# Damn you Arby's. Damn you straight to hell. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 23, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297 "2002-08-23T21:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 24, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/21 "2002-08-24T23:05:33Z")
Dude, I work at Kmart, I’m already in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Rossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Rossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/22 "2002-08-24T23:13:59Z")
Why is it that so many people seem to dislike Arby’s? I love the place, and would eat there before a McDonald’s or Burger King. It doesn’t top Quizno’s, but it’s not that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/23 "2002-08-25T01:44:31Z")
Sorry **Delphica** , you’re wrong on one point. Buffalo Wings were invented at the [Anchor Bar](http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm). Those what invents something gets to name it. If the [Anchor Bar](http://www.anchorbar.com/history.htm) calls 'em Buffalo Wings (and they do) then Buffalo Wings is the proper name. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/24 "2002-08-25T07:29:01Z")
Good wings in Syracuse too; of course, it’s just a few hours down the interstate from Buffalo. I have a good time laughing at all the rip-off “Buffalo-Wing-Products” you see everywhere in the U.S. except in places like right-minded restaurants such as Hooter’s and Buffalo itself (and a few other upstate cities and towns themselves). I wouldn’t expect much in the way of authentic duplications in a restaurant that doesn’t get the French Dip au Jus right(although it is still good). ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/25 "2002-08-25T09:49:31Z")
Just get jalepeno poppers and sit down and quitcherbitchin’ [doh! I typed “poopers” the first time!] ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/26 "2002-08-25T10:20:48Z")
lol this reminds me of one of the few funny carls Jr (perfered by 8 out of 12 cavemen and throwbacks) commericals these days They had a bunch of scientist looking for the “nuggets and fingers” on a chicken and concluded they didnt have any i forget the tag line at the end tho … ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/27 "2002-08-25T15:34:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*Sorry **Delphica** , you’re wrong on one point. Buffalo Wings were invented at the [Anchor Bar](http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/buffwing.htm). Those what invents something gets to name it. If the [Anchor Bar](http://www.anchorbar.com/history.htm) calls 'em Buffalo Wings (and they do) then Buffalo Wings is the proper name. > > Fenris \*\* But how soon do they need to name something for it to be the proper name? I’m not trying to be snarky, I’m really asking. The addition of “Buffalo” to the Anchor Bar menu happened quite a while after the wings had spread around the Buffalo area, in response to the national hoopla over chicken wings. For years, they were just “chicken wings” like every other place in Buffalo that sells them. If the Brown Derby people decided to change the name of Cobb Salad today, to the Hollywood Salad, would you accept that as its proper name? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/28 "2002-08-25T15:37:00Z")
Good point. I wasn’t aware that they’d changed the name: everything I’d ever read (not all THAT much, admittedly) implied that they were originally called “Buffalo Wings”. If they changed the name later, then tough noogies to them! 😉 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/29 "2002-08-25T20:27:02Z")
[Simpsons] I’m so hungry, I could eat at Arby’s! EWWW! [/Simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/30 "2002-08-26T19:05:21Z")
> [@](#): > > - Jack Batty:\* > Apply a little pressure, wrap your lips around it, work with a little suction, and … pull it out. soooooo, **Jack Batty** , How _You_ Doin? I admit to a somewhat warped and dirty mind. This is one of the most unintentionally (I assume) dirty sounding things I have ever read. I gotta agree with ya on the how to enjoy the wings tho. Pure art there my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297/31 "2002-08-26T20:07:42Z")
So, **Swampy** , ya wanna hear directions on how to eat crawfish? [sub]hint: it includes frequent use of the word “suck”, as well as the words “pull”, “twist” and “bite”.[/sub] 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-arbys-damn-you-straight-to-hell/125297.md?page=1)