# Where's the Kaboom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559 "2004-12-01T20:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/21 "2004-12-01T22:18:11Z")
Oohhhhhh. _That_ kaboom. :smack: I tought that you were talking a bout the other one. The kaboom currently being discussed was caused by me. When I exploded the universe. While fighting the legions of evil Jotar. With my awesome Norse Barbarian Powers. If you didn’t hear the kaboom, it’s because it so loud that it deafenrd you temporarily \*before it even reached you. \* ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/22 "2004-12-01T22:26:28Z")
[You can have the Kaboom any time you like.](http://homepage.mac.com/moonlion/kaboom.html) . Don’t be scared of the clown faces. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/23 "2004-12-01T22:31:18Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Similar to [the anger waves](http://edentrap.com/portals/8/3.jpg) in a recent **Bruce\_Daddy** [thread?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280524&page=1) Not quite, more sort of real shock waves, in galaxy clusters, more to do with a thread from NADS. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/24 "2004-12-01T22:50:55Z")
This is not the Kaboom you are looking for. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/25 "2004-12-01T23:03:35Z")
:eek: \* …that was not the kaboom i was looking for… \* :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/26 "2004-12-01T23:46:52Z")
[KABOOM!](http://www.kaboomkaboom.com/purchase.asp) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/27 "2004-12-02T01:37:08Z")
Best Atari 2600 paddle-controller game _ever_. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/28 "2004-12-02T01:52:38Z")
Whatever you do, don’t go back to find out why there was no kaboom. Learn from Wile E’s mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/29 "2004-12-02T02:37:30Z")
What example? He always found the kaboom. I think you need to jump up and down on your P-32 Explosive Space Modulatoooor. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/30 "2004-12-02T02:48:02Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > You’ve got hand grenades for your barreled oatmeal? Harumph. Back in my day we had to hit ours with pointy sticks about XVIII times. You had pointy sticks? You lucky bastard! We would have bloody well **killed** for a pointy stick. We had to rip our own arms off and use those. And we liked it that way! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/31 "2004-12-02T03:06:13Z")
OMG, KABOOM! is my favorite Atari game ever. Especially with the bombs and the basket things and the guy in the striped shirt. That was such an awesome game. - **chaoticdonkey** , who was not born when the Atari came out. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/32 "2004-12-02T03:23:55Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > You see, here’s the problem. You used the Illudium Q-32 Explosive Space Modulator. That thing is so obsolete. Everybody knows you need the Q-36. > > Get with the program! DSamnit, **Casey1505** …you beat me to it! _I_ was going to mention the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. That makes me angry…very angry indeed! ::shuffles off, moving feet rapidly while huffing and puffing angrily:: ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/33 "2004-12-02T04:30:51Z")
The kaboom was not heard because, in fact it was caused by not a 1920’s style death ray, but _dun duuun_ a 1910’s style deathray! Someone had to mention it, alright! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/34 "2004-12-02T04:41:38Z")
Boom-shakalakalaka-Boom-shakalakalaka Can’t write more… up to my armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/35 "2004-12-02T05:22:56Z")
> [@Ninja Pizza Guy](#): > > You had pointy sticks? You lucky bastard! We would have bloody well **killed** for a pointy stick. We had to rip our own arms off and use those. And we liked it that way! You had arms?!? We were forced to use our fins and we were happy! [Mike Myers Scots accent]Oh, we evolved! We’re too good to use fins! Ya wee bastards![MM Scot accent] You humans shock me sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/36 "2004-12-02T08:45:35Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > The kaboom was not heard because, in fact it was caused by not a 1920’s style death ray, but _dun duuun_ a 1910’s style deathray! > Someone had to mention it, alright! No, the reason the kaboom wasn’t heard was because the kaboom happened in space, and we al know that in space, no one can hear you scream. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/37 "2004-12-02T08:54:45Z")
No kaboom today. Kaboom tomorrow. There’s always kaboom tomorrow. Failing that, have you tried looking in the Instant Martian dispenser? ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/38 "2004-12-02T12:41:41Z")
I R teh **KABOOM!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/39 "2004-12-02T13:37:35Z")
**Waiting for the Kaboom** ACT I. _ **Inigo** and **Leaper** on a country road, under a tree. **Inigo** has a laptop, which he is attempting to reboot_ (ha!). **Leaper** : Gogo– **Inigo** : What? **Leaper** : Nothing. **Inigo** : Nothing is correct. Give me a hand with this, will you? **Leaper** : All right. (_he takes the laptop and flings it into the tree_) Ah. Well, that passed the time. **Inigo** : Is that what we’re doing? **Leaper** : Yes. **Inigo** : Why? **Leaper** : Because we have no choice. **Inigo**. Just so. (_Pause_) Just so. But to what end? **Leaper** : We pass the time as a means of waiting. For what, again? **Inigo** : We are waiting for the Kaboom. **Leaper** : Yes. The Kaboom. It hasn’t already come? **Inigo** : No. Or perhaps. I am not necessarily reliable. **Leaper** : Instead of waiting, we could hang ourselves. Have you anything we can use as a rope? **Inigo** : I have the AC cord for my laptop. But I need that. **Leaper** : Not any more. **Inigo** : True. (_Enter **Lieu** , dragging **Duffer** by a rope around his neck_) Who are you? **Lieu** : I am master, which means I’m just as confused as you but I have possessions, because I exploit (_pulls on the rope_) this puny tool of capitalism. Do you mind? **Leaper** : Yes, but not really. **Inigo** : By turns, by turns. **Leaper** : It is at least a diversion. **Lieu** : Yes! A diversion. That I can supply. (_Gives **Duffer** a kick_) You, scum! Recite! **Duffer** :There is a 15 pound store-bought turkey sitting on my counter right now it’s almost 1 am and it’s been there since noon twice tonight I’ve put it in the fridge to let it thaw in a manner as to not kill anyone eating it twice the MiL pulled it back out the second time admonishing me to leave it be cuz time is wasting there are 2 days (3 since purchase) to let it thaw in the fridge and reduce the chances of food poisoning but nooooooooo it has to sit on the counter for 30 hours before refridgeration because “That’s how we’ve always done it” I’m surprised my wife lived long enough to marry me I half-snapped and told her I wouldn’t be eating any since it’s so very very wrong to leave raw poultry at room temp she said not to worry as it was frozen and therefore safe from bacteria she was arguing that since the core was still frozen the whole thing was frozen did I bother to point out that the core being frozen doesn’t mean the outer parts are not thawed and raw well I’m glad you asked of course I did and now she’s pissed I have an attitude about her cooking the dinner and maybe she should spend the day with her sister I can’t win on this one that’s why I’m dumping on all of you. Again. **Lieu** : (_yanks on the rope_) Enough! It’s time to go blind! (_they exit_) **Inigo** : There’s a lesson there, if we could only see it. **Leaper** : Or, having seen, remember. **Inigo** : The Kaboom will come? **Leaper** : Assuredly. Or perhaps. Waiting will tell. **Inigo** : Tomorrow? **Leaper** : Tomorrow will certainly come, though we can’t be sure of that either. **Inigo** : I’m fed up. I’m going. **Leaper** : Me too. (_they do not move_) CURTAIN. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559/40 "2004-12-02T14:10:49Z")
Wow! Now _that_’s what I call Soup! No wonder he’s the King. Ziggyboogydoog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/277559.md?page=3)