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Latest main rulebook contains the immortal line, in the section on issuing challenges, "Tyranids roar in bowel-loosening fury".

"What can you see, Corporal?"

"Termagants sir. Fahsands of 'em. And... they're shouting, and sort of... gakking themselves."

"That's a Tyranid war-soiling, lad. They're tactically gakking themselves, to prepare for War. In the grim darkness of the 41st millenium, There Is Only War. And Gak."


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Also a good way to spot Genestealer Cultists who attempt to infilitrate into positions of power in the Imperium.

"You should have seen Ambassador Therius last night -- he got so angry he gakked himself."

"Burn the heretic!"

I think it meant the effect it has on the beholder, but I prefer your interpretation

Sigged good sir. I would never have noticed, but now that you've mentioned it, I can't stop laughing.

Drk, you may be right, though I'm not sure how one creature's anger can have such an effect on another's sphincter muscles, unless it's some kind of psychic attack.

Even then, though, does this mean that Tyrannic War Veterans should be modelled with a load of field toilets?

"We're expecting Tyranids, lads. Squad Furius, sentry duty. Squad Hatius, combat patrol. Squads Angrius, Killius, Murderius, Zealius, and Crusadius, I want to see three hundred latrines dug by nightfall."

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Latest main rulebook contains the immortal line, in the section on issuing challenges, "Tyranids roar in bowel-loosening fury".

"What can you see, Corporal?"

"Termagants sir. Fahsands of 'em. And... they're shouting, and sort of... gakking themselves."

"That's a Tyranid war-soiling, lad. They're tactically gakking themselves, to prepare for War. In the grim darkness of the 41st millenium, There Is Only War. And Gak."


Also a good way to spot Genestealer Cultists who attempt to infilitrate into positions of power in the Imperium.

"You should have seen Ambassador Therius last night -- he got so angry he gakked himself."

"Burn the heretic!"

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
does this mean that Tyrannic War Veterans should be modelled with a load of field toilets?

"We're expecting Tyranids, lads. Squad Furius, sentry duty. Squad Hatius, combat patrol. Squads Angrius, Killius, Murderius, Zealius, and Crusadius, I want to see three hundred latrines dug by nightfall."

This is turning into quite the read, please say you've got a whole dakkafiction novel on the way, 'coz if this is any indication, it'll be brilliant!

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Drk, you may be right, though I'm not sure how one creature's anger can have such an effect on another's sphincter muscles, unless it's some kind of psychic attack.

Even then, though, does this mean that Tyrannic War Veterans should be modelled with a load of field toilets?

"We're expecting Tyranids, lads. Squad Furius, sentry duty. Squad Hatius, combat patrol. Squads Angrius, Killius, Murderius, Zealius, and Crusadius, I want to see three hundred latrines dug by nightfall."

Certain sounds can indeed make you gak yourself. Something in the subsonics..

Also if you get surprised or scared enough, you gak yourself

I can see a rhino towing a trailer full of Porta-pots though

 Ian Sturrock wrote:


Even then, though, does this mean that Tyrannic War Veterans should be modelled with a load of field toilets?

Had to think of this!





Funny how these topics go!

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Drk, you may be right, though I'm not sure how one creature's anger can have such an effect on another's sphincter muscles, unless it's some kind of psychic attack.

Really? You've never heard of this? Bowels being loosened by fear, engendered by earth-shattering noises like shelling, explosions, low overflights by enemy jets?

Shows how many folks play GW games who've never read about real war.

 Mannahnin wrote:

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Drk, you may be right, though I'm not sure how one creature's anger can have such an effect on another's sphincter muscles, unless it's some kind of psychic attack.

Really? You've never heard of this? Bowels being loosened by fear, engendered by earth-shattering noises like shelling, explosions, low overflights by enemy jets?

Shows how many folks play GW games who've never read about real war.

Read any book containing soldiers accounts of WW2, or any other war.

An 'accident' is assured the instant any shelling happens, or when people start dying.

My grandpa's journal is full of it.

I'm pretty sure the tyranids gakking has nothing to do with fear, and more to do with punji stick style tactics.

The point is that it's not the roar that loosens the bowels, according to the strict syntax of GW's sentence. It's the anger that loosens the bowels. And I still suspect that one critter getting angry cannot cause another critter's bowels to loosen, unless psy power is going on. :p

(And, yes, I've read extensively about real war -- I could counterpoint something about, "shows how many people read threads without really reading them", but I don't wish to respond to impoliteness with impoliteness, so I'll just stick to my guns. My bio-guns. That presumably shoot gak. If I'm a tyranid. At least, if I'm an angry tyranid.)

Fear is actually one of 2 emotions that can loosten bowels. The other is excitment.

A particularly scary sound is more then capable of making someone void their innards.

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
The point is that it's not the roar that loosens the bowels, according to the strict syntax of GW's sentence. It's the anger that loosens the bowels. And I still suspect that one critter getting angry cannot cause another critter's bowels to loosen, unless psy power is going on. :p

Fear of the monster's fury could certainly do it. Seems legit to me.

What about anger, Grey? That can loosen bowels too, but only in Tyranids. Apparently.


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Fear of the monster's fury isn't as funny (to me, at least) as a squad of Tyranid Warriors gakking themselves to issue a challenge.

Ehhhh, not sure about that one. I suppose it can loosen bowels, but I would suspect it might be because Anger is closely tied to the Fear emotion.

And just about anything can loosen bowels when the person in question is having "The Runs" as we in the agricultural world call it.

Good stuff!

Well, it's not that obtuse really.


A) It's a fairly well established cliche that some people wet themselves when afraid. It's frequently used in hollywood movies (e.g. Gladiator). gaking yourself as you hear Tyranids howl outside could be the grim-dark next level.

B) Plenty of animal gak themselves when afraid (ever pick up that pet bunny from your neighbours only to have it gak all over you?). Nids at the gate ("ultimate predator, yadda, yadda) could perhaps "throw-back" men to the primordial state of scared prey in the minds of GW writers.

Also, "Anger" is an emotion that serves the precise purpose of intimidating your opponent. Arguably Nids likely wouldn't be capable of "anger" since the very point of anger is cowing your opponent into submission / retreat via a display of rage and threat to avoid a confrontation in the end.

Another good thread ruined by literalists....

But I lol'd, OP

Nids make you gak yourself

 FoxPhoenix135 wrote:
Another good thread ruined by literalists....

QFT. This thread wasn't meant to be taken so seriously...

Yep those are nids, they don't go fulll into pants like Emperors finest but proud, open and elaborate.

. . . Most Tyranids don't even have digestive tracts, only the organisms at the tail end of an invasion do. Creatures like Hive Tyrants do not poop and are not made to survive very long.

 60mm wrote:
. . . Most Tyranids don't even have digestive tracts, only the organisms at the tail end of an invasion do. Creatures like Hive Tyrants do not poop and are not made to survive very long.

Sometimes a joke is over people's heads. Other times they just step right in it.

I didn't deny the joke, just tossin in some relevant fluff that I figured most didn't know. Had no intention of poopin on any parades

"He called the gak poop" -Adam Sandler

I never noticed that quote, but I'll be damned if you're interpretation isn't the funniest thing I've seen on this forum in a while.

What does the Stone Crusher Carnifexs' ram do?

I roared so loud I loosened my bowels before... or was that the other way around...

(best thread of the day)