# You can perfectly mimic the sound any any person/thing. What would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188 "2007-08-02T21:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/21 "2007-08-03T13:42:07Z")
I would love to have the ability hear an obnoxious cell-phone ring and then reproduce it flawlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/22 "2007-08-03T17:09:05Z")
A friend of mine can do a siren - as in police/fire - perfectly. He’s cleared a bar with people running outside to see what’s going on. I think that’d be kinda cool. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/23 "2007-08-03T17:44:48Z")
The sound of one hand clapping. Either that, or a really wet fart. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/24 "2007-08-03T18:07:21Z")
I can do a passable Blue of Blue’s Clue fame. One of the little side results of motherhood, I suppose. (There are a surprising number of mommies who claim to be able to immitate Blue.) I would much rather be able to talk like Katherine Hepburn or sing like Sarah Brightman. That would be so much cooler. and sexier. Blue is just not a “bedroom” sort of voice. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/25 "2007-08-03T18:07:28Z")
Either a really, really good evil laugh, or Renée Fleming, either one is good. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/26 "2007-08-03T18:38:13Z")
Chris Cornell. And it really doesn’t even need to be explained. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/27 "2007-08-03T18:42:03Z")
I wish I could make realistic fart noises without any smell. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/28 "2007-08-03T19:11:53Z")
My friend Georgie. Or Stockard Channing. They both have incredibly sexy voices. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/29 "2007-08-03T19:12:03Z")
I always thought it would be great if on a hidden camera show the cast of The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, & Yeardly Smith) went to a Denny’s and got a booth adjacent (but not viewable) to other customers and started a typical family quarrel with their Simpson voices. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/30 "2007-08-03T19:21:38Z")
- Foghorn Leghorn - The Seiyuu (voice actor) for Hitsugaya Toushiro on Bleach. - Ultra-realistic female orgasm sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/31 "2007-08-03T21:09:59Z")
[Michael Winslow](http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20021008a.asp) . With my one voice, I could be a thousand other sounds, too! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/32 "2007-08-03T22:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] [Michael Winslow](http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20021008a.asp) . With my one voice, I could be a thousand other sounds, too! [/QUOTE] Ah, Michael Winslow. Man of a thousand sounds, each and every one incredibly annoying. 😉😛 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/33 "2007-08-04T00:14:09Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] A stun grenade. I want to be able to put a whole room down in half a second. That is, assuming I myself would be immune. [/QUOTE] See post #12. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/34 "2007-08-04T00:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] See post #12. [/QUOTE] It’s ok with me if you want to kill everyone in the room and bring down the roof. 😛 I’m not quite so ambitious. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/35 "2007-08-05T00:17:22Z")
As I naturally sound like an overly ambitious 8 year old girl, I am going to say Kathleen Turner or someone similar. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/36 "2007-08-05T08:24:44Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] A friend of mine can do a siren - as in police/fire - perfectly. He’s cleared a bar with people running outside to see what’s going on. I think that’d be kinda cool. [/QUOTE] That crossed my mind earlier as being handy if your on a lonely street late at night being approached by a gang of muggers. But the one I can actually do is perfectly reproduce the challenging yowl of a tom cat when it sees another tom on its territory. Which could be useful if ever I decide to become a burglar and knock a trash can over but otherwise not very useful at all. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/37 "2007-08-05T10:16:27Z")
Andrew Eldritch. It would sound really weird coming from the 117-pound guy with JPop hair, but I’d be OK with that. Matthew Sweet (at least on Delerium’s “Daylight”) would probably sound more congruous, and I wouldn’t mind settling. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/38 "2007-08-05T10:37:05Z")
If I could do more than one tone at once, a grand piano. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/39 "2007-08-05T13:04:58Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] A friend of mine can do a siren - as in police/fire - perfectly. He’s cleared a bar with people running outside to see what’s going on. I think that’d be kinda cool. [/QUOTE] His name isn’t Lenny, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188/40 "2007-08-05T13:40:51Z")
I can do some celebrity impersonations but that doesn’t satisfy me. A high school classmate used to do a spot on Donald Duck voice. I asked her to teach me but I never could get it right. My throat would get irritated from trying so hard and I was so envious of those who could mimic the voice with no problems. You know that monotone beeping sound that was heard in the movie “Silkwood” whenever someone got contaminated with plutonium? I’d love to mimic that sound when I encounter very rude people. “Sorry, hon, you need to go to the showers now. Guess you’ll remember your manners next time”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-perfectly-mimic-the-sound-any-any-person-thing-what-would-it-be/414188.md?page=3)