# Apple Core **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345 "2005-12-19T20:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/1 "2005-12-19T20:36:15Z")
_Apple core!_ ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/2 "2005-12-19T20:38:06Z")
…many…more? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/3 "2005-12-19T20:53:43Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > _Apple core!_ BALTIMORE! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/4 "2005-12-19T20:58:30Z")
Who’s your friend? ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/5 "2005-12-19T20:58:31Z")
[D.Duck]Who’s it for?[/D.Duck] ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/6 "2005-12-19T21:01:31Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Who’s your friend? PIZZABRAT! (No, I’m not saying “Me!”) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/7 "2005-12-19T21:04:19Z")
_Cecil!_ When I was in school, the response to “Apple core!” was “Dominore!” I have no idea where that came from; it must have been a local variant. It was Catholic school (and the days when mass was still in Latin), so maybe it was somehow derived from _dominus_. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the ritual in cartoons, and it’s not like I haven’t watched my share. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/8 "2005-12-19T21:37:46Z")
My ONLY familiarity with this is from a Disney short featuring Donald Duck and Chip & Dale. I forget which chipmunk was the protagonist in the applecore scenes, but it went like this: Chip or Dale: Applecore! Donald Duck: Who’s it for? Chip or Dale: Who’s your friend? Donald Duck: [pause to think] Me! Applecore is then splatted into Donald Duck’s face. Until now, this was my only familiarity with the whole applecore thing. You can imagine how little sense it ever made to me. It still doesn’t make any sense to me, but at least I now know it has roots outside of the short. Incidentally, the short’s name? “Donald Applecore.” Yes, “Donald Applecore.” ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/9 "2005-12-19T22:03:34Z")
It’s just a dopey kids’ game – a bunch of you are hanging out. Someone is eating an apple. The apple is finished, and only the core remains. The eater shouts out, “Applecore!” The first person to respond, “Baltimore” get’s asked, “Who’s your friend?” The respondee then calls out the name of any of the other kids present, who then gets the applecore thrown at them. That’s it. Or at least, that’s all I remember from my summer camp days. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/10 "2005-12-19T22:26:02Z")
So, in real life, there are no talking chipmunks involved then? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/11 "2005-12-19T22:34:25Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > So, in real life, there are no talking chipmunks involved then? I didn’t say that, did I? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/12 "2005-12-19T22:58:16Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Chip or Dale: Applecore! > Donald Duck: Who’s it for? > Chip or Dale: Who’s your friend? > Donald Duck: [pause to think] Me! I’m pretty sure the Disney short uses “Baltimore!” as well. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/13 "2005-12-19T23:03:09Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > I’m pretty sure the Disney short uses “Baltimore!” as well. Googling suggests you’re absolutely correct. I’m shocked… one of those false memory things. Thank goodness, though, because “Baltimore” makes so much more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/14 "2005-12-20T02:40:07Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Thank goodness, though, because “Baltimore” makes so much more sense. Unless you take the wrong turn at Albuquerque! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/15 "2005-12-20T03:16:23Z")
[Apple Dual Core](http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/7201106/wo/4t3QCOffZuxG2sV3sgm1ql0ceIw/2.?p=0)!! ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/16 "2005-12-20T15:21:21Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Googling suggests you’re absolutely correct. I’m shocked… one of those false memory things. > > Thank goodness, though, because “Baltimore” makes so much more sense. I always thought they were saying “many more”. Now I look stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/17 "2005-12-20T15:39:57Z")
Orange seeds! _watches as the joke goes whooshing over her head_ Oooh, shiny… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/18 "2005-12-20T20:34:08Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Unless you take the wrong turn at Albuquerque! > > 😃 [hijack]You’ll never get to Pismo Beach _that_ way![/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/19 "2005-12-20T20:42:42Z")
Polo! ---
**Author:** ![exwisehe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@exwisehe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exwisehe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345/20 "2014-12-22T02:23:41Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > _Cecil!_ > > When I was in school, the response to “Apple core!” was “Dominore!” I have no idea where that came from; it must have been a local variant. It was Catholic school (and the days when mass was still in Latin), so maybe it was somehow derived from _dominus_. > > I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the ritual in cartoons, and it’s not like I haven’t watched my share. I was wondering about the era and location… Apple core, dominore, who’s your friend, he is… and toss the apple core… this i learned at Page Military School in Los Angeles in 1946… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-core/336345.md?page=2)