# Herring sandwiches, and my job. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344 "2012-02-09T21:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/1 "2012-02-09T21:05:23Z")
**Ah! A herring sandwich! I like herring sandwiches.** - reaches down to scoop up the herring sandwich \* - stands up, drops herring sandwich \* **Ah! A herring sandwich! I like herring sandwiches.** … ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/2 "2012-02-09T21:22:14Z")
You can’t fool me, 'cause I’m a moron! (Sounds like you’re a computer programmer.) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/3 "2012-02-09T21:27:53Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > You can’t fool me, 'cause I’m a moron! > > (Sounds like you’re a computer programmer.) Sounds like a porn movie to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/4 "2012-02-09T21:29:31Z")
Sounds like he works for the MISPWOSO. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/5 "2012-02-09T23:12:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Sounds like he works for the MISPWOSO. Thank gaw I’m not alone in my universe. Today’s been the sort of day that typically ends with me smacking myself in the head with a broomstick in an effort to relieve myself of the burden of consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/6 "2012-02-09T23:14:03Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Sounds like he works for the MISPWOSO. Ah, the “Maybe I Should Pronounce With Only Some Of these damn initial letters.” How could I forget! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/7 "2012-02-09T23:18:30Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Ah, the “Maybe I Should Pronounce With Only Some Of these damn initial letters.” How could I forget! Maximegalon Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out the Surprisingly Obvious, actually. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/8 "2012-02-09T23:29:52Z")
I _memorized_ that damned book, and I still don’t remember that that gag. Oh Belgium, man… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/9 "2012-02-09T23:51:03Z")
Well. _sniff_ That was gratuitous, Vunderbob. Trying for a Rory, are we? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/10 "2012-02-10T09:34:47Z")
I was obviously so traumatised by my one reading of the book in question that I remember none of it, and certainly not herring sandwiches (although it put me in mind of a mattress, so I was in the right ballpark). I did memorise all the previous books (and other media), though. It does sum up my life, though. I know I’m in a loop, but there is no exit condition… Si ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/11 "2012-02-10T12:34:05Z")
FWIW, the device name on my smartphone is Marvin The Paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/12 "2012-02-10T13:42:03Z")
you have to remember to pick up the pile of junkmail, so you can get your babelfish later, thorugh… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/13 "2012-02-10T16:06:12Z")
Yes **bartleby** , and although it’s not obvious one must also put one’s towel over the drain lest the fish escape. But I think that all applies to a parallel universe. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/14 "2012-02-10T16:23:59Z")
You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest…with a herring sandwich! ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/15 "2012-02-10T17:40:13Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Yes **bartleby** , and although it’s not obvious one must also put one’s towel over the drain lest the fish escape. But I think that all applies to a parallel universe. And don’t forget the pile of mail to distract the cleaning robot. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herring-sandwiches-and-my-job/612344/16 "2012-02-10T20:16:10Z")
And your Tea and No Tea, just put it in the Thing your Aunt Gave You but You Don’t Know What It Is…