# Getting one's "armadillo" through a metal detector **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447 "2025-03-11T21:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/1 "2025-03-11T21:49:32Z")
So, was Derek Smalls’ “armadillo” a foil wrapped cucumber or zucchini? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/2 "2025-03-11T21:51:11Z")
Link, please? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/3 "2025-03-11T21:52:39Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAargSCXQaQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAargSCXQaQ) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/4 "2025-03-11T21:55:56Z")
The latter. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/5 "2025-03-11T22:58:52Z")
Funny. It’s a big cuke. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/6 "2025-03-11T23:04:24Z")
41 years on, and I have to ask: why DID he wrap it in foil? Did he want to get caught, for the lulz? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/7 "2025-03-12T00:12:30Z")
To keep it, well, fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/8 "2025-03-12T00:37:18Z")
“What is this, a game show?” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447/9 "2025-03-12T00:43:58Z")
Zucchini is usually sold with a large stem at one end that is cut off flat. The video quality of the clip is not great but as far as I can tell, both ends of Smalls’ vegetable are rounded, so I think it’s a cucumber.