# Can Martha Stewart do ANYTHING? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710 "2009-06-04T16:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/1 "2009-06-04T16:12:55Z")
I’m sick at home today, and just finished watching Martha Stewart’s special on knitting. It got me thinking… what would I love to see Martha do? Something crazy… something wild… I personally would love to see her learn to use a machete, blow something up (a la Mythbusters), or make out with Marilyn Manson. What crazy thing would you love to see Martha do? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/2 "2009-06-04T16:52:04Z")
Roll her own. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/3 "2009-06-04T16:55:25Z")
Perhaps my brain is just in a weird place today, but the way you couched your question immediately made me think that Martha should have a showdown with [Chuck Norris](http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/). I think she would kick his ass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/4 "2009-06-04T16:56:37Z")
Sew a bodysuit made out of human skin. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/5 "2009-06-04T17:15:04Z")
Sounds like the basis for a marginally popular reality TV series. Call FOX now! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/6 "2009-06-04T17:21:18Z")
Eat a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/7 "2009-06-04T17:36:15Z")
I would like to see her laugh. Not a polite, camera-friendly chuckle; I want guffaws so deep and sincere that it can’t possibly be an act. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/8 "2009-06-04T18:08:25Z")
Demonstrate how she hid her shiv in prison. Well, not SEE her demonstrate it with my own eyes. But to just know that she did demonstrate it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/9 "2009-06-04T18:10:47Z")
Make a meal for 8 out of a 2 ounces of fatback, a stale loaf of Wonder bread and a half-jar of jelly (w/o the peanut butter leavings mixed in). ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/10 "2009-06-04T18:23:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I would like to see her laugh. Not a polite, camera-friendly chuckle; I want guffaws so deep and sincere that it can’t possibly be an act. She has done a cooking skit with Conan O’Brien a few times. I was convinced she genuinely laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/11 "2009-06-04T18:26:51Z")
Conan also made her eat some Taco Bell and drink from a 40. She looked like she was enjoying the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/12 "2009-06-04T18:38:12Z")
> [@Brandus](#): > > She has done a cooking skit with Conan O’Brien a few times. I was convinced she genuinely laughed. I’m sure it’s possible. Everybody laughs at something, right? I’ve just never seen it. There was an episode of her show where she was making cookies with Cookie Monster. I was laughing. She wasn’t. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/13 "2009-06-04T18:51:36Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Perhaps my brain is just in a weird place today, but the way you couched your question immediately made me think that Martha should have a showdown with [Chuck Norris](http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/). I think she would kick his ass. 🙂 Nah, my brain immediately went to that exact same place. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/14 "2009-06-04T18:59:46Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Nah, my brain immediately went to that exact same place. I thought of steel cage grudge match with Rachael Ray. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/15 "2009-06-04T19:06:50Z")
Make money, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/16 "2009-06-04T19:08:30Z")
Queef glitter. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/17 "2009-06-04T19:21:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There was an episode of her show where she was making cookies with Cookie Monster. I was laughing. She wasn’t. I’ve seen on YouTube. I actually liked the fact that they were both in character the whole time. If she had gotten all soft and giggly over a Muppet it would have wrecked it. Stewart once appeared on David Letterman’s show to shill for a home repair book she had “written.” When she attempted a demonstration, Letterman mocked her for not even knowing how to hold a hammer correctly. There’s a difference between telling people how to do something and knowing how to do it well yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/18 "2009-06-04T19:31:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m sure it’s possible. Everybody laughs at something, right? I’ve just never seen it. > > There was an episode of her show where she was making cookies with Cookie Monster. I was laughing. She wasn’t. Yeah, I was a little creeped out. Okay, sure maybe she was “in character,” but it seemed to be she was genuinely pissed at the guy. Did you see her face when he knocked over the cookies in her haste? One day Cookie’s going to wake up with the Pillsbury Doughboy’s head in his bed. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/19 "2009-06-04T19:35:50Z")
The title gave me the wrong idea about the topic of this thread. I think the OP meant to ask whether Stewart can to _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-martha-stewart-do-anything/498710/20 "2009-06-04T19:40:19Z")
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