# Am I reading a codeword or am I just a liberal douchebag? Or both? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523 "2015-08-22T13:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/41 "2015-08-24T19:11:46Z")
We had a restaurant years ago called “Kay’s Kountry Kitchen.” But they deliberately avoided any KKK association by using a single large K next to “ay’s” “ountry” and “itchen.” ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/42 "2015-08-24T20:27:48Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > The abbreviation for the white supremacist group is KKK. > > Don’t eat at any \*Kountry Kettle Katfish \*places and you’ll be fine. 😉 How about buying a car from the [Kompact Kar Korner](http://www.kompactkarkorner.com/). Of course, they’re in Washington state… they’ve always left me scratching my head about that choice. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/43 "2015-08-24T20:36:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I want there and had a fine late breakfast – something the call the “meat lover’s pancake” – full slices of bacon, diced ham, and At first I read that as “meat loafs pancake” and all kinds of wrong entered my brain. > [@](#): > > shopped sausage. mmmmmmm shopped sausage, drooooooooooooools. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/44 "2015-08-24T21:37:16Z")
One way to answer questions like this is to turn it around: If _you_ were a racist, would you consider naming a restaurant the Kountry Kettle an effective way to propagate your message? No, you . . . you probably wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/45 "2015-08-24T21:46:02Z")
Seeing this thread may have made me see things myself… I was coming to work today and was behind a car that had license plates “DBL 8TCH”. Am I seeing things or is this HH? Heil Hitler? The fact there’s an 8 in it also indicates 88… same thing. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/46 "2015-08-24T22:06:48Z")
Someone here accused me of that. I was describing an old cheesy movie as a “Katholic Klassic” and someone thought I meant it like “Amerika” or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/47 "2015-08-24T22:52:02Z")
There used to be a KKK Drug Company. It was headquartered in Keokuk, Iowa. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/48 "2015-08-25T11:11:16Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I always wondered what possessed the owners to name their restaurant [THIS.](http://www.kuntrykatfish.com/) > > Despite the name and the horrible photo on their main page, the food was delicious. Do they serve Smuckers jam with their biscuits? Or do they only have hushpuppies? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/49 "2015-08-25T22:41:01Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Me, if I saw a KK business I’d try to determine if they were around before the rise to fame of the Kardashians. 😉 > > Relax, OP. Sometimes, a K is just a K (ditto an 88 or a 420) Would you take your child to Kountry Kid Kare? > **[Google](https://www.google.com/#q=kountry+kid+kare)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. I’m pretty sure if someone uses 420 they’re pretty clearly making a specific reference. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/50 "2015-08-26T01:35:48Z")
Why would the Klan need a front. It’s not like they are hiding. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/51 "2015-08-26T02:35:38Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I’m pretty sure if someone uses 420 they’re pretty clearly making a specific reference. I got a charge on my credit card record right now from Park@420… which is the street number of the retail building where that parking stack is located. So, sometimes – heck, oftentimes – 420 _ **IS** _ just 420. And I would not send my children to Kountry Kid Kare because I want them to learn to spell… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/52 "2015-08-26T03:24:39Z")
Do, however, avoid the ‘Cuntry Cettle.’ It’s a trap. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/53 "2015-08-26T06:20:56Z")
Just to be perfectly clear I understand, this OP is by the same guy who wrote: _During dawn, Deedee doesn’t do diddley: during day, Deedee dutifully doodles dayglow dadaist drawings: during dusk, Deedee dons dacron dancing duds._ Right? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/54 "2015-08-26T11:23:53Z")
He’s long gone now, but you certainly should have avoided this [guy’s](http://thetandd.com/business/bbq-and-the-confederate-flag-maurice-bessinger-dies-at/article_a0568dc4-9dc0-11e3-b649-0019bb2963f4.html) chain of restaurants. He used that mustard based South Carolina sauce. That stuff is crap. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523/55 "2015-08-26T12:07:08Z")
You should have gone to Manny’s pizza. Also, it’s Savanna (no “h”.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523.md?page=2)