# Fucking styrofoam peanuts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456 "2005-03-01T17:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/1 "2005-03-01T17:35:46Z")
Why, oh, why, does the company we get our candy (to fundraise) deliveries from insist on packing them with styrofoam peanuts?! The boxes are really heavy, and there’s three boxes in a BIG box. So I have to open them up, pull out a bunch of peanuts, get the stuff out, scrape it clean, and then get rid of the box. Aaargh! There are peanuts **everywhere**! On the fucking ceiling for chrissakes. Last time we did this the cleaning lady bitched and she’s going to bitch again. I wouldn’t care except she’s 80 years old and it’s hard for her! It’s hard for me! I just went in to my coworker and had her look at my head and she found 2 small pieces of styrofoam stuck in my hair. Aaaah! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/2 "2005-03-01T17:52:01Z")
It’s about time someone Pitted these. I’ve tried every kind, and believe me, none of them taste anything at all like the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/3 "2005-03-01T18:31:25Z")
I know…I love some of the mail order companies I used to buy from that used airpopped popcorn, the chickens and sheep were my disposal system for those… I wish they would make the styro ones illegal=\ ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/4 "2005-03-01T18:36:40Z")
**Fucking styrofoam peanuts** I’m thinking you’ll want a non-petroleum-based lube for that. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/5 "2005-03-01T19:23:42Z")
:: sticks tar and then peanuts all over \*\*manhattan \*\* :: ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/6 "2005-03-01T19:45:53Z")
For the life of me I cannot understand why any company would use these. There are so many better alternatives! Bubble wrap Those bags of air Newspaper Newspaper, for God’s sake! I’m sure they can get it a lot cheaper than stryofoam peanuts! Hel, I’ll give them my old newspapers for free! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/7 "2005-03-01T19:56:01Z")
I kind of like the styrofoam peanuts. They are crunchy with a nice chewy center. Not as good as circus peanuts but really what is? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/8 "2005-03-01T19:58:13Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Those bags of air We ordered something from a company once, who sent us a box with those bags of air in it. And nothing else! Apparently someone had forgotten to put the item we ordered in the box first. So I really can say that once I got a box of air. Anyway. Yes, those styrofoam peanuts are particularly irritating at this time of year, when it is dry and they become so full of static they stick to _everything_, including the dog. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/9 "2005-03-01T22:14:17Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > :: sticks tar and then peanuts all over \*\*manhattan \*\* :: I keep thinking about this, and for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth you’d need to use tar. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/10 "2005-03-01T22:34:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I keep thinking about this, and for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth you’d need to use tar. Duh! To make them stick _permanently_, and not just temporarily. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/11 "2005-03-01T23:20:32Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Duh! To make them stick _permanently_, and not just temporarily. 😃 Ah, got it. Still, for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth you’d need to use tar. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/12 "2005-03-01T23:22:27Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ah, got it. > > Still, for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth you’d need to use tar. 😉 I am open to alternate suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/13 "2005-03-01T23:28:51Z")
I fairly ooze static electricity – no tar necessary! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/14 "2005-03-02T01:10:47Z")
> [@manhattan](#): > > **Fucking styrofoam peanuts** > > I’m thinking you’ll want a non-petroleum-based lube for that. > > ::d&r:: To be honest (not to mention late to this thread): I’m not really sure I personally wish to know how you ascertained this particular fact. But please, feel free to tell us anyway, and don’t hesitate to preface the explanation with the words “Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me…” Honestly, we won’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/15 "2005-03-02T01:20:05Z")
I’m disappointed. I thought “fucking” was a verb in the OP and came in here most intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/16 "2005-03-02T01:29:06Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > To be honest (not to mention late to this thread): > > I’m not really sure I personally wish to know how you ascertained this particular fact. > > But please, feel free to tell us anyway, and don’t hesitate to preface the explanation with the words “Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me…” > > Honestly, we won’t mind. It’s common knowledge at least among my crowd. You take a block of styrofoam and carefully cut a channel in it so that you can screw it. Of course you need some lube. More than one guy has made the mistake of grabbing a jar of Vaseline instead of a more sensible non-petroleum product. You stick your peter in and start pumping and just when you get going your block of love starts doing an imitation of the Wicked Witch of the West after Dorthy splashed her with water. That’s why they say that oil and styrofoam don’t mix. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/17 "2005-03-02T01:30:32Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > It’s common knowledge at least among my crowd. You take a block of styrofoam and carefully cut a channel in it so that you can screw it. Of course you need some lube. More than one guy has made the mistake of grabbing a jar of Vaseline instead of a more sensible non-petroleum product. You stick your peter in and start pumping and just when you get going your block of love starts doing an imitation of the Wicked Witch of the West after Dorthy splashed her with water. That’s why they say that oil and styrofoam don’t mix. :eek: …uh…I don’t have a peter. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/18 "2005-03-02T01:38:38Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > More than one guy has made the mistake of grabbing a jar of Vaseline instead of a more sensible non-petroleum product. Guilty as charged. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/19 "2005-03-02T01:42:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I keep thinking about this, and for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth you’d need to use tar. \ Because it will take LONGER and hurt MORE! Honestly, these kids today have no appreciation for the classics! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456/20 "2005-03-02T02:05:56Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > It’s common knowledge at least among my crowd. You take a block of styrofoam and carefully cut a channel in it so that you can screw it. Of course you need some lube. More than one guy has made the mistake of grabbing a jar of Vaseline instead of a more sensible non-petroleum product. You stick your peter in and start pumping and just when you get going your block of love starts doing an imitation of the Wicked Witch of the West after Dorthy splashed her with water. That’s why they say that oil and styrofoam don’t mix. Reads this. Reads Username. Thinks: “Ah-HAH!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-styrofoam-peanuts/292456.md?page=2)