# Would you try to lift Thor's Hammer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828 "2018-05-08T20:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/41 "2018-05-09T22:40:55Z")
If it had a 50% or so success rate, probably not, because the answer (either one) would just lead to more questions that I probably neither want to ask or answer. But as it is, with the success rate of 2 people in multiple worlds? Why on earth wouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/42 "2018-05-10T00:28:16Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Not [that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America) Mr. Rogers, [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers) one! Yeah, I definitely meant Fred Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/43 "2018-05-10T02:56:16Z")
Fred Rogers would pick it up and do some serious hammering of justice with the sisters and brothers all over this land 😉 I’m with the “hey, so what, I got to touch Thor’s Hammer!” crowd and anyone mocking me because of how that sounds can sod off. Heck, maybe we cann have an all-comers open-casting Mjolnir-fest with “Can’t Touch This” playing as theme song. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/44 "2018-05-10T05:00:34Z")
He’d probably get all thor about it if I did. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/45 "2018-05-10T09:27:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Yeah, I definitely meant Fred Rogers. For the record, I knew who you meant. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/46 "2018-05-10T14:26:04Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > He’d probably get all thor about it if I did. He can take thome athpirin, and feel better. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/47 "2018-05-10T14:42:54Z")
If “Thor’s hammer” is a euphemism for Chris Hemsworth’s junk, I would 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/48 "2018-05-10T16:51:27Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Depends, do I have a nail that needs banging? When you are worthy, everything looks like a nail. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/49 "2018-05-10T16:58:28Z")
Of course I would pick up Mjolnir. Then I’d smite frost giants. It’s what us noble warrior types do. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/50 "2018-05-10T18:01:02Z")
I would try, almost certainly fail, but remember, “It gets bigger if you rub it. 'Struth.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/51 "2018-05-11T08:48:55Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > I would try, almost certainly fail, but remember, “It gets bigger if you rub it. 'Struth.” I’m still waiting for the films to include the anecdote ending “_You’re_ Thor? I’m tho thor I can hardly _pith_!” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828/52 "2018-05-11T22:38:53Z")
Sure, I’d try to pick up Thor’s hammer. I’d also try to pull the sword from the anvil. I’d even sleep on 20 mattresses without knowing there was a pea hidden at the bottom. Things I wouldn’t do: tug on Superman’s cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ol’ Lone Ranger or mess around Jim. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-to-lift-thors-hammer/813828.md?page=2)