# Disappointed with tonight's Letterman show. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611 "2012-02-22T06:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/41 "2012-02-23T01:51:03Z")
We’ve been shopping all afternoon and I still haven’t found a box of crayons with the color Stoopit in it. My indignation at last night’s Letterman show proves to me once again that whenever you point a finger at somebody else, the rest of them are pointing at you. (I’m afraid to say how many; does the thumb count? Wait, it’s pointing out, too.) I don’t keep up with the latest developments concerning my various health issues because if whatever I’m doing seems to work, I tend to let it go at that. I am glad to see that even tho I didn’t understand _why_ correctly, I’ve been right in that vegetables and protein are the better choices. Thanks to the posters who don’t think I’m a complete idiot, and thanks to those who do. Both serve a purpose. I only have one question: why is that woman wearing what looks like a wedding cake? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/42 "2012-02-23T02:05:15Z")
I like that. I really do. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/43 "2012-02-23T07:21:44Z")
I’m amused that Fuck Dust received a better pitting than this. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/44 "2012-02-23T07:29:10Z")
> [@Meyer6](#): > > You know, if someone said to me “name two people who are likely to have an intelligent, informed disscussion about diabetes”, “Alec Baldwin and David Letterman” would _not_ be the first people who cane to mind. You know, a few ‘canes to minds’ would solve a lot of the crap I deal with daily. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/45 "2012-02-23T16:26:28Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > \ > I only have one question: why is that woman wearing what looks like a wedding cake? Do you mean the dress on the woman or the wedding cake that is made to look like the bride? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/46 "2012-02-23T16:39:34Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > If I may make a slight hijack for a moment, there is a woman in our social group who has diabetes, and every time we see her somewhere, she goes on and on about how there isn’t any “diabetic” food for her to eat. \*\*This scorches my popcorn \*\*in so many ways … 🙂 A slight hijack off this hijack, since I have nothing more to add to the main conversation: thank you for a new and very vivid phrase. I shall steal it for myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/47 "2012-02-23T17:13:31Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > This is not even _remotely_ true. Sugars are not the ultimate fate for all food. Not even close. Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two dishes, but to one table: that’s the end. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/48 "2012-02-23T17:42:23Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > This is not even _remotely_ true. Sugars are not the ultimate fate for all food. Not even close. Yeh, out of all the misinformation in the OP, that was the one that made me wince the most. It was almost actually painful to read. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/49 "2012-02-23T18:17:53Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > A slight hijack off this hijack, since I have nothing more to add to the main conversation: thank you for a new and very vivid phrase. I shall steal it for myself. 😃 You’re quite welcome; I made it up myself. {Blushes modestly} ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/50 "2012-02-23T18:25:31Z")
I wonder what percentage of my recommended daily allowance of sugar my body is? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/51 "2012-02-23T20:33:03Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two dishes, but to one table: that’s the end. Alas, alas! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/52 "2012-02-24T01:15:40Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > Ugh, so what do you watch? _Leno??_ :dubious: I really don’t think Leno is any worse than Dave. The only thing against Leno is that it seems he used to be good, while Dave’s problem is mostly that he hasn’t changed, but everyone else has. Leno’s jokes are boring, and Dave’s are stale. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/53 "2012-02-24T02:43:56Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’re quite welcome; I made it up myself. {Blushes modestly} Cool. I had already decided to steal it too. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/54 "2012-02-24T02:55:49Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > … Leno’s jokes are boring, and Dave’s are stale. But a lot of people like each of them, so I’m not going to join in on the snidefest. After a tough day, I sometimes like to plop down in front of one of the two and just veg… though I will admit Leno makes me think even less than Letterman. Though now I know to turn the channel if medical topics come up. Before my popcorn gets scorched. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/55 "2012-02-24T07:02:27Z")
omg! I just looked at the picture again and she really _did_ have a cake made to look like her. I don’t even know what to say… except for “Bad sugar! Bad sugar!” ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/56 "2012-02-24T08:15:26Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > You’re still not getting this important distinction; perhaps I did not explain it right the first time. Carbohydrates are broken down into sugar because they are literally made of sugar molecules. These go directly into the blood stream and cause a spike in blood sugar. Proteins are never broken down into sugar, because they are made of amino acids. It is the amino acids that enter the blood stream and may end up as building blocks in muscles and other places. Then they go to the liver, which _makes_ either glucose or fatty acids from them. Neither proteins nor fats are ever broken down to glucose, but the liver can use them to _make_ glucose. This is an important distinction as the liver regulates the amount of glucose it produces, but the small intestine does not regulate the amount of glucose it absorbs. Thus carbohydrates cause a much higher spike in blood sugar than fats or proteins because they dump sugar directly into the blood stream, while proteins and fats can only act as fuel for the liver. > > ETA: I’m only addressing glucose metabolism here and trying to keep it simple. **Ogre** is correct in that the fate of food is way more complicated than sugars. Sometimes the liver doesn’t do a very good job of regulating its glucose output. I was once in the hospital with pancreatitis and therefore not eating anything and only getting saline intravenously and my blood sugar was still getting high enough that they gave me insulin. They told me it was because of stress making the liver produce more sugar. So you not only need to watch your diet and exercise but apparently you need to avoid too much stress. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/57 "2012-02-24T17:27:24Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > omg! I just looked at the picture again and she really _did_ have a cake made to look like her. > I don’t even know what to say… > except for “Bad sugar! Bad sugar!” Yeah, that’s definitely the bad kind of sugar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611/58 "2012-02-25T18:01:31Z")
If you and Dave and Alec are on a first name basis, perhaps you could get Alec’s fucking name right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611.md?page=2)