# Doody family hope to raise profile of faggots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523 "2006-07-07T17:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/1 "2006-07-07T17:43:22Z")
The saying two nations separated by a common language couldn’t ring more true this week. Yes, apparently it’s National Faggot Week in the UK. “The nation knows that the Cornish pasty, Yorkshire pudding, haggis and fish and chips are great British dishes, but all too often the faggot is left off that list,” said Janet Doody. Her husband Fred added: "It’s unfair because faggots were a British delicacy long before any of the others. \*\*“The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year.” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/2 "2006-07-07T17:45:14Z")
So. It’s _true_ what they say about British Public Schools, then. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/3 "2006-07-07T17:52:05Z")
> [@homeskillet](#): > > The saying two nations separated by a common language couldn’t ring more true this week. > Yes, apparently it’s National Faggot Week in the UK. > “The nation knows that the Cornish pasty, Yorkshire pudding, haggis and fish and chips are great British dishes, but all too often the faggot is left off that list,” said Janet Doody. Her husband Fred added: "It’s unfair because faggots were a British delicacy long before any of the others. > \*\*“The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year.” \*\* I’ve always found that to be true. Wait a sec, you mean there’s a food called that too. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/4 "2006-07-07T17:53:03Z")
That’s just rude and discriminatory. I’m sure North American faggots taste just as good. I’m sure there are just as many people here who could eat faggots all day long, pounding down one after another and never feel spent from the activity. I bet they’re even better with a nice big banger. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/5 "2006-07-07T19:12:20Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > So. > > It’s _true_ what they say about British Public Schools, then. Ohhhhhhh **Malacandra**? 😃 And our other Brit Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/6 "2006-07-07T19:41:35Z")
And here I thought that this thread would be about a beloved 1950s TV puppet being reduced to his fundamental wooden sticks (and the family trying to put the best possible face on that tragedy): “Beloved puppet Howdy Doody tragically fell into a wood processor this week and emerged as 17 round sticks of varying length. His family is accepting donations to the National Rest Home for Dowels in lieu of flowers.” ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/7 "2006-07-07T20:36:11Z")
Spotted Dick, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/8 "2006-07-07T20:41:56Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Spotted Dick, anyone? I’d be a little concerned about where the spots came from. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/9 "2006-07-07T20:46:52Z")
Hmmm . . . The Doody family looks [suspiciously unchanged](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=179885&highlight=Brain%27s+Faggots) lo these two years later . . . Has Mr. Brain finally revived his mighty faggots? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/10 "2006-07-07T20:59:58Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Wait a sec, you mean there’s a food called that too? > [@Mindfield](#): > > I’m sure North American faggots taste just as good. I’m sure there are just as many people here who could eat faggots all day long, pounding down one after another and never feel spent from the activity. “Faggot” is British for cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/11 "2006-07-07T21:02:03Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > “Faggot” is British for cigarette. No it’s not. That’s a fag. And faggot as an insult is hardly unknown, indeed far more commonly encountered than the foodstuff. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/12 "2006-07-07T21:15:35Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > “Faggot” is British for cigarette. According to that article, it’s a food item. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/13 "2006-07-07T21:40:04Z")
> [@homeskillet](#): > > Yes, apparently it’s National Faggot Week in the UK. I thought that wasn’t until January. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/14 "2006-07-07T22:04:59Z")
I thought a faggot was a bundle of sticks, of which Allenadale had none for burning… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/15 "2006-07-07T22:10:38Z")
My understanding is that Brits indeed call cigarettes faggots, while what we call an elevator they call a “fudgepacker” and what we call the “trunk” and “hood” of the car they call the “diesel dyke” and “pig-bottom-boy” respectively. Is the pork content the reason that God Hates Faggots? And if so, is this only the OT? ---
**Author:** ![the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_chicken_of_exeter)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/16 "2006-07-07T22:11:38Z")
faggot is a food item. which i have never seen, despite living in the UK for 19 years. fag is a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/17 "2006-07-07T22:11:55Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I thought that wasn’t until January. In Atlanta it was just a couple of [weeks ago](http://new.atlantapride.org/index.php). ---
**Author:** ![the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_chicken\_of\_exeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_chicken_of_exeter)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/18 "2006-07-07T22:15:02Z")
feel i should try to stick up for the british public school system, but i was a state-schooled child, and hence raised to believe that anyone who paid for their education was a closet queer. reading stephen fry’s autobiography didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/19 "2006-07-07T22:40:59Z")
As far as I can remember, a proper faggot (as they refer to the footstuff) is a sort of meatball – pork or oxtail I think. I managed to google up [URL=http://creativedynamix.com/grafix/faggot2.jpg]a tin of them [/quote] . “faggot” in reference to “a bundle of sticks” is derivative of the middle-english or anglo-french _fagot_, which simply means “bundle” but typically refers to a bundle of sticks or bars. _Fag_, as a ciggy, is derived from this. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523/20 "2006-07-07T22:42:09Z")
Argh! Stupid faggots. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doody-family-hope-to-raise-profile-of-faggots/363523.md?page=2)