# A surprising encounter for the SDMB One-Trick-Pony Chowder and Marching Society w/H4E **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584 "2002-11-13T15:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Blivit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@Blivit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blivit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/61 "2002-11-14T02:58:02Z")
You guys are seriously fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/62 "2002-11-14T03:13:54Z")
Sorry Blivit, you haven’t been around long enough to gain membership to the exclusive club noted in the thread. But don’t despair, continue to post and I’m sure you’ll be a full-fledged member in no time! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/63 "2002-11-14T03:28:24Z")
Nah, **Blivit** is right… we _are_ seriously fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/64 "2002-11-14T03:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Somethin just keeps bringing me back. _attaches a few hooks to **His4ever** and starts pulling_ Yeah, something is bringing you back. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/65 "2002-11-14T04:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blivit \* > \*\*You guys are seriously fucked up. \*\* This is some o’ that newfangled slang that you crazy kids today use, right? Let’s see if I can reply in your own language: :: gets out phrase-book :: “Groovy, hep-dude. It’s bitchin’ that you rapped the truth to us. You are one serious fuck-up too! It be bad. Not!” :: looks at phrase-book again, vaguely puzzled :: I’m not sure that I said what I wanted to say. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/66 "2002-11-14T08:11:18Z")
No **Baltazar** , or was he adequately covered with **sweet willy**?😉 I’m just surprised JDT and KayKay didn’t privately expound on penis theory… ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/67 "2002-11-14T11:55:55Z")
I was beginning to think you’d lost the touch there buddy **Fenris**. Drawing those newbies right in. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/68 "2002-11-14T14:19:39Z")
**Fenris,** I am truly sory. I _know_ you were being funny. I was just tryin to make it more understandable to her. BTW, what does chowder have to do with ponies? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/69 "2002-11-14T15:08:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > I was just tryin to make it more understandable to her. Truly a lost cause, Sister Rose. All the evidence indicates, no matter how good the presentation, that particular audience will shun the information. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/70 "2002-11-14T15:47:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*BTW, what does chowder have to do with ponies? \*\* Well, you need a dozen potatos, some scallions, 6 large carrots, and one finely minced pony–preferably a friendly one named “Brown Eyes”… ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/71 "2002-11-14T15:48:49Z")
I thought you’d need a clam… ---
**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:** [November 14, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/72 "2002-11-14T15:56:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*I thought you’d need a clam… \*\* Clams are a side, $1 extra, but you get white sauce. You want wine with that? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/73 "2002-11-14T15:57:21Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/74 "2002-11-14T16:14:58Z")
**vanilla** , juuuuuust in case you really were wondering … “One-trick pony” because the people in the club are, well, one dimensional, and “Chowder and Marching Society” is from… well, we’re not sure. **Fenris** got it from the long-ago comic Barnaby and Mr. O’Malley, though. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/75 "2002-11-14T16:16:29Z")
Okay. I was wondering. marching off… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/76 "2002-11-14T16:18:20Z")
If you do a search for “Chowder and marching” you’ll see all of the threads, for there be a few. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/77 "2002-11-14T16:21:58Z")
Hey guys, has anyone seen my Shetland pony? He’s about 4 feet tall and _really_ nice? Oh yeah, he answers to “Brown Eyes”. 😉 CJ ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/78 "2002-11-14T16:24:06Z")
By the way, **His4Ever** , if you’re still lurking about in this thread, I did try to tell you this would happen. I’m still sorry it did, but **Fenris** is brilliant and deadly. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/79 "2002-11-14T19:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blivit \* > \*\*You guys are seriously fucked up. \*\* Thank you! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/80 "2002-11-14T22:58:02Z")
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