# Fucking Vegemite thief. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665 "2013-07-04T21:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/21 "2013-07-05T04:18:11Z")
People are scum. Also, is it “ve-ge-MIGHT” or “ve-ge-MEAT”? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/22 "2013-07-05T04:26:07Z")
“ve-ge-MIGHT”. As in, ''I might have to give these ‘‘Ewwwwwwwwwww vegemite is so gross!!!’’ folks a stern talking to… :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/23 "2013-07-05T04:38:04Z")
From the only spoken-word recording ever to top the Australian pop charts, [Australiana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUzVgJJ65vw): - Sounds great, will Walla be there? - Yeah, and Veggie might come too. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/24 "2013-07-05T05:31:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > People are scum. > > Also, is it “ve-ge-MIGHT” or “ve-ge-MEAT”? > > Thank you. Three audio examples [here](http://www.forvo.com/word/vegemite/). “Veggie might” as given above is a pretty close approximation. I (who am not Australian), pronounce the second syllable with something closer to a schwa or even a short “i.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/25 "2013-07-05T06:37:22Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Who the _fuck_ would steal vegemite? > > Scratch that… > > Who the fuck would _eat_ vegemite? Exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/26 "2013-07-05T07:02:40Z")
You should consider it an opportunity to buy a jar of the far superior Marmite. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/27 "2013-07-05T07:07:59Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > You should consider it an opportunity to buy a jar of the far superior Marmite. Marmite is quite good, you’re right. ‘‘Far superior’’, however, may be a slight exaggeration. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/28 "2013-07-05T08:00:40Z")
I would share, but we tend to bogart the vegemite… 😛 I think i know what we will have with breakfast this morning:D ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/29 "2013-07-05T08:12:40Z")
Stealing Vegemite isn’t theft, it’s hazmat disposal. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/30 "2013-07-05T09:15:02Z")
> [@Black\_Bisector](#): > > I can’t believe no one has said this yet. They did. You might have missed it because the board archives don’t go back to 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/31 "2013-07-05T09:30:00Z")
[Vegemite (The Black Death)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJhDV0MMPAs) by Amanda Palmer (N.B. Sweary audio) ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/32 "2013-07-05T11:38:16Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > You should consider it an opportunity to buy a jar of the far superior Marmite. I far prefer vegemite- despite being English. It spreads better (and thicker), and doesn’t goop off the knife. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/33 "2013-07-05T12:05:41Z")
Is it at all possible that the last of the jar was used in your absence, and the now-empty jar discarded? ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/34 "2013-07-05T12:58:12Z")
Regard this tragedy as the springing-off point to fame and fortune by using it as inspiration for a long series of children’s books with the entirely original and unique premise of a family of mice, or miniature people if you will, who live hidden far in the bowels of the building, and emerge to steal Vegemite each night. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/35 "2013-07-05T13:47:19Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Regard this tragedy as the springing-off point to fame and fortune by using it as inspiration for a long series of children’s books with the entirely original and unique premise of a family of mice, or miniature people if you will, who live hidden far in the bowels of the building, and emerge to steal Vegemite each night. Fabulous idea. Pixar will snap this right up. We need to come up with names for the mice. Why not name them after Renaissance artists? No, the public would never get into that. I think they should have long, ponderous Biblical names, but one should have a short, modern, rapper-esque name. This could be huge. The Dope could share in the profits and buy an island where Dopers could go to vacation or live full time and cook our favorite recipes, speak grammatically correct English (or whatever your native language is), do geeky things, and… wait, wait… a Straight Dope THEME PARK on an island! Yeah! That would be incredible. Okay, this deserves its own thread. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/36 "2013-07-05T15:09:18Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I far prefer vegemite- despite being English. It spreads better (and thicker), and doesn’t goop off the knife. I agree. I’m an American, but I was first introduced to the joys of Marmite in 1996. Love the stuff. But a couple years ago I finally got my hands on some Vegemite, which is a bit more difficult to source in the States, and I prefer it for its spreadability and it also seems to have a more “pure” flavor to it. I’ll take either, but at mo, Vegemite is my preferred yeast spread. I still have to research Promite and New Zealand Marmite (although the first Marmite I tasted was given to me by a Kiwi, so I may have had NZ Marmite, but I can’t really remember enough to compare. I don’t recall the jar being any different than the normal UK Marmite.) ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/37 "2013-07-05T15:26:15Z")
I just got back from an Australia trip. The hotel I was staying at had a basket full of little individually wrapped butter-type packages of vegemite for their breakfasts. I grabbed a handful before I left as souvenirs. For a moment, I was concerned this thread was about me. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/38 "2013-07-05T16:01:21Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > I just got back from an Australia trip. The hotel I was staying at had a basket full of little individually wrapped butter-type packages of vegemite for their breakfasts. I grabbed a handful before I left as souvenirs. > > For a moment, I was concerned this thread was about me. I read about your misbehavior on the NSA website. There were pictures. And audio. Naughty. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/39 "2013-07-05T16:09:14Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I read about your misbehavior on the NSA website. There were pictures. And audio. Naughty. I suppose I’m going to have to apologize to that kangaroo as well, huh? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665/40 "2013-07-05T17:06:26Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > I suppose I’m going to have to apologize to that kangaroo as well, huh? Only for not sending her flowers the next day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vegemite-thief/662665.md?page=3)