# What's your battle cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693 "2002-04-09T17:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/41 "2002-04-12T14:29:55Z")
“Sydney or the Bush!” (I got it from the _Peanuts_ comic strip, though I’m sure it has other origins. I imagine an Australian might know…) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/42 "2002-04-12T15:09:39Z")
I say “WUH-pah!” which comes from an episode of _Friends_ where Chandler is trying to make the “whipped” noise but fails miserably. But usually it’s me being the one pounced upon and at those times I will either a) actually scream or b) say “eeek!” in a very fake b-moivie kind of way ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/43 "2002-04-13T03:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ssj\_man2k \* > \*\*HARAKIRI!! (i realize this may not be politically correct, since it’s what japanese suicide bombers said right before they tried to hit something, but i’ll post it anyways) \*\* Actually, if memory serves me (which it may not) “hara kiri” is literally “slit belly”. A rather crude way of describing the practice of “seppuku”, or ritual suicide by disembowelment. ---
**Author:** ![WortMeWorry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@WortMeWorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WortMeWorry)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/44 "2002-04-13T03:37:05Z")
ARIOCH…ARIOCH…Blood and souls for my Lord Arioch !!! Usually followed by… Arioch is my lord and master ! ---
**Author:** ![JubilationTCornpone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JubilationTCornpone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JubilationTCornpone)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/45 "2002-04-13T04:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osiris \* > \*\* > > Here’s a second quote for you. > > “The end of the Civil War was near > When quite accidentally, > A hero who sneezed abruptly seized > Retreat and reversed it to victory” \*\* Still doesn’t hold a candle to my namesake. – Old Toot-your-own-hornpone ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/46 "2002-04-13T05:23:56Z")
\*\*Kai-yaaah! \*\* Sort of said like I’m pretending to be a karate master or something. And my favourite response when being leaped out at? \*\*_Gleeep!!_ \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/47 "2002-04-13T05:37:33Z")
How about Calvin’s rallying cry from _Calvin and Hobbes_? “So what?” ---
**Author:** ![novacaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@novacaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/novacaine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/48 "2002-04-13T05:38:24Z")
OY! or AY! I just really like two letter words. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/49 "2002-04-13T06:02:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*“FILE ALL YOUR TAX FORMS WHERE YOU RESIDE!” 😃 \*\* _In Space, No One Can Fry An Egg_ ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/50 "2002-04-13T09:50:45Z")
Wow, I read these and think to myself, “No one actually had one before this thread was started, did they?” No offense to the good posters here, but my family motto was and remains: “Si es fatuus, debes esse fortis.” [Loosely translated:] “If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.” Keep that one in mind for a couple days; you’ll be AMAZED how often it comes in handy. Ys jackelope ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/51 "2002-04-13T10:43:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > **Wow, I read these and think to myself, "No one actually had one before this thread was started, did they?"** Actually I’m still batting mine around. I’ll get back to you if it ever gets finalized. ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/52 "2002-04-13T19:33:00Z")
WEEE!!! ---
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/53 "2002-04-14T01:59:16Z")
My wife and I have the same employer, and let’s just say that the work environment is not always warm and fuzzy. Hence, every morning in the parking lot before we get out of the car, we raise our fists and pump up thusly: “Nuts, nuts, get 'em! Nuts, nuts, get 'em!” Sometimes people stare, but they just don’t _understand_… ---
**Author:** ![IMWOMANHERE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@IMWOMANHERE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMWOMANHERE)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-battle-cry/102693/54 "2002-04-14T04:24:20Z")
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