Comments on: Can You Hear Me Now? https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-73888 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:10:51 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-73888 And yet again, the Germans had superior technology.

It’s a miracle that they lost the war.

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By: dacoobob https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-18606 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:55:05 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-18606 [quote]Waglok2110 said: “ahahhhahahah lol the japanese war tuba… hahahahhaha that cracks me up.”[/quote]

Yah, seeing that phrase in conjunction wit the photo almost put me on the floor laughing. Unfortunate, since I was looking at this while at work. Damn DI, now my coworkers know I was screwing around on the job… :)

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By: Waglok2110 https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-14737 Fri, 11 May 2007 14:16:49 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-14737 ahahhhahahah lol the japanese war tuba… hahahahhaha that cracks me up.

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By: ichkenne https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-7879 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:27:11 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-7879 How ’bout diesse worte:
Trichterroergedeckt 8′
Ophicleide 16′
Gemsroerfluit 4′
Septsesquialtera 2 2/3′
Holzprincipal 16′
Untersatz 32′
and an easy one:
Vlakfluit 2′

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By: steveisgay https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3337 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:58:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3337 Deal with it.

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By: jchristman https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3263 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:53:23 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3263 Steveisgay, your sexual inuendo was uncalled for.

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By: steveisgay https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3259 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:38:19 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3259 Wow. Out of that entire article I only noticed one thing: my favourite new German word

Ringtrichterrichtungshoerer. What a phrase. What a mouthful . And I would know.

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By: clayton https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3256 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:42:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3256 Hey Armani. Omniplex. Are you an Oklahoman? Elk City here.

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By: PresMatt https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3255 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:13:09 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3255 The dome of St Pauls cathedral is also a “whisper dish.”

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By: Dr.Grimgravy https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-3250 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:32:55 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486#comment-3250 The dome of the Missouri State Capital Building in Jefferson City was designed like a “Whisper Dish”, if you are the on the exact opposite of another person, you can hear one another whisper, all 360* around.

It was assumed the designer did this so politicians could discuss matters without actually having to look at one another… Hip Hip Hooray for 8th grade history class…

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