# Daddy -- gimme money! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904 "2002-07-08T14:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/1 "2002-07-08T14:12:34Z")
Another milestone. At 2 years and 10 days, China Bambina uttered those words for the first time. Actually, she spoke in Chinese (Baba, yao qian). Man, I laughed so hard, and commented to the dinner table that she sounded like a real Shanghaiese woman. My wife and her sister were not amused, but hell if you can’t laugh with your own kids, when can you laugh? Of course, I then dug down for some change so she could go ride the mechanical pony. Since I almost never got to do any of that frivolous (read costs money) stuff myself as a tyke, it doesn’t take much to talk me into a new toy, pony ride or helium ballon. No doubt I will be hearing those three words repeated over and over like a mantra until I go meet Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/2 "2002-07-08T14:15:39Z")
Ah, getting dough off the parents. What I like to call “mooch-ual funds”. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/3 "2002-07-08T14:19:39Z")
Yeah, Baby Kate (age 2 years, 2 months) does that stuff now. She’s got a piggy bank and everything. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/4 "2002-07-08T14:26:32Z")
[screeching halt] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by China Guy \* > \*\*…(Baba, yao qian)… \*\* “Baba” is Chinese for “daddy”, I assume? Odd. “Baba” is Russian for “grandmother” (it’s what we called my great-grandma.) Never dared call her “yaga”, though. [/screeching halt] ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/5 "2002-07-08T22:30:08Z")
make sure you teach her to say “gimme money PLEASE” and then “thank you” afterwards. politeness jacks up the profits, as i’ve learned. my little sister begs for stuff all the time and never gets it, then complains when occasionally i ask politely for something and usually get it. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/6 "2002-07-09T01:56:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*[screeching halt]“Baba” is Chinese for “daddy”, I assume? > Odd. “Baba” is Russian for “grandmother” (it’s what we called my great-grandma.) Never dared call her “yaga”, though.[/screeching halt] \*\* LMFAO! I would hope not–no pierogi for you! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/7 "2002-07-09T02:03:27Z")
Ha! I have gramma’s recipe book, with 6 different pierogi fillings, as well as recipes for Easter cheese (2 dozen eggs and 1.5 quarts of milk), and lots of other stuff I can’t pronounce anymore. Ironic, ain’t it, using your 666th post on ‘yaga’! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/8 "2002-07-09T06:37:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*[screeching halt] > “Baba” is Chinese for “daddy”, I assume? > Odd. “Baba” is Russian for “grandmother” (it’s what we called my great-grandma.) Never dared call her “yaga”, though.[/screeching halt] \*\* Yep, “Baba” is Chinese for Papa. China bambina has learned how to say please already to further twist me around her little finger. Just hasn’t put it together with gimme money, but that will happen all too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/9 "2002-07-09T17:09:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > **Ha! I have gramma’s recipe book, with 6 different pierogi fillings, as well as recipes for Easter cheese (2 dozen eggs and 1.5 quarts of milk), and lots of other stuff I can’t pronounce anymore.** Can I come over to your house for dinner? 😃 Ironic, ain’t it, using your 666th post on ‘yaga’! \*\* [/QUOTE] We need a smilie for \… ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/10 "2002-07-09T23:32:14Z")
> [@](#): > > **Can I come over to your house for dinner?** As long as you don’t mind a cholesterol count of 600+ - we’re talking eggs, cheese, butter, oil and lard in just about every recipe. Lots of Knorr soup and poppy seeds, too. We’re talking good ethnic Eastern European cookin’ here, y’know? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/11 "2002-07-10T00:53:09Z")
Oh, I know! My mother was first-generation Russian-American, 🙂 Poppy seed roll, mmmmMMMMmmmm… varniki for breakfast… Easter bread with a dozen egg yolks and crammed with raisins… and of course, PIEROGI! ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/12 "2002-07-10T01:02:57Z")
MMMMMMM! You guys are making me hungry! My father’s side of the family is mostly Polish/Slovak, so we have all these things (pierogi, the cheese, the the easter bread, kielbasa, etc) at holidays. I can’t make a basic spaghetti sauce, but I know how to make pierogies from scratch! My mom’s side is completely German, so I have more fatty food goodness on that side! 😉 Oh, and to keep this on track: politeness is key, and in moderation as well (I was more likely to get that ice cream cone or whatever if I only asked occasionally, not every time the ice cream man drove by). ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/13 "2002-07-10T01:09:13Z")
You know it’s a great EEE\* recipe when it contains the line > [@](#): > > …store \ in root cellar or other cool, dark place… \*Ethnic Eastern European ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/14 "2002-07-10T01:53:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\* > > As long as you don’t mind a cholesterol count of 600+ - we’re talking eggs, cheese, butter, oil and lard in just about every recipe. > > Lots of Knorr soup and poppy seeds, too. > > We’re talking good ethnic Eastern European cookin’ here, y’know? \*\* Mmmm…would that be kulatchies? (I THINK that’s right!). The little apricot rolls? MMMM…pierogie…with tons of cheddar and sauteed onions…_drooling_ ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/15 "2002-07-10T02:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > **…Mmmm…would that be kulatchies? (I THINK that’s right!). > The little apricot rolls?** Oh we would have DREAMED of apricot!!! (Actually, Baba did make them with apricot once in awhile.) More often than not, she used prune paste. Combine that with the poppy seed rolls and the babka (also covered in poppy seed), and the mushroom & cabbage soup, and the lentils, and Christmas and Easter dinners were LETHAL at Baba’s house!! But certainly made for some fond memories. \*\* > [@](#): > > MMMM…pierogie…with tons of cheddar and sauteed onions…_drooling_ \*\* No onions. Allergies. Browned in butter. Ton o’butter. We’re talking feeding large strapping men who worked in the coal mines and railroads of Pennsylvania, and the womenfolk who took care of them. Low-fat? Low cholesterol? Bah! Baba would have chased you down the block swinging the wooden spoon at you. Damn. Now I have to find the recipe book. screech-owl (who would drive to Buffalo for a butter lamb right now!) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/16 "2002-07-10T02:33:19Z")
How did a thread about a little Chinese extortionist turn into a thread about Eastern European food? Gawd, I love this place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/17 "2002-07-10T02:47:48Z")
Hint: note the use of the word “Baba” through (some of) my posts. (Okay, it doesn’t mean the same thing, but hey!) Family is the common ground. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/18 "2002-07-10T03:00:14Z")
Begging money from parents? Humbug. The child should get a job. Why when I was two years old . . . ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/19 "2002-07-10T16:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*We’re talking feeding large strapping men who worked in the coal mines and railroads of Pennsylvania, and the womenfolk who took care of them. Low-fat? Low cholesterol? Bah! Baba would have chased you down the block swinging the wooden spoon at you. \*\* Good lord, yes. My great-uncle went underground with his lunch bucket before sunrise; after school my mother would carry his dinner bucket down mine for him, and he came home just about the time she was going to bed. My jeetha (greatgrandfather) fed anyone who came in the house: he’d give them a bowl and a spoon and demand, “Eat!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904/20 "2002-07-11T15:59:05Z")
In my house baba means banana. What is this yaga you speak of? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-gimme-money/117904.md?page=2)