# he toss my salad like his name Romaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509 "2017-12-14T16:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/21 "2017-12-15T04:12:39Z")
Why did she call him Romaine? Just cos. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/22 "2017-12-15T04:20:19Z")
Jokes aside for a second, how would you even get in there? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/23 "2017-12-15T12:17:43Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Jokes aside for a second, how would you even get in there? “He dug in like his name John Deere…” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/24 "2017-12-15T12:45:34Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > There is a special place in Hell for people that take a perfectly mundane and useful phrase and make it filthy. This particular one is one of my greatest pet peeves. Interesting user name / post combo ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/25 "2017-12-15T12:46:54Z")
So… that closing theme from \*\* Frasier\*\*, “Tossed salads and scrambled eggs”… That’s a sex thing? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/26 "2017-12-15T12:52:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So… that closing theme from \*\* Frasier\*\*, “Tossed salads and scrambled eggs”… That’s a sex thing? Well, a later line _is_ “Baby, I got you pegged” so, yeah… Yes, I _know_ the song predates the Savage Love contest, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/27 "2017-12-15T14:27:12Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Jokes aside for a second, how would you even get in there? I’m reminded of [this](https://io9.gizmodo.com/darwin-predicted-this-animals-existence-decades-before-1703223208). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/28 "2017-12-15T14:40:43Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Well, a later line _is_ “Baby, I got you pegged” so, yeah… You don’t even \*want \*to know what “scrambled eggs” are. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/29 "2017-12-15T14:58:03Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > You don’t even \*want \*to know what “scrambled eggs” are. In case anyone does: > **[Urban Dictionary: scrambled egg](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrambled%20egg)** > > Upon ejaculating on a woman's breasts or stomach, the gentleman proceeds to whisk the pool of semen with his penis. Best results occur when both the woman and the penis are kept in constant motion to help create smaller and softer curds. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/30 "2017-12-15T15:18:38Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > In case anyone does: > > [Urban Dictionary: scrambled egg](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrambled%20egg) What cracked me up with that definition was the sentence beginning with “best results occur.” Well, actually, just the idea of “best results” for that activity, because “smaller and softer curds” are “best,” how, exactly? :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/31 "2017-12-15T15:32:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out. I have heard that the Romans used a type of bread to make dildos, and I’m sure that cucumbers and other items have been popular through the ages. I have also heard that it’s not a joke about farmers having sex with their sheep/cows/etc. (largely out of boredom) and then those all become food later on. Since most people were farmers, through history, and food products (including livestock) have a shorter life cycle than humans, I would say that it’s pretty likely that more food has had sex with humans than humans have had sex with humans, at least between roughly 3000 BC and 1800 AD. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/32 "2017-12-15T18:36:42Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out. How about if you throw in TV? (Pastrami is the most sensual of the salty cured meats.) /obligatory Seinfeld refs ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/33 "2017-12-16T14:56:05Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I have heard that the Romans used a type of bread to make dildos Sounds like a way to get a yeast infection. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/34 "2017-12-16T17:08:58Z")
Nicki stole that line from 2 Live Crouton. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/35 "2017-12-16T17:54:16Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Nicki stole that line from 2 Live Crouton. Was that when they were headed up by MC Ice Berg? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/36 "2017-12-19T20:39:57Z")
I have a female coworker who is named Romaine. When I went to add her on Facebook, I blanked on her last name but figured she wouldn’t be hard to find with a name like that. It turned out there were quite a few Romaines, and all but her were black men. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/37 "2017-12-20T01:46:14Z")
Is it an allusion to Roman, the demon that sometimes possesses her? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/38 "2017-12-20T09:45:33Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out. There’s a long tradition behind it. In the not so distant past, of course, you have songs like [Kitchen Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSOYDm8ftIY) and [Hot Nuts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_SBu6Evsc), but there must be plenty of old folksongs with assorted coded references to fruit and meat and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/39 "2017-12-20T11:37:17Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > “Rectum? Hell, damn near kaled 'em!” Golf clap. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509/40 "2017-12-20T16:58:01Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > While I appreciate euphemisms in general, I’ve never understood the food - sex connection. The idea of food with sex freaks me out. When someone describes a food as orgasmic, it always makes me cringe a bit. Just don’t like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-toss-my-salad-like-his-name-romaine/804509.md?page=3)