# Don't Let My Lesbian Dishes Hit You On the Way Out, Officers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857 "2012-03-15T14:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/121 "2012-03-16T20:31:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Not on its own, no. In some contexts, it does. It’s not like they knocked and when a black guy answered the door, asked if he was the janitor. Officers Queerbaiter and Clownpaint erred in assuming two women who (as the OP admits) “look gay,” and in fact _are_ gay, were gay. Who knows, maybe they’re the second coming of Jesse Helms and told carpet-muncher jokes all the way back to the station. Just going on the info she provided, it sounds more like a problem of perception. I doubt they’re the first non-straight people these cops have met in the line of duty, and I’d be surprised if they gave a shit beyond making sure nobody was dead. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/122 "2012-03-16T20:33:15Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > And the OP rushed to that judgment. And we don’t know that. About things we cannot know, I think it’s a pretty good idea to take the OP’s word. I’ve never understood why so many people on this board seem to think it’s horrible if it turned out you were misinformed and got upset over nothing. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/123 "2012-03-16T20:37:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And we don’t know that. About things we cannot know, I think it’s a pretty good idea to take the OP’s word. I’ve never understood why so many people on this board seem to think it’s horrible if it turned out you were misinformed and got upset over nothing. Go twirl on a turd, you sack of pap. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/124 "2012-03-16T21:56:41Z")
_Snip_ > [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > I need to know more about lesbian dishes [Rrrrowr !!](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQWrHpksOnM/Tlz0v-XTvlI/AAAAAAAADPk/4pIbtyA7jzo/s1600/eleanor_roosevelt1.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/125 "2012-03-16T22:39:57Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > _Snip_ > > [Rrrrowr !!](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQWrHpksOnM/Tlz0v-XTvlI/AAAAAAAADPk/4pIbtyA7jzo/s1600/eleanor_roosevelt1.gif). Agreed. People forget that when she was young she was quite pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/126 "2012-03-17T11:44:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Officers Queerbaiter and Clownpaint erred in assuming two women who (as the OP admits) “look gay,” and in fact _are_ gay, were gay. No, they didn’t assume the OP and her friend were gay. The OP assumed they assumed that, based on pretty much nothing, and assumed that they were homophones, based on even less. And given that the general judgment displayed by the OP is abysmal, I don’t see any reason to believe any part of the OP’s assumptions at all. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/127 "2012-03-17T15:38:39Z")
> [@FE3O43NAIL](#): > > I need to know more about lesbian dishes > [@Cartooniverse](#): > > _Snip_ > > [Rrrrowr !!](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQWrHpksOnM/Tlz0v-XTvlI/AAAAAAAADPk/4pIbtyA7jzo/s1600/eleanor_roosevelt1.gif). > [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Agreed. People forget that when she was young she was quite pretty. She looked especially pretty after she got rid of her [old hairstyle.](http://ewnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/troll-doll_240.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/128 "2012-03-17T19:00:23Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > and assumed that they were homophones, based on even less. . This means there are special phones now? I better check e bay. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/129 "2012-03-17T19:41:45Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > The point made was that a presumption of lesbianism does not a bigot make. What if it’s a rebutt[sub]plug[/sub]able assumption? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/130 "2012-03-17T20:29:25Z")
> [@florez](#): > > > [@Princhester](#): > > > > and assumed that they were homophones, based on even less. . > > This means there are special phones now? I better check e bay. No, it means there are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Check an online dictionary, instead, if you want some. eBay doesn’t sell them. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/131 "2012-03-18T01:41:38Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > Next time, I’m just going to go downstairs and meet this mysterious neighbour… Why wait? Granted, these folks have been bad neighbors, but being a \*good _neighbor means being willing to have a frank but polite direct conversation about any incipient problems before involving the landlord and/or cops_. So do that. Just go downstairs and, in a genuinely good-natured fashion, explain to your neighbors that whatever noises they’re hearing aren’t coming from your apartment, and that you’d really appreciate it if they came and talked to before calling the cops next time. Assuming the neighbors aren’t psychopaths, then either you’ll be on decent terms with them going forward, or they’ll henceforth be too mortified to even look you in the eye and you’ll never hear from them again. And, even if it doesn’t fix anything, it still costs you nothing to talk to them. - –\> Some exceptions may apply. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/132 "2012-03-18T01:53:54Z")
> [@florez](#): > > This means there are special phones now? I better check e bay. Dammit I can’t seem to type straight in this thread. And it’s “ebay”😉 ---
**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:** [March 18, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/133 "2012-03-18T05:56:52Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > No, it means there are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Actually, homophones only need to sound the same. When they are also spelled the same, they can more precisely be referred to as homonyms (or homographic homophones). But the only requirement with homophones is, as their name implies, that they sound the same. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/134 "2012-03-18T20:25:43Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > What do you imagine, in police experience, banging and yelling in an apartment in the early hours of the morning might be caused by? Enthusiastic sexual intercourse? ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/135 "2012-03-18T20:40:36Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > What do you imagine, in police experience, banging and yelling in an apartment in the early hours of the morning might be caused by? Perhaps acting out in anger and frustration upon learning that your crappy Walmart homophones are defective?😃 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/136 "2012-03-19T21:23:44Z")
I got your [homophone right here.](http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfs5k0PrPmDuj5ty01WfcQegTkgCObwh60_-UhhrGpcxie5ug57AM9BiRoOA) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/137 "2012-03-19T23:09:20Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Enthusiastic sexual intercourse? Don’t remind me. I’m married. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/138 "2012-03-19T23:13:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Don’t remind me. I’m married. ☹ 🍺 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/139 "2012-03-20T02:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, there’s Rachel Maddow, for one. Can’t believe she’s 50. Amber Heard may count too, but I suppose she’s bisexual… > [@](#): > > and in fact are gay, were gay. Nah, one of them was straight. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857/140 "2012-03-20T03:44:09Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I don’t think this is such a great idea. Sure, it seems cute NOW, but it’s going to be less cute when it’s done at the wrong time, or when she gets older. > > It’s sort of like wrestling with a young kitten, and allowing it to bite and claw on your bare skin. It’s adorable when they’re young. Less adorable when they’re older. I found that out with my pet Bengal tiger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-my-lesbian-dishes-hit-you-on-the-way-out-officers/615857.md?page=8)