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

The local cops have the perp surrounded on his [del]stoop[/del] veranda. He reaches toward his back pocket and gets sprayed with 67 bullets. He was pulling out his wallet but “We saw a flash! We thought it was a pea shooter!”

[QUOTE=Sauron]
Your wish is my command:
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Mrs. PLant has just returned from New Yawk. I shall annoy her with this most excellent recipe.
Thanks.

With this story, you have become one of the gods of the Straight Dope. (I guess you have been one for a while, but as I’m a (non-incest) relative newcomer, I’m seeing it for the first time. ) Thank you.

[QUOTE=Sauron]
And NASCAR is entirely too popular.
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As a huge NASCAR fan living in the NASCARless Northwest, I could never imagine such a thing.

Elvis sang, “There will be peas in the valley for meeee someday …”

Do they have valleys in Alabama?

Damn, this thread made me hungry.

[QUOTE=NinjaChick]
Peas are gross.
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Hey, give peas a chance.

[QUOTE=Sauron]
[…]
He probably enjoys a good meal of fresh-picked peas, corn bread, mashed potatoes, green beans and a slab of Vidalia onion whenever he can. So pea theft resonates with him.
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… as they search them for other contraband, like okra or (depending on how hard-core the thieves were) maybe even yams.
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Might have even cooked them up first and served them with some fried squash and zucchini.[…]
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Is everyone in the South a vegetarian?

Well, most of those vegetables will have some sorta fatback or bacon in them.

Mmmm…yellow squash sauteed in bacon and onions…food of the gods.

I can’t wait to move to the country and make friends (people that bring me food)

No joke, my Grandmother has a Food Fairy. She comes home to food in her fridge all the time. Veggies on the counter, casserole in the fridge…you name it.

[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Hey, give peas a chance.
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No way. If a pea got the chance it would eat you and everyone you care about.

Down with peas. Napalm those suckers back to the Stone Age.

Stranger

[QUOTE=racer72]
As a huge NASCAR fan living in the NASCARless Northwest, I could never imagine such a thing.
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Care to trade lives? I’ll even spring for the disguises, if you’d like to try a surreptitious “switcheroo”…

[QUOTE=Tapiotar]
With this story, you have become one of the gods of the Straight Dope.
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Today the SDMB, tomorrow the WORLD!

Randy Seltzer: The South was poor for a long, long, long time, until sometime around last Tuesday. Because of that, people grew up eating fairly cheap food, and the cheapest food was what you could grow yourself. Thus, a lot of vegetables.

But no, vegetarianism isn’t a thriving lifestyle choice down here. I seriously doubt there’s a pig, cow or chicken that sleeps well at night in this area.

Tully Mars: Alabama is eat up with hills, valleys and ridges, at least until you get down close to the coastline/Wiregrass area. Then it’s mostly flat.

[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Hey, give peas a chance.
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Visualize whirled peas.

ETA: I look forward to the match-up between Sauron and Master Wang-Ka. Writing such as theirs is one of the things that makes this board THE place to be.

[QUOTE=Scuba_Ben]
I look forward to the match-up between Sauron and Master Wang-Ka. Writing such as theirs is one of the things that makes this board THE place to be.
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Somebody (ivylass, maybe?) suggested once that Master Wang-Ka, Scylla, Sampiro and myself have some sort of storytelling contest. I responded that I’d cheerfully take fourth-place in that competition and be happy. Those guys have a gift … I have pea stories.

Thank you for the compliment. I like to write, and this place gives me an outlet I don’t have elsewhere.

[QUOTE=Sauron]
Somebody (ivylass, maybe?) suggested once that Master Wang-Ka, Scylla, Sampiro and myself have some sort of storytelling contest. I responded that I’d cheerfully take fourth-place in that competition and be happy. Those guys have a gift … I have pea stories.
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Don’t forget your reports of encounters with planetary royalty.

Would we need to get mod/admin approval before starting an on-board storytelling competition? If it makes any difference, I visualize the entry thread as being appropriate for CS – creative arts and all that – with an announcement & discussion thread here in MPSIMS.

[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer]
Is everyone in the South a vegetarian?
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If you actually read the recipes for that stuff, you’d realize it’s at least half pork.

[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Hey, give peas a chance.
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That’s all we are saying.

And when caught, didn’t the perp exclaim “Peas release me! Let me go!”

I luuuuuurrrrrrveee me some fresh peas. They is good enough to eat right out of the pod. Sweeeeeeet!! And for some reason, I never see them in the supermarkets here.

Important note: Are we talking Blackeyed or green?

[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]
Important note: Are we talking Blackeyed or green?
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Blackeyed or field. Green peas are an abomination.