# Bimbo Eruption **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666 "2015-07-31T19:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/1 "2015-07-31T19:24:21Z")
Boring summer, when is the next Bimbo Eruption ? Can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/2 "2015-07-31T20:10:39Z")
Bimbo eruption implies. Mt. Bimbo. Mount Bimbo, if you will. And then eruption will ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/3 "2015-07-31T20:13:05Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > Boring summer, when is the next Bimbo Eruption ? > > Can’t wait. Did you check Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/4 "2015-07-31T22:15:11Z")
I saw the original Bimbo Eruption open for the Butthole Surfers back in '83 (right after they added Teresa Nervosa as second drummer). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/5 "2015-07-31T22:23:04Z")
[Those Mexican snacks taste good](http://images.mexgrocer.com/19104.jpg), but maybe stay close to a bathroom if fried treats don’t agree with you. Presumably OP is on [about this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsey_Wright). I missed that particular expression it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/6 "2015-07-31T22:37:57Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [Those Mexican snacks taste good](http://images.mexgrocer.com/19104.jpg), but maybe stay close to a bathroom if fried treats don’t agree with you. When I see [girls dressed](http://www.chilisfoodball.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chivas_120313b.jpg) [like this around here](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ui7M7jGGITw/TKEYnV1ePVI/AAAAAAAAMN0/2WyM7Yv-c6E/s400/edecanes+bimbo.jpg), I have to remember they are just advertising bread.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/7 "2015-08-01T00:54:50Z")
I always [think of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moVmHzcawvw) when I hear bimbo. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/8 "2015-08-01T01:35:19Z")
I always [think of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua71Ia7rAU). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/9 "2015-08-01T02:45:10Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I always [think of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua71Ia7rAU). Boy, Betty Boop was [a real dog](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/bettyboop/images/b/b6/Bettty_mason.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111013003812) in that one! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/10 "2015-08-01T04:21:12Z")
Off to MPSIMS with this. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/11 "2015-08-01T18:37:21Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I always [think of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moVmHzcawvw) when I hear bimbo. > [@bup](#): > > I always [think of this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua71Ia7rAU). Fifties Kid here: I always think of this. I used to love this program, would daydream about having my own elephant to ride up and down our driveway. Trivia that most people already know: “Corky” was played by Mickey Braddock, who later achieved greater fame using his real name, Mickey Dolenz. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/12 "2015-08-01T19:07:35Z")
I always think of [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acGK5lPhzA). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/13 "2015-08-02T03:39:56Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [Those Mexican snacks taste good](http://images.mexgrocer.com/19104.jpg), but maybe stay close to a bathroom if fried treats don’t agree with you. _sigh_ I used to work a few blocks from a bread thrift store which sold those. I’m probably lucky I moved. Disgustingly yummy, and they never bothered me. _mmmm_ Bimbos ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimbo-eruption/726666/14 "2015-08-02T05:01:34Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [Those Mexican snacks taste good](http://images.mexgrocer.com/19104.jpg), but maybe stay close to a bathroom if fried treats don’t agree with you. God damn you, you stole my quip!