# Can a heterosexual get a toaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096 "2007-01-23T15:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/41 "2007-01-24T00:31:10Z")
The previous poster was wrong about the Rice-A-Roni. That’s for the “born gays.” Converts get you…wait for it…[Uncle Ben’s _Converted_ Rice](http://www.unclebens.com/rice/default.aspx?prod=4). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/42 "2007-01-24T00:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Ok so what I’m hearing is I get no toaster (what am I going to do with these bagels???) but I get boots (can I get cherry red Doc Martins that lace up to your knees like my (gay) friend had?) and some rice. Well ok. I guess I can live with that. But really, shouldn’t The Gays do more to support us heteros who selflessly hand over totally hot 16 year olds (she was at the time…so was I) over to your team? Hey I did some serious work there…where’s my rice? [/QUOTE] If you also provide cream cheese and lox, you are welcome to use my toaster. But you have to share. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/43 "2007-01-24T02:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] Ok so what I’m hearing is I get no toaster (what am I going to do with these bagels???) but I get boots (can I get cherry red Doc Martins that lace up to your knees like my (gay) friend had?) and some rice. Well ok. I guess I can live with that. But really, shouldn’t The Gays do more to support us heteros who selflessly hand over totally hot 16 year olds (she was at the time…so was I) over to your team? Hey I did some serious work there…where’s my rice? [/QUOTE] I’ll tell you what, come to my house and show me those magnificent breasts and I will buy you a toaster. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/44 "2007-01-24T05:27:22Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Brief synopsis follows; It is the episode where Ellen (the character) realizes she is gay. She befriends a lesbian who makes a pass at her, which Ellen initially rejects. The woman comments that she only needed to convert one more person to win the toaster oven. By the end of the episode, Ellen comes out as gay. In the final scene Melissa Etheridge makes an appearance and presents the woman with a toaster oven, after having her sign a bunch of documents. [/QUOTE] From what I can tell, the toaster thing was a joke in the queer community _before_ the episode was made. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/45 "2007-01-24T07:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I’ll tell you what, come to my house and show me those magnificent breasts and I will buy you a toaster. [/QUOTE] Damn, that was my plan ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/46 "2007-01-24T08:18:08Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] See what you can do, OK? Thanks. Does it help my case any that two of \*them \*(one ex-fiancee and one ex-boyfriend) moved in together and got married? (Not legally, of course.) I can only imagine what notes they’ve compared on crazy ol’ WhyNot. [/QUOTE] According to my notes, you get an electric frypan for that. You can put it beside the toaster. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/47 "2007-01-24T14:05:47Z")
Ahhhh, a toaster _oven_, I was wondering how you fitted an entire muffin in there :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/48 "2007-01-24T16:19:19Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] From what I can tell, the toaster thing was a joke in the queer community _before_ the episode was made. [/QUOTE] Always possible, but that episode got the joke into the public mind. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096/49 "2007-01-24T16:25:39Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] Something to do with English Muffins, I’m sure. [/QUOTE] I’m Canadian, actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-heterosexual-get-a-toaster/389096.md?page=2)