# Great! Just great! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585 "2003-05-02T08:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/1 "2003-05-02T08:18:08Z")
10 hours ago I arrived at work, with no food. I was hungry for the whole nine hour shift. I get home, go to the shop, buy shitloads of food. The moment I sit down I get a sudden ‘upset’ stomack, and don’t feel like eating any of the food. fun. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/2 "2003-05-02T08:28:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*10 hours ago I arrived at work, with no food. I was hungry for the whole nine hour shift. I get home, go to the shop, buy shitloads of food. > > The moment I sit down I get a sudden ‘upset’ stomack, and don’t feel like eating any of the food. > > fun. \*\* You stupid, worthless scumbag **Lobsang**. It’s ‘stomach’, not ‘stomack’. Geez, don’t you know anything. 😃 (I hope your tummy is feeling better soon though). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/3 "2003-05-02T09:14:00Z")
My tummy is ok now. Almost makes me feel silly for starting a thread about it. And :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/4 "2003-05-02T09:25:48Z")
Ah, but even the smallest, lamest rant provides diversion for us all, **Lobsang**. Stop hittin’ your head like that – ya want a sore noggin as _well_ as the tummy? Get better soon. Hope your food ain’t perishable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/5 "2003-05-02T09:28:55Z")
The funny thing is - I actually typed ‘stomach’ and then thought it was wrong and ‘corrected’ it. It didn’t sound right in my head. (the ‘ach’ sounded like how ‘thatch’ sounds in ‘thatched roof’) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/6 "2003-05-02T09:32:48Z")
So my hands can spell but my brain can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/7 "2003-05-02T09:38:00Z")
Sounds more like some part of you yelling out of the darkness, “Damn it! Damn th’ language – it _sounds_ like ‘stomack’! Why, oh cruel fate (and the OED) does it have to be so???” Or … trust th’ hands. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/8 "2003-05-02T09:39:14Z")
I think ‘stomack’ would have a higher Scrabble score, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/9 "2003-05-02T09:39:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*The funny thing is - I actually typed ‘stomach’ and then thought it was wrong and ‘corrected’ it. > \*\* Huh? I’ve NEVER done THAT. (I just ask my spelling-gifted kid when I’m in doubt) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/10 "2003-05-02T09:46:24Z")
Hands: ‘Stomach’ Brain: ‘No hands, that doesn’t look right’ Hands: ‘trust me, it’s right’ Brain: 'No, I am not having it, that must be wrong. change it to “stomack” ’ Hands: ‘if you say so’ \ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/11 "2003-05-02T09:51:24Z")
No. no. No! You people claim to fight ignorance? It’s STUMMICK. Geez, kids today… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/12 "2003-05-02T09:55:57Z")
Down with th’ overbearing cranial dictatorship! (Did I spell ‘cranial’ right? Oh, who’s listenin’ to _you_, brain, sheesh …) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/13 "2003-05-02T10:09:53Z")
> [@](#): > > The moment I sit down I get a sudden ‘upset’ stomack, and don’t feel like eating any of the food. I blame children. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/14 "2003-05-02T15:06:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*I think ‘stomack’ would have a higher Scrabble score, too. 🙂 \*\* Why stop there? Spell it “stomaque”. 10 points for a Q versus only 5 for the K ([cite](http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble/rules.html)). ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/15 "2003-05-02T15:15:43Z")
My brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/16 "2003-05-02T15:22:10Z")
I always spell it “stomache”. It just looks more appropriate sitting next to “ache” that way… ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/17 "2003-05-02T15:49:20Z")
Lobsang, you miserable, judgmental lump of shit. Oh wait, sorry. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/18 "2003-05-02T16:16:38Z")
Um, wouldn’t your stomach hurt from not eating all day? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/19 "2003-05-02T17:40:43Z")
Yeah, if I wait too long to eat I get an upset, acidy stomach. Suchs (hehe). Eat a few crackers (or something else starchy) and you’ll feel better and probably get your appetite back. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-just-great/172585/20 "2003-05-02T17:57:19Z")
My dog gets ETB (empty tummy barfies) if he goes too long with out eating. He hurls up yellow slimey bile. So it could be worse. You could have puked on your kitchen table.