# Hey, Yogi! Have I got a pic-a-nic basket for YOU! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410 "2017-03-17T15:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**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 17, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/1 "2017-03-17T15:02:14Z")
[Office building shaped like a picnic basket is going up for auction soon.](https://consumerist.com/2017/03/16/you-can-buy-giant-picnic-basket-building-in-foreclosure/) No mention of giant mutant ants in the story. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/2 "2017-03-17T15:18:15Z")
They’ve been trying to get rid of that thing [for a while now](http://gizmodo.com/unsellable-196-foot-picnic-basket-marked-down-to-5-mil-1786360738). First 7.5 million, then 5 million, and now–apparently–“make me an offer.” ---
**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 17, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/3 "2017-03-17T15:23:33Z")
“Do we have a bid for this unusually themed office structure? Aaaand…we have a starting bid of a buck and a quarter from the large gentleman in the very fuzzy jacket, sunglasses and porkpie hat.” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/4 "2017-03-17T15:34:12Z")
[earlier thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=799574) O’course, the fact that the damn thing still hasn’t sold is certainly newsworthy. ---
**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 17, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/5 "2017-03-17T15:36:01Z")
If I bought it, I would name it “Helena”. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/6 "2017-03-17T16:27:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > They’ve been trying to get rid of that thing [for a while now](http://gizmodo.com/unsellable-196-foot-picnic-basket-marked-down-to-5-mil-1786360738). First 7.5 million, then 5 million, and now–apparently–“make me an offer.” “First two mill carries it away. Land not included.” ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/7 "2017-03-17T18:50:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If I bought it, I would name it “Helena”. [You’ve been beaten to it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19510836&postcount=12) ---
**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 17, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/8 "2017-03-17T19:00:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [You’ve been beaten to it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19510836&postcount=12) I really _hate_ time-travelling plagiarists! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/9 "2017-03-17T19:22:22Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > [earlier thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=799574) > > O’course, the fact that the damn thing still hasn’t sold is certainly newsworthy. “…2010…? _Spit_ No Wonder the sandwiches in the vending machines taste stale…!” ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/10 "2017-03-17T19:24:43Z")
If they removed the “handles” and maybe repainted it, it would pretty much look fine. Might improve the chance of selling it. With the handles, it’s pretty hideous, though. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/11 "2017-03-17T19:29:31Z")
Wicker might be out of style though. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/12 "2017-03-17T20:43:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I really _hate_ time-travelling plagiarists! Royalties due by the first of each month, or Guido shows up promptly on the 2nd. I accept small, unmarked bills in a envelope labeled “Dammit, Doc beat me to it”. Give the envelope to the dog at the corner of 4th and Main, he’ll get it to me. Do not attempt to pet the dog, he bites. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/13 "2017-03-17T20:46:30Z")
Whenever I hear anything about that company I’m reminded of a former co-worker. She was really nice to me, which was good because I was new to the company and happy that I seemed to be fitting in well. After a couple of days I discovered why she was going out of her way to be welcoming: she just wanted to sell me one of these goddamned baskets. Screw you, Longaberger, I’m glad you’re going bankrupt. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/14 "2017-03-17T20:48:17Z")
I hope they demolish that damn eyesore. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/15 "2017-03-17T22:09:26Z")
You’ll all be whistling a different tune when the 700-foot tall forest ranger comes to pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-yogi-have-i-got-a-pic-a-nic-basket-for-you/782410/16 "2017-03-17T22:24:23Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > They’ve been trying to get rid of that thing [for a while now](http://gizmodo.com/unsellable-196-foot-picnic-basket-marked-down-to-5-mil-1786360738). First 7.5 million, then 5 million, and now–apparently–“make me an offer.” I think their current plan is to hope Paul Bunyan wanders by and thinks “Hey, free basket.”