# Did I imagine this story about Paul Simon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925 "2018-10-14T08:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/21 "2018-10-14T22:04:40Z")
It’s a well known story. In fact, he wrote a song about it, _The 59th Straight Binge Song (Feelin’ Hungry)_. > [@](#): > > Slow down, you eat too fast > You got to make the nuggets last > Don’t scarf them down all alone > Looking for sauce and feeling hungry ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/22 "2018-10-14T22:58:33Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Are you sure it wasn’t a skit on SNL? Perhaps in the same episode in early 1988 where he walked out at the beginning of the show with the presidential candidate of the same name? (Sorry, couldn’t find it on You Tube.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/23 "2018-10-14T23:29:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s a long shot, but perhaps you’re thinking of Paul McCartney? Well, here’s [one](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/sports/baseball/21simon.html?_r=0) from him, for a start; if you want more, I’ll go look for more… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/24 "2018-10-15T03:11:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s a long shot, but perhaps you’re thinking of Paul McCartney? Or bow tied senator Paul Simon, but he’s been dead for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/25 "2018-10-15T04:31:26Z")
Couldn’t a man of Paul Simon’s wealth easily find a more palatable form of boneless fried chicken to eat? Prepared by his personal cook, maybe? And eat it wearing cozy pajamas in a soft armchair with a tall cold beer on the side table while watching a DVD of Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg in _The Avengers_ on a large screen TV? With a French Maid standing by to offer soft warm damp towels to wipe his face and hands? Because if I had Simon’s dough, that’s the way I’D do it. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/26 "2018-10-15T12:08:07Z")
He came out on SNL in a turkey costume once. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/27 "2018-10-15T12:21:05Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Couldn’t a man of Paul Simon’s wealth easily find a more palatable form of boneless fried chicken to eat? Prepared by his personal cook, maybe? Sure, but at least prior to the election, Donald Trump had a fondness for fast food, particularly Kentucky Fried Chicken. He’s another person who could well afford to hire a chef to make it from scratch and probably get a much better product than the stuff from KFC. People like what people like. > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > He came out on SNL in a turkey costume once. NBC reran that episode on Saturday night, after the new episode. It was from very early in the show’s run with many of the original cast. And George Harrison performed with Paul Simon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/28 "2018-10-15T13:24:03Z")
It might have happened in Englewood, New Jersey. Paul’s parents lived there for a while, and MickeyD’s is a popular hangout there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/29 "2018-10-15T14:21:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Couldn’t a man of Paul Simon’s wealth easily find a more palatable form of boneless fried chicken to eat? Hey! Don’t you diss McD’s chicken nuggets! If that’s what you’re craving, nothing else will do. There’s just something so perfect about them. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/30 "2018-10-15T21:16:39Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Several of the African artists that Simon ripped off were able to successfully sue him because they had actually released their songs on African labels Can you provide a cite for that? ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925/31 "2018-10-16T17:27:33Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I wonder what Edie Brickell sees in him? 😕 Because he eats chicken nuggets? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-this-story-about-paul-simon/822925.md?page=1)