Contest: Match the Onomatopoeia

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Sweet, oroboros! Maybe we should start a new contest...

Hey! Here's a good one I just ran across in my Calvin & Hobbes--the complete collection: PHBBTTBB-- Hobbes doing an armpit fart! (Calvin's just go PHUPP)

Uh oh. Before you know it, we'll have a Wordie drug cartel.

Feel better, mollusque. And c_b. (Me, I was just trying to stay awake and breathe.)

Strange, I was on Sudafed too. Wordie's a great way to spend a sick day.

I dunno, c_b, but I got an awful lot of work done today after taking a Sudafed. Hmm....

Thanks, skipvia--that was great fun.

Wow. I got a lot right for not really reading C&H at all... Maybe the Benadryl *helped*...

Thanks to trivet, reesetee, and chained_bear, the Match the Onomatopoeia contest is officially ended. Trivet correctly matched the following to finish the list:

4. Calvin hoching up a loogie
10. Filling up a water balloon
12. A water balloon breaking on Susie Derkin's head
15. Calvin waking up from a deep sleep

On the nosey, trivet! Maybe there will be a part two someday. These examples barely make a dent in the list of possibilities.

Thanks for playing!

I don't believe I missed this! For the dregs:

4. - R
10. - C
12. - H
15. - F

Well, #10 and #12 involve the same object in different states, so to speak. Not to put too fine a point on it... :-)

Thanks, skipvia! And I wasn't even cheating. ;-)

You ask me, 10 and 12 are virtually interchangeable. (Oops. Was that a hint?)

There's still an opportunity to finish the remaining quiz items that chained_bear and reesetee started, ororboros. Go for it!

Oh, man! Just discovered this and with minimal perusal am awreddy in love of it! Great idea, and when I get up tomorrow morn, will prolly mebbe have some...sort of appropriate 'n impressive something or other. Right?

Here are the remaining unsolved onomatopoeia:

4. nnngkgkk
10. fwoosh
12. gish
15. huzbgh

To make things easy, I'll just list the remaining actions:

C. Filling up a water balloon
F. Calvin waking up from a deep sleep
H. A water balloon breaking on Susie Derkin's head
R. Calvin hoching up a loogie

No hints, though...

Thanks for playing, reesetee. OK. Here's how you did:

2. J Yes: The battery-powered rotor on Calvin's new beanie
4. F Nope...
5. A Yes; Hobbes blowing his nose
8. M Yes; Sound made by the loathsome bat-webbed booger being
9. T Yes; The sound of the washing machine giving Hobbes a bath
10. H Nope...
12. C Nope...
15. R Nope...
16. S Yes; Calvin breathing through a snorkel (I love this one)
17. O Yes; Calvin's good physical manifestation disappearing after having an evil thought
18. P Yes; A sled hitting a snow drift
19. G Yes; Dad making a "slitting throat" motion as he is leaving Calvin with Rosalyn (aka Babysitter Girl)
20. B Yes; Calvin as a tyrannosaurus rex

You've proven yourself as a true Waterson aficionado. Only a couple left unmatched. That should increase he odds a bit...

No bikini tops or Benadryl involved for me. But here are my guesses:

2. J
4. F
5. A
8. M
9. T
10. H
12. C
15. R
16. S
17. O
18. P
19. G
20. B

Thanks for participating! Here are the results:

1. E Yes; Stone hitting the water
2. A Nope...
3. L Yes; A sound of disgust, anger, or resignation
4. F Nope...
5. P Nope...
6. K Yes; Mom's car crashing into a ditch
7. N Yes; Calvin and Hobbes playing in the mud
8. O Nope...
9. J Nope...
10. H Nope...
11. D Yes; Hobbes snoring
12. S Nope...
13. I Yes; Hobbes attacking Calvin at the front door
14. Q Yes; Calvin spitting out food

16. M Nope...

19. B Nope...

I'd say that's pretty good for being in a Benadryl haze. I could take a rain check on the bikini top...

OK, I'm going out on a limb here, because I don't actually read C&H that often. But I'll give it (like my bikini top) a whirl.

1. E
2. A
3. L
4. F
5. P
6. K
7. N
8. O
9. J
10. H
11. D
12. S
13. I
14. Q

16. M

19. B

I would answer the rest but I took a Benadryl recently and now must pass out. Cool idea, skipvia!

I like this game. If I had more time, I would play. And I'm sure it will be over by the time I get back here next. :-(

I probably don't read enough comics :-/

Calvin is the French protestant theologian who...

In the event that you're not joking, Calvin the 6-year old in the Calvin and Hobbes comics.

You were joking, weren't you?

Who's Calvin? Isn't he the guy who goes around measuring temperatures?

Directions: Pretty obvious. Match Bill Waterson's creative and spot-on onomatopoeia to the action being described. It helps to try and say the onomatopoeia aloud.

Warning: Do not attempt if you suffer from word apnea, wordsomnia, or any of the several stages of Wordie addiction. Side effects may include droplets of spittle on your monitor and concerned stares from your coworkers. In rare cases, participants have hopped up on a table, donned a lampshade, and waved their bikini top over their head. Should this occur, call me immediately and I'll be right over. (Not you, uselessness.) Do not attempt if you are also attempting one of sionnach's quizzes, as comparison may cause extreme humiliation for the author of this quiz.

Onomatopoeia

1. ploonk
2. thbbtpthbb
3. nmph
4. nnngkgkk
5. whoonk
6. gruntch
7. splopp blipp bloop blibb
8. greep gork
9. wum wum wum
10. fwoosh
11. wonnkk
12. gish
13. kapowww
14. thpwipbth
15. huzbgh
16. ohh hahh ohh hahh
17. fftt
18. piff
19. gckkhhk
20. ghackhgg

Actions

A. Hobbes blowing his nose
B. Calvin as a tyrannosaurus rex
C. Filling up a water balloon
D. Hobbes snoring
E. Stone hitting the water
F. Calvin waking up from a deep sleep
G. Dad making a "slitting throat" motion as he is leaving Calvin with Rosalyn (aka Babysitter Girl)
H. A water balloon breaking on Susie Derkin's head
I. Hobbes attacking Calvin at the front door
J. The battery-powered rotor on Calvin's new beanie
K. Mom's car crashing into a ditch
L. A sound of disgust, anger, or resignation used by all characters
M. Sound made by the loathsome bat-webbed booger being
N. Calvin and Hobbes playing in the mud
O. Calvin's good physical manifestation disappearing after having an evil thought
P. A sled hitting a snow drift
Q. Calvin spitting out food
R. Calvin hoching up a loogie
S. Calvin breathing through a snorkel
T. The sound of the washing machine giving Hobbes a bath