# Horsecleaning Announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 24, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546 "2000-11-24T16:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/1 "2000-11-24T16:18:21Z")
Just read this board and there is shit all over the place. You’re all a bunch of pottymouths. Fucking pottymouths. Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/2 "2000-11-24T16:24:45Z")
Interesting. Just where does this behaviour take place? Any links, perchance? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/3 "2000-11-24T16:45:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Fucking pottymouths [Comic Book Store Guy] My Irony detector is working overload [/comic book store guy] ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/4 "2000-11-24T16:48:41Z")
And here I thought this thread was going to be a rant about dirty horses. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_io](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/65b543/32.png) [@Ol\_io](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_io)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/5 "2000-11-24T20:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol io \* > \*\*Isn’t it time we found a new insult around here? > Communism isn’t the bugaboo it once was, after all. > > I remember when every argument here ended in a comparison to Hitler, and that would be the moloster. > > Are the Iraqis too far back to refer to? Or the Iranians? > > Is there some way to bring the IRA into this? > > Or, um… \*\* Hmm… I thought this was a duplicate thread to the “Housecleaning Announcement”, and I would just repeat myself. Oh, well, just substitute “horseshit” for Communist and um… ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/6 "2000-11-24T21:03:17Z")
Dear Dr. Paprika: My mother and I are having a disagreement. She says it’s pronounced “PAPP-rik-ah,” and I say it’s pronounced “pa-PREEK-ah”. Please reply soon because she won’t let me sprinkle it on the potato salad until I “give”. I know I’m right. Signed, CONFLICTED IN ILLINOIS ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/7 "2000-11-24T22:32:01Z")
I chose this name because “Dr\_Pepper” had already been taken. I’m not Hungarian. But I am on your side. Tell your mom to take the PAP-reek-a far away. In my experience, though, the best spice with potatoes is cumin. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/8 "2000-11-24T22:37:54Z")
Sorry, Coldfire. Was not meaning to disparage the fine boards here. At the hospital for the last 36 hours and in my dissociative fugue couldn’t come up with anything else to do with horsecleaning. :o In fairness, though, I do recall recent threads titled “shitshitshitshitshit” and a vivid description telling us way to much about techchick. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/9 "2000-11-24T23:24:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*Dear Dr. Paprika: > > My mother and I are having a disagreement. She says it’s pronounced “PAPP-rik-ah,” and I say it’s pronounced “pa-PREEK-ah”. Please reply soon because she won’t let me sprinkle it on the potato salad until I “give”. > > I know I’m right. > > Signed, > > CONFLICTED IN ILLINOIS \*\* Dear Conflicted in Illinois, 10 lashes with a wet noodle to both of you: The word is pronounced pap-REEK-ah. You’re both mistaken. But in this busy, workaday world in which we live, it’s nice to see you communicating with your mother. Oh, and since this is the holiday season, when you’re shopping, you should be careful when you get into cars. Gangs members are hiding under cars and cutting women’s ankles as part of a sick initiation ritual. So you and your mom should take care, or, in your pronunciation debate, you mightn’t be left with a leg to stand on! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/10 "2000-11-25T00:52:47Z")
Cumin on potatoes? Blah. Parsley and salt. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/11 "2000-11-25T03:24:55Z")
Parmesan and butter on potatos. Maybe some chives. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/12 "2000-11-25T16:04:19Z")
Right, that’s what I’m saying, it’s “pap-REEK-ah”, with the accent on the middle sy-LAB-ble. I seem to recall that it was people on PBS cooking shows in the 1980’s who started pronouncing it as “PAP-rik-ah”, which I thought sounded pretentiously pretentious. Also, is it “BAY-sil” or “BA-sil” with an “a” like the word “black”? It’s “BA-sil” if it’s a man’s name, like on Fawlty Towers, but if you’re just growing it in your garden 'cause it’s easy to grow and it sounds so cool to tell people, “Yes, I grow my own basil for pesto, you know”, well, is it “BAY-sil” you’re growing or “BA-sil”? I’m so glad the SDMB has set up a place where we can get these important questions answered. Where would we be without the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/13 "2000-11-25T16:14:40Z")
I’d say BA-sil but then again I’m not American and also say Ce-cil as opposed to See-cel and don’t even get me started on tomato and aluminium. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/14 "2000-11-25T17:53:43Z")
If anyone within arms reach of me ever says “Ad-VERT-is-ment” instead of “ad-ver-TISE-ment” OR says “HAR-ass” instead of “har-ASS”, then theys gonna get smacked. Just thought I’d let you know. ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/15 "2000-11-25T18:28:18Z")
**Duck** , good to see you alive and (I hope) well. In my little neck o’ tha woods, it’s “pap-REEK-ah”, “BAY-zul”, “SEE-sul”, “HAR-ass” and “ad-ver-TISE-ment”. Just my penny and a half. Carry on. PS. Did I mention it was good to see you back? ---
**Author:** ![Mu\_Mu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/16 "2000-11-26T01:30:52Z")
This wouldn’t have just been a way to mock the “Housecleaning Announcement” thread, would it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/17 "2000-11-26T02:16:23Z")
That hadn’t occurred to me. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/18 "2000-11-26T05:48:32Z")
Good lord… From horsecleaning (boy, that conjures an interesting image, let me tell you!), to how to pronounce paprika, to what makes a better topping on potatoes, and back to pronunciation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more hijacked thread (and in the pit no less!). Keep up the good work 🙂 (And yes, I’m aware of the irony that I’m further hijacking the thread in order to point this out) ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/19 "2000-11-26T16:43:07Z")
Well I managed to hijack a [gun control thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47635) into a discussion of the origin of clan tartans a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546/20 "2001-02-20T20:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*VaHermit \* > \*\ ***Duck** , good to see you alive and (I hope) well. > [snip] > PS. Did I mention it was good to see you back? \*\* What the hell are you talking about? **Duck** ’s been here the whole time. BTW, is oregano or-eg-GAN-o or or-REG-an-o? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horsecleaning-announcement/42546.md?page=2)