# When I write "horsehead bookends", what comes to mind automatically for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679 "2016-07-11T19:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/21 "2016-07-12T02:12:46Z")
Discovered this film on HBO one night, and was amazed at how hilarious it was! And contrary to _Something About Mary_ claiming to be the first R-rated (not X) film to show spooge, this in fact was (shooting out of the telephone during an obscene phone call). _“I’m gonna give ya horsey head!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/22 "2016-07-12T02:17:04Z")
I think of my old insurance agent. Which may be an unusual response but he really did live in [Horseheads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseheads,_New_York). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/23 "2016-07-12T02:19:21Z")
My immediate thought was of a pair of bookends made from stuffed horse’s heads. I never saw the movie, and know nothing about the plot. I recognized the name but that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/24 "2016-07-12T02:35:47Z")
I think of a particular pair of actual bookends. I wouldn’t call them tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/25 "2016-07-12T02:36:49Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Student bodies. Sex kills. That’s right, Malvert. Run along now. /I’d like to kill the kid with the chewing gum. . . ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/26 "2016-07-12T02:58:31Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > That’s right, Malvert. Run along now. > > /I’d like to kill the kid with the chewing gum. . . Yeah, that’s it. You’re quote is more accurate than mine. I haven’t seen the movie in like 20 yrs. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/27 "2016-07-12T03:44:00Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Yeah, that’s it. You’re quote is more accurate than mine. I haven’t seen the movie in like 20 yrs. Ack! Missed your post above, wasn’t trying to be dickish. I loved that movie as a young teen! I remember the killer looking at a desk full of possible murder weapons - letter opener, rope, etc etc, then selected the paper clip. Malvert was weird beyond words - too bad the actor never got any other movie-tv work that I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/28 "2016-07-12T03:44:36Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Ack! Missed your post above, wasn’t trying to be dickish. I loved that movie as a young teen! I remember the killer looking at a desk full of possible murder weapons - letter opener, rope, etc etc, then selected the paper clip. Malvert was weird beyond words - too bad the actor never got any other movie-tv work that I know of. Malvert sometimes pee red. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/29 "2016-07-12T09:12:11Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Malvert sometimes pee red. Where’s that spit-take smiley? Ya know, I bet I have that movie somewhere around here. . . ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/30 "2016-07-12T09:18:42Z")
Aw, you started without me. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/31 "2016-07-12T10:48:45Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Out here in the fields > I fight for my meals > I get my back into my living > I don’t need to fight > To prove I’m right > I don’t need to be forgiven > Don’t cry, don’t raise your eye > It’s only horsehead bookend Aannd they’re off! [http://www.skysports.com/racing/form-profiles/horse/784671/baba-oriley/future-entries](http://www.skysports.com/racing/form-profiles/horse/784671/baba-oriley/future-entries) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/32 "2016-07-12T12:40:34Z")
I saw the movie _ **Student Bodies** _, but though I remember quite a bit about it, (killing the fly, “Because I’m beautiful and you’re hideous.” to mention a couple) the horse head bookends did not register until I saw your spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/33 "2016-07-12T12:59:56Z")
I couldn’t decide between “bookends” and “rather tacky decorative pieces” as I pictured rather tacky bookends that look like horse’s heads. Had the question been just about “horse heads” I would have thought of _The Godfather._ I think I actually did see _Student Bodies_ but I don’t remember anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/34 "2016-07-12T17:13:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > First bookends, then The Godfather. Never seen or heard of your spoiler. Exactly this. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/35 "2016-07-12T17:15:41Z")
I have never heard the phrase, so voted other. ---
**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 12, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/36 "2016-07-12T22:13:14Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Knights, from Chess. > [@panache45](#): > > This, hold up very tiny books. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0311/3429/products/ac6e9cbbaed1ffecc121c18ec14ac7ceba0ddd29_large.jpeg?v=1439124693) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0311/3429/products/ac6e9cbbaed1ffecc121c18ec14ac7ceba0ddd29_large.jpeg?v=1439124693) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/37 "2016-07-13T02:01:33Z")
I did cast a vote (“book ends”) but I don’t really understand your poll, ma’am. I think of ceramic or plaster bookends in the shape of horses’ heads, for placing on bookcases to keep one’s books in place. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/38 "2016-07-13T02:08:48Z")
Any time I hear “horse” and “books” mentioned in the same phrase I just think of the strange internet phenomenon that later became part of an ARG, [@HorseEbooks](https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks?lang=en). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/39 "2016-07-13T06:24:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > This, hold up very tiny books. Unless you’ve got a [seriously massive chess set](http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_23462514/fort-morgans-giant-chess-board-seeing-more-use). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679/40 "2016-07-13T10:37:14Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I saw the movie _ **Student Bodies** _, but though I remember quite a bit about it, (killing the fly, “Because I’m beautiful and you’re hideous.” to mention a couple) the horse head bookends did not register until I saw your spoiler. I’ve seen the movie too, more than once even, but I don’t recall anything at all about bookends in it, so clearly that wasn’t a memorable part of it to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-write-horsehead-bookends-what-comes-to-mind-automatically-for-you/759679.md?page=3)