# History Channel, eat a bag of dicks for shilling Scientology! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422 "2008-02-13T11:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/1 "2008-02-13T11:48:26Z")
In their sereis, Hooked, Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way, “LSD, Ecstasy and Raves”, the generally idiotic documentary features extensive segments of an interview with Scientology spokesdroid [Clark Carr](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Stop-Narconon/Documents/clark-carr.html). He spews the usual idiocy. I’m sure the scienos scored this one as a big “win”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/2 "2008-02-13T12:00:03Z")
A bag of dicks? Why don’t you sell proper food? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/3 "2008-02-13T12:42:44Z")
OK, then… How about a bag of moldy dicks? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/4 "2008-02-13T13:45:02Z")
“Eat a bag of dicks” is a perfectly cromulent insult. Of course, I had thought that one of my acting school classmates had coined the term. I’m glad to see that the suggestion is in wider circulation, and aimed at the scientologists. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/5 "2008-02-13T14:41:09Z")
Are you sure it was the History Channel? I don’t see any mention of Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/6 "2008-02-13T15:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Are you sure it was the History Channel? I don’t see any mention of Nazis. [/QUOTE] They probably cut out the part where ecstasy is compared to anti-depressants (apparently they are similar), whereupon the Scientology gets to start in on the Nazis. A bold prgramming move for them, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/7 "2008-02-13T16:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] They probably cut out the part where ecstasy is compared to anti-depressants (apparently they are similar). [/QUOTE] Who what the hey now? Aside from acting on serotonin levels, there is little to no commonality between Ecstasy and a standard SSRI like Prozac. The former floods your brain with a tidal wave of serotonin and the latter tells your receptors to hang onto what little serotonin they can get their little paws on. Apples to oranges. If they were at all similar, depressive housewives would suddenly start rubbing up against their husbands like cats in heat, mothers recovering from post-partum depression would start compulsively cuddling stuffed animals, and sales of shiny objects and glo-sticks to middle-aged professionals would go through the roof. You may as well start comparing aspirin to rat poison. But then again, this is the History Channel… not Discovery Health. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/8 "2008-02-13T17:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna] But then again, this is the History Channel… not Discovery Health. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Right, you can identify Discovery Health by the random cuts to babies and footage of surgery. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/9 "2008-02-13T17:36:03Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] “Eat a bag of dicks” is a perfectly cromulent insult. Of course, I had thought that one of my acting school classmates had coined the term. I’m glad to see that the suggestion is in wider circulation, and aimed at the scientologists. [/QUOTE] I, too, had thought someone in my circle of friends had coined the term, only to have a web search reveal that it’s a fairly well-circulated phrase. The earliest Usenet cite I could find is late 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/10 "2008-02-13T18:05:24Z")
But why keep them in a _bag_? What kind of bag are we talking here - a mesh bag like for oranges, or a giant lawn clippings bag? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/11 "2008-02-13T18:09:19Z")
[This](http://bowlingtrophy.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/dicks.jpg) seems highly relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/12 "2008-02-13T18:10:01Z")
Will a [can of dick](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2072016928_16ad6e0c93_o.jpg) do? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/13 "2008-02-13T18:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Subway Prophet] But why keep them in a _bag_? What kind of bag are we talking here - a mesh bag like for oranges, or a giant lawn clippings bag? 😕 [/QUOTE] That would depend on how many you have. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/14 "2008-02-13T19:10:52Z")
Are the dicks Kosher? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/15 "2008-02-13T19:15:57Z")
That depends on having both (aleph) proper Rabbinical supervision and (bet) coarse salt. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/16 "2008-02-13T19:38:29Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] That depends on having both (aleph) proper Rabbinical supervision and (bet) coarse salt. [/QUOTE] And of course… (gimel) a Moyl. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/17 "2008-02-13T19:48:29Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Right, you can identify Discovery Health by the random cuts to babies and footage of surgery. [/QUOTE] I for one am totally against the random cutting of babies. You do that shit on purpose or you don’t do it at all. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/18 "2008-02-13T20:20:39Z")
A thread about Scientologists quickly turns into a thread about dicks-and _isn’t_ a hijack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/19 "2008-02-13T20:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] Are the dicks Kosher? [/QUOTE] Only if they’ve been circumcised. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422/20 "2008-02-13T20:36:22Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Only if they’ve been circumcised. [/QUOTE] That’s what the _Mohel_ (Hebrew) /_Moyl_ (Yiddish) is for (post #16). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-eat-a-bag-of-dicks-for-shilling-scientology/437422.md?page=2)