# Don't steal the peas if you can't do the time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298 "2007-10-02T19:42:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298/61 "2007-10-05T13:50:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin]  
NYT editors don’t eat Cheerios. The only solid breakfast food they consume are the olives that go with their early morning martini.  
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I’m sure you’re correct, but “weeping into their early-morning martini olives” doesn’t pack the same humorous punch as the Cheerios line. I took a little journalistic license with the essay, and assuming that NYT editors are sorta similar to regular humans was one of the points I stretched.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298/62 "2007-10-05T15:48:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Sauron]  
assuming that NYT editors are sorta similar to regular humans was one of the points I stretched.  
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Well, there’s artistic license, then there’s sailing off the edge of the world. 😉

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298/63 "2007-10-05T17:55:46Z")

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[QUOTE=ivylass]  
Well, there’s artistic license, then there’s sailing off the edge of the world. 😉  
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You’re right. Gotta rein that in a bit.

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**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298/64 "2007-10-06T06:27:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey]  
Or the same thing using yellow summer squash or zucchini. (Blech, butternut squash.)  
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An alternative for yellow squash is:

1. Fry a few bacon slices in a pan. Remove when done.
2. Drain off all but a few tablespoons of the bacon fat.
3. Drop in slices of yellow summer squash, a thinly-sliced onlon, and crumble some of your cooked bacon rashers over it.
4. Saute until squash is crisp-tender. Don’t overcook until it is mushy!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh…

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**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-steal-the-peas-if-you-cant-do-the-time/421298/65 "2007-10-06T06:54:29Z")

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Great story, but how in the heck are you going to get a unbiased jury now you have blabbed about it all over the Dope? Monroe County’s gotta be chock full of Dopers!

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