# Beck had a bad bad bad strange encounter in the localish pitstop. You can get gas, pizza, bait, (a tater log) a dirty magazine, or an Icee. No bathroom tho, sorry go out back they accommodatingly say when folks ask for the restroom key

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408 "2022-01-08T03:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/81 "2022-01-12T14:10:14Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> Statistics must occupy a whole Schrodinger’s world of their own.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/82 "2022-01-12T20:44:50Z")

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The only statistic I’m sure of: give me enough time and I will hurt myself.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/83 "2022-01-12T20:52:44Z")

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> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#):
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> Is that like Shoeless Joe from Hannibal MO?

“[The Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Wreck_from_Georgia_Tech)” is, in fact, a real song, and is the fight song for Georgia Tech.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2raaC0-zWHI/maxresdefault.jpg "Ramblin' Wreck From Georgia Tech - The Gordonairs And The University Chorus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2raaC0-zWHI)

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/84 "2022-01-12T22:09:09Z")

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Yes, Daddy told me that one time, long ago  
I had forgotten it.

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/85 "2022-01-12T22:43:13Z")

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A lot of drinking in that fight song. I liked the guy who chugged his beer and then had to go pee.

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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/86 "2022-01-12T23:42:45Z")

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I just realized it’s been long time since I saw a dirty magazine for sale. Last time was over a decade ago in Canada.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/87 "2022-01-13T02:12:11Z")

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Yeah, I took liberties with that info.  
I think you can get dirty mags at a truck stop.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/88 "2022-01-13T03:32:26Z")

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> [@P-man](#):
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> Last time was over a decade ago in Canada.

What year is it in Canada now???

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/89 "2022-01-13T10:29:00Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I saw that there were two winning tickets for the $600 million Power Ball. I wondered if maybe I’d won. But then I remembered that I didn’t buy a ticket.

Some years ago when Powerball was over $500-million I bought a ticket and stashed it in the center console. I had to leave for work at 4am so I went to bed before the drawing then, the next morning turned to the news station on the way to work.

A story mentioned that a single winning ticket had sold “in Arizona.” “Cool,” I think, then during the half hour commute for reasons unknown the stories were narrowing down the location, but _they didn’t mention what the numbers were!_

Phoenix Metro … East side … Mesa … East Mesa, each one closer to where I lived. Finally, a mile from work I’m waiting to make a left turn at a light and they read off the numbers. I grab the ticket just as the light changes, glance at it before I have to start up and _the numbers match!_

Numb, I toss the ticket aside and drive about a half block before I can find a parking lot to pull up in. I reach for the ticket and take a longer look at it. The numbers match all right, but instead of a ticket, it’s a winning numbers receipt. Unbeknownst to me, after I’d gone to bed, **DesertRoomie** had taken the car to do some shopping and buy some gas, getting the receipt at that time. I bring up the real ticket that had been underneath and – needless to say – there was no match.

So, universe, lemme win Powerball; I already know how it feels.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/90 "2022-01-13T13:59:24Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> “[The Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Wreck_from_Georgia_Tech)” is, in fact, a real song, and is the fight song for Georgia Tech.

Ya know, I think I heard that years ago. So Adler and Ross stole the idea from GaTech. Got it.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/91 "2022-01-13T14:10:39Z")

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This is the new record for, “Thread Title Size”. LOL

WHERE “out back”?! 😳

If your life does “change in a few weeks”, you should go back and thank her.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/92 "2022-01-13T14:59:56Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> The numbers match all right, but instead of a ticket, it’s a winning numbers receipt.

I did that once, about 20 years ago.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/93 "2022-01-13T15:42:51Z")

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I’m only here to serve.  
I kept typing the thread title. When I submitted it I got an admonishment for using too many characters. I kept cutting and editing\* til it was accepted. 255 characters is all that’s allowed in the title.

It was all for science. I assure you.🤗

\*I threw out some perfectly good puns😞

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/94 "2022-01-13T16:40:59Z")

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> [@Jasmine](#):
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> WHERE “out back”?!

Anywhere out back, apparently. They do provide trees, which is thoughtful for the shyer types.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/95 "2022-01-13T16:54:15Z")

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> [@Jasmine](#):
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> WHERE “out back”?!

[THERE Outback!](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Outback_Steakhouse_CA.JPG#/media/File:Outback_Steakhouse_CA.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/96 "2022-01-13T17:06:22Z")

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Ah, out back of the Outback. LOL

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/97 "2022-01-13T17:21:44Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> It was all for science. I assure you.

Or somebody with too much time on their hands. 🤪

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/98 "2022-01-13T19:12:07Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> \*I threw out some perfectly good puns

You throw out a lot of perfectly good puns! That’s why we love you!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/99 "2022-01-13T21:06:43Z")

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That be true. Alas, the \*Dopers are the only peeps who think I’m funny. (I heard that snickering) and yes:🤪

\*Well the grandwrex enjoy me.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-had-a-bad-bad-bad-strange-encounter-in-the-localish-pitstop-you-can-get-gas-pizza-bait-a-tater-log-a-dirty-magazine-or-an-icee-no-bathroom-tho-sorry-go-out-back-they-accommodatingly-say-when-folks-ask-for-the-restroom-key/957408/100 "2022-01-14T05:31:34Z")

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I know a secret. I know a secret.  
😉

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