# Dip Me In Honey and Feed Me to the Lesbians **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562 "2006-01-18T21:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/21 "2006-01-20T09:24:16Z")
My vote is for [Jerry Springer: The Opera](http://www.jerryspringertheopera.com/jerry_opera.html) too. WARNING-LINK NOT SAFE FOR WORK ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/22 "2006-01-20T14:52:24Z")
For some reason I hear this in John Lovett’s voice. I can’t find anywhere that says he said it though, but it seems like I heard it first from him. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/23 "2006-01-20T16:38:36Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > For some reason I hear this in John Lovett’s voice. I can’t find anywhere that says he said it though, but it seems like I heard it first from him. Or, maybe I mean _Jon Lovitz_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/24 "2006-01-20T17:24:29Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Fifteen or twenty years ago, there was a flurry of silly (do something to me) and (call me something) phrases. “Well, paint me red and call me Sally,” for example. It was usually an expression of surprise, like “Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.” I took it the same way, tho such phrases go way further back- they’re pretty much established Southern colloquialisms. And to those who say that for a man, it would make more sense to be fed to straight women… well, for many of us straight men, there is this sapphic allure because to us, in the words of Kenny Kramer, “We like lesbians because we believe that deep inside every lesbian is a bi-girl trying to get out!” I know it’s not true, but Hope Lives Eternal! ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/25 "2006-01-20T22:17:45Z")
Straight (NPI) answer: The West Coast Women’s Festival (a California version of the Michigan Women’s Fest) started sometime in the mid/late 70’s and died off in the late 80’s. It was basically a long weekend of women’s bands, arts and whatever-you-want, and women were the only ones allowed on “the land.” (Yeah, I know). Still, thousands of nekked or near-nekked women, most lesbian or bi, swimming, playing ball, just hanging out at the stage… ah, good times, good times. During its time, it relied on a large number of volunteers to keep it running, including the attendees-- one of the requirements for attending was a 4-hr workshift. The more dedicated volunteers would arrive a week or two early to start getting the place prepped. Sometime back in the mid 80’s, perhaps a bit earlier, one of the volunteers noticed all the women that were streaming in Friday evening, creating a huge crowd in the area. Legend has it that she remarked to one of her co-volunteers something to the effect of “well, now I’m just going to smear honey all over and throw myself to the lesbians.” This mutated to “Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians” which, a year or so later, became famous on buttons, t-shirts and bumper stickers, all of which you could of course buy at the West Coast Women’s Festival. I don’t know if the original quipper made any money off of it, or in fact, if this is a true story. But I swear on a stack of Cris Williamson records that I heard this story when I attended the festival in '88 when encountered one very cute nude woman wearing a well-placed bumpersticker who was kind enough to explain its origins. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562/26 "2006-01-20T22:30:53Z")
Re. the appearance of the line in _Jerry Springer: The Opera_ - many other lines in the show, including the ‘show titles’ in the opening, are taken from genuine Jerry Springer shows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dip-me-in-honey-and-feed-me-to-the-lesbians/340562.md?page=1)