So.... what is it?

[lari]

Seriously, what the hell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoABwIlX3s?

[King Ellis]

A clown.

[Sousa]

I was coming in here to make a Faith No More joke. God damn it, Ian.

[9 to 5]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

[NobBe Nobbs]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

A white hole?

[King Ellis]

The name given to black holes by the KKK science division.

[NobBe Nobbs]

The name given to black holes by the KKK science division.

I think you'll find they're also called black holes, as the KKKhemists don't believe a white hole could either suck or blow.

[TEOL]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

A white hole?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe; a white hole returns it.

[VerbalPuke]

The name given to black holes by the KKK science division.

I think you'll find they're also called black holes, as the KKKhemists don't believe a white hole could either suck or blow.

Mine does.

[thatshortguy]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

A white hole?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe; a white hole returns it.

So, that thing's spewing time...

(now with hat) ...back into the Universe?

[TEOL]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

A white hole?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe; a white hole returns it.

So, that thing's spewing time...

(now with hat) ...back into the Universe?

Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these strange time phenomena.

[thatshortguy]

I don't know, I've never seen one before, but I am guessing it's a white hole.

A white hole?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe; a white hole returns it.

So, that thing's spewing time...

(now with hat) ...back into the Universe?

Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these strange time phenomena.

What time phenomena?

[caucasianheat]

It's it.

[Colly]

So what is it?

[Colly]

Only joking.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Somebody punch him out!

[lari]

Thanks for the replies. So, we have three suggestions. I'm still puzzled, but hey, we'll work this out. Is it a clown, a white hole or 'it'?

Let's see how we can fit the answers to the lyrics. My comments are on italics.

LYRICS:

Can you feel it ,see it, hear it today?

If you can't, then it doesn't matter anyway

You will never understand it 'cause it happens too fast

And it feels so good, it's like walking on glass

It's so cool, it's so hip, it's alright

It's so groovy, it's outta sight

You can touch it, smell it, taste it so sweet

But it makes no difference 'cause it knocks you off your feet

You want it all but you can't have it

It's cryin', bleedin', lying on the floor

So you lay down on it and you do it some more

You've got to share it, so you dare it

Then you bare it and you tear it

You want it all but you can't have it

It's in your face but you can't grab it

It's alive, afraid, a lie, a sin

It's magit, it's tragic, it's a loss, it's a win

It's dark, it's moist, it's a bitter pain

It's sad it happened and it's a shame

You want it all but you can't have it

It's in your face but you can't grab it

What is it?

It's it

What is it?...

CLOWN:

Can you feel A CLOWN ,see A CLOWN, hear A CLOWN today? / no, and that'd be weird already

If you can't, then it doesn't matter anyway / okay, thanks for wasting time then

You will never understand A CLOWN 'cause it happens too fast / clowns don't happen

And A CLOWN feels so good, it's like walking on glass / I don't think it's a clown... NEXT

WHITE HOLE:

A WHITE HOLE is so cool, A WHITE HOLE is so hip, A WHITE HOLE is alright / ...could be, though I find it odd Faith No More has an opinion on this

A WHITE HOLE is so groovy, A WHITE HOLE is outta sight / hey this somehow makes sense, are we on to something...

You can touch A WHITE HOLE, smell A WHITE HOLE, taste A WHITE HOLE so sweet / no

But it makes no difference 'cause A WHITE HOLE knocks you off your feet / NEXT!

IT:

You want IT all but you can't have IT / I do want it. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

IT is cryin', bleedin', lying on the floor / no, that's not it then

So you lay down on IT and you do IT some more / ???

You've got to share IT, so you dare IT / I think IT is not the answer.

Then you bare IT and you tear IT / Definitely not.

[thatshortguy]

WHITE HOLE:

A WHITE HOLE is so cool, A WHITE HOLE is so hip, A WHITE HOLE is alright / ...could be, though I find it odd Faith No More has an opinion on this

A WHITE HOLE is so groovy, A WHITE HOLE is outta sight / hey this somehow makes sense, are we on to something...

You can touch A WHITE HOLE, smell A WHITE HOLE, taste A WHITE HOLE so sweet / no

But it makes no difference 'cause A WHITE HOLE knocks you off your feet / NEXT!

Just to be clear, what TEOL, I, and others were referring to with the "White Hole" bit was a skit from the British TV show "Red Dwarf". Just mucking about, so don't spend too much time on that.

Besides, c-heat's right. Patton - to my knowledge - always either coyly avoids the question or simply responds that it's "it".

[chikbot]

Isn't the song about jerking off?

[Nick Adams]

I always thought the song was a thinly veiled ode to a sex addict, ergo "it" in this context would be the same thing that "it" refers to in the phrase, "We were doing it on the couch because we couldn't wait to get under the sheets. Sorry you had to see my ass."