# Don't underestimate the power of the pepperoni! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783 "2004-10-06T02:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/1 "2004-10-06T02:12:37Z")
[“Darth Vader” tries to robs pizza guy](http://www.wftv.com/news/3785486/detail.html) What are the odds this ends up in News of the Weird if Jay Leno’s Headlines? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/2 "2004-10-06T02:49:38Z")
the odds are 17 to 6 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/3 "2004-10-06T05:45:33Z")
Never tell me the odds! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/4 "2004-10-06T06:00:29Z")
I find your lack of toppings disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/5 "2004-10-06T06:06:20Z")
Anchovies! I should have recognised the stench when I was brought on board. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/6 "2004-10-06T08:02:01Z")
This gastronomical marvel you’ve constructed is nothing compared to the power of the Pepcid. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/7 "2004-10-06T08:20:55Z")
The approach will not be easy. You are required to get flour on your hands and stretch the dough to this size. The target area is only twelve inches. That’s a small, two-person pie, just below family size. The ingredients lead directly to the oven. A precise pizza will start a chain reaction that should get a big tip. Only a precise pizza will get a big tip. The dough is coated with tomato sauce, so you’ll have to use mozzarella. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/8 "2004-10-06T08:24:25Z")
OK I’ll bite. (pun intended) It was as if a millilon pizza delivery drivers cried out in terror and then were suddenly silenced. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/9 "2004-10-06T13:29:58Z")
He Shouda gone to “Pizza, The Hut” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/10 "2004-10-06T17:07:22Z")
“These are not the pizzas you are looking for . . . move along.” DD ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/11 "2004-10-06T17:12:04Z")
“If they traced the pizzas here, they may have learned who they sold them to, and that would lead them back…home!” ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/12 "2004-10-06T19:32:45Z")
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/13 "2004-10-06T19:40:49Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > He Shouda gone to “Pizza, The Hut” 😛 He ate himself… to DEATH! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/14 "2004-10-06T19:43:58Z")
The anchovies are very strong on this one. I’ll eat it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/15 "2004-10-06T19:50:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > “These are not the pizzas you are looking for . . . move along.” These are not the pizzas we are looking for . . . move along. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/16 "2004-10-06T20:29:25Z")
The sauce will be with you…always. You’re all clear kid! Now let’s bake this thing and go home! ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/17 "2004-10-06T22:15:27Z")
That’s no moon… It’s a pepperoni pizza! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/18 "2004-10-06T22:24:18Z")
\ I sense a disturbance in The Sauce. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/19 "2004-10-06T23:16:22Z")
[a group of Stormtroopers have found the pizza box] _Stormtrooper Officer_: Something WAS in the box. The crumbs lead off in this direction. _Stormtrooper_: [holding up a scrap of starchy disk] : Look sir, _crusts!_ ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783/20 "2004-10-06T23:31:48Z")
“The pizza deliveryman was able to drive away, but not before the suspect pulled a stun gun from his pocket and shocked him.” …with his _beautiful complextion._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-the-pepperoni/267783.md?page=2)