# He looks like a pink nightmare! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147 "2010-12-06T14:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/41 "2010-12-06T20:55:50Z")
Was there no end to the conspiracy of irrational prejudice against Red Ryder and his peacemaker? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/42 "2010-12-06T21:10:38Z")
A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/43 "2010-12-06T21:27:17Z")
They looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/44 "2010-12-06T22:15:46Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Only I didn’t say “Fudge.” I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “F-dash-dash-dash” word! Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/45 "2010-12-06T22:38:33Z")
How do little piggies eat? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/46 "2010-12-06T22:43:00Z")
I **TRIPLE** Dog dare ‘ya! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/47 "2010-12-07T08:20:38Z")
“It could be a bowling alley!” “How are they going to deliver a bowling alley here tonight?” “They’ll send the deed for cripesake. I didn’t expect them to send a whole damn bowling alley.” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/48 "2010-12-07T13:39:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Daddy’s going to kill Ralphie! Not a line, but when Randy finally emerges from under the sink for dinner, the look the Old Man gives him (starting at “what the _heck_?” and finally settling on “ehh, whatever”) is priceless. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/49 "2010-12-07T14:24:43Z")
Not a finger! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/50 "2010-12-07T14:40:56Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > The soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window. WIN! WIN! YOU WIN EVERYTHING and THEN SOME! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/51 "2010-12-07T14:43:27Z")
Farkas! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/52 "2010-12-07T14:46:03Z")
We plunged into the cornucopia quivering with desire and the ecstasy of unbridled avarice. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/53 "2010-12-07T14:48:08Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Farkas! I actually knew some Farkases growing up. Wonder what happened to Jeanie F., she was quite the hottie. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/54 "2010-12-07T14:49:16Z")
Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski’s candy store! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/55 "2010-12-07T14:53:39Z")
[Etsy Xmas card.](http://www.etsy.com/listing/62257123/holiday-movie-quote-cards?ref=sr_gallery_17&ga_search_query=christmas+story+quote&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title&filter%5B0%5D=handmade) I think I wet myself. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/56 "2010-12-07T14:54:25Z")
Some men are Baptists, other Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/57 "2010-12-07T14:57:12Z")
[Another Christmas Story Xmas card, not as klassy.](http://www.etsy.com/listing/59382624/a-christmas-story-quote-card-leg-lamp?ref=sr_gallery_25&ga_search_query=christmas+story+quote&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title&filter%5B0%5D=handmade) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/58 "2010-12-07T15:01:15Z")
“Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/59 "2010-12-07T15:02:40Z")
[Oh, just click the linky.](http://www.etsy.com/listing/62004465/only-i-didnt-say-fudge-a-christmas-story?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=christmas+story+quote&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title&filter%5B0%5D=handmade) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147/60 "2010-12-07T15:09:58Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > As nicely quotable as this movie is, it’s this line that completely ruins it for me. Yes, dad is an idiot, but I hate that I’m asked to believe that he’s never come across the word “fragile”. I took a picture ( somewhere on my cellphone, sorry) of a handwritten word on a box that came in at my work. “Fraygil. Glass.” I’m going to say Dad wins this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-looks-like-a-pink-nightmare/563147.md?page=4)