# 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:** 5
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/81 "2002-11-14T23:14:22Z")
Ahem. What I meant to say is, “I’m sure **Blivit** would thank you if he were here.” ---
**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 15, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/82 "2002-11-15T13:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > \*\*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 \*\* He now has a _new_ name: “Blue Plate”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/83 "2002-11-15T13:46:19Z")
[Homer] Mmmmmm Pony Chowder, agghhhhhh [/Homer] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/84 "2002-11-15T14:53:15Z")
Damn it. Now I’m all hungry. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/85 "2002-11-15T19:26:09Z")
Oh waiter, there a large piece of bent iron in my soup . . . ---
**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 15, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/86 "2002-11-15T19:50:24Z")
Iron’s good for you, **andros**. ---
**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 15, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/87 "2002-11-15T20:48:29Z")
So are the shoeing nails… And get this— **The nails aren’t a side, they come with the order! No extra charge!** We want repeat customers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/88 "2002-11-15T21:32:35Z")
**Bosda** , you are a _truly_ sick puppy! Or, is that tomorrow’s special? 😃 CJ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/89 "2002-11-15T22:13:02Z")
What goes good with Pony Chowder? Seabiscuit, of course. Fenris ia genius. I only wished he’d worked in dinosaurs and humans being here at the same time. ---
**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 16, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/90 "2002-11-16T01:10:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > \*\ ***Bosda** , you are a _truly_ sick puppy! Or, is that tomorrow’s special? 😃 > > CJ \*\* Nah, nah, none o’ dat fancy-schmancy French food heyah! Just good ol’ 'Murrican food. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/91 "2002-11-16T04:11:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*:: looks at phrase-book again, vaguely puzzled :: > > I’m not sure that I said what I wanted to say. > > Fenris \*\* Your hovercraft is full of eels? Your nipples explode with delight? Brilliant as always, Potsie. Nice job. ---
**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 16, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/92 "2002-11-16T12:55:08Z")
Ok. I’m big enough to admit when I don’t get a joke - what’s the deal with the Potsies? Where’d it come from? ---
**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 17, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/93 "2002-11-17T03:52:54Z")
**King Nifty** kept calling everyone “potsy” ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/94 "2002-11-17T04:04:21Z")
Wait wait wait. **His4Ever** is a **GIRL???**. Learn something new every day. ---
**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 17, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/95 "2002-11-17T04:06:11Z")
Nah, it’s gotta outdate him. I got the impression he snagged it from someone… ---
**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 17, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/96 "2002-11-17T04:16:42Z")
I wonder if he was an illiterate\* “Happy Days” fan? Fenris \*It was spelled “Potsie” on “Happy Days” ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/97 "2002-11-18T02:30:22Z")
But I _WANT_ to be with the _“homersexuals an’ th’ forner-caters an’ th’ mean people and like that”_… Doesn’t sound so bad to me ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/98 "2002-11-18T03:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints; the sinners are much more fun… Some folks just ain’t got they priorities straight. Me, I’m with **TVGuy**. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/99 "2002-11-18T04:35:00Z")
I don’t understand why in your parody His4Ever _flounces out the door_, Fenris? Talks about flouncing out the door, flounces towards the door, threatens to flounce out the door, promises to flounce out the door, sure. But actually _flounces_ out the door? It stopped ringing true at that point. ---
**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 18, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-surprising-encounter-for-the-sdmb-one-trick-pony-chowder-and-marching-society-w-h4e/136584/100 "2002-11-18T04:52:06Z")
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