away, Bring pie. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/137 "2004-06-07T16:12:26Z")
It’s…Monty Pytho’s Flying Circus! Wasn’t it obvious? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/138 "2004-06-07T16:53:17Z")
Well, no wonder! It’s Monty Python’s lesser known distant cousin’s circus. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/139 "2004-06-07T17:22:07Z")
[Inigo Montoya]You keep calling it that _thing_. I do not think that that _thing_ is what you think it _is_.[/Inigo Montoya] [K]Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper. That sound like fun? Well, that’s just what that _thing_ squished![/K] [Margo Channing]Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night![/Margo Channing] ---
**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 7, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559/140 "2004-06-07T17:58:44Z")
So … why d’you think it’s that color? That’s kind of unusual for one of those things, don’t you think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that/247559.md?page=8)