# I am not rude, I'm BLEEDING! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500 "2005-12-20T19:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/41 "2005-12-21T13:33:36Z")
A note on meat & 3s: be very, very careful. If the food is undercooked, which seems to be a common mistake at these places, you can get quite sick. Happened to me. If you have any reservations, avoid the joint. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/42 "2005-12-21T14:10:42Z")
> [@chique](#): > > Jesus. > > A couple of years ago, after a bitter-cold MN day, my car refused to start. A passerby offered me a cell phone to call AAA, and after about 30 minutes of waiting I went into a local business to call a friend for a warm car. The business not only gladly offered me their telephone but also a warm jacket to take off the chill. > > While I dislike where I live, I love these “human” courtesies that I always give and always wish to receive. Anecdotes like yours make me wonder what the hell is wrong with us. I love Florida, but I sure miss South Dakota when it comes to human courtesies. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/43 "2005-12-21T14:34:16Z")
My ex’s mother used to beat the shit out of him and then kick him out of the house for bleeding on her floor. Now THAT’S just plain rude. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/44 "2005-12-21T14:37:02Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > My ex’s mother used to beat the shit out of him and then kick him out of the house for bleeding on her floor. Now THAT’S just plain rude. Criminal too, but that you knew. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/45 "2005-12-21T14:39:54Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Criminal too, but that you knew. Yeah, but not so much back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/46 "2005-12-21T15:27:38Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I’ve been thoroughly corrected in my knee-jerk Pit OP. Apologies to all and a promise of no more Pit OP’s that aren’t gift or work related. > > Carry on. And my Santa gift I hope for is forgiveness of past sins. {{{{HUG 😃 HUG}}}} > [@](#): > > But really, wouldn’t it be kind of fun to flick blood on the guy’s ear? And when the guy scratches at it, flick a little more? Or mumble “I… I feel faint…” wobble, and topple onto him, somehow in the process smearing your bloody hand across his face? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/47 "2005-12-21T16:29:26Z")
> [@chique](#): > > Jesus. > > A couple of years ago, after a bitter-cold MN day, my car refused to start. A passerby offered me a cell phone to call AAA, and after about 30 minutes of waiting I went into a local business to call a friend for a warm car. The business not only gladly offered me their telephone but also a warm jacket to take off the chill. > > While I dislike where I live, I love these “human” courtesies that I always give and always wish to receive. Anecdotes like yours make me wonder what the hell is wrong with us. I thought about putting a “Why the fuck did I ever move away from the midwest?” comment in my post, but thought that I didn’t really need to bring regionalism into it, but since you brought it up, fuck yes! I cannot _imagine_ being treated like that even in the skankiest little bar next to the skankiest little trailer park in Iowa. I’m looking for a new job for fall. I am not even considering anything outside the midwest. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/48 "2005-12-21T17:17:46Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > If you have any reservations, avoid the joint. If you have reservations why would you avoid the place? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/49 "2005-12-21T18:11:43Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > If you have reservations why would you avoid the place? \< smacks **adam yax** with wet trout \> Meat + 3s are walk-ins. They don’t take reservations. But any person can _hold_ reservations about _any_ establishment. Now, go comb the gills out of your hair, there’s a good fellow. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/50 "2005-12-21T18:16:36Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > If you have reservations why would you avoid the place? > [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > \< smacks adam yax with wet trout \> Hey, I thought it was a great straight line. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/51 "2005-12-21T19:05:59Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > An entree and three vegetables. Plus corn bread. More specifically, “meat and three” is the term used to describe a restaurant that serves soul food or southern food in aforementioned combination.\* The appellation is popular in the Southern US. It’s interesting; I recently started a thread on these in MPSIMS and asked folks to share their favorite combo. Some folks said stuff like chicken cordon bleu and fillet mignon – not exactly what I was looking for. I’d never call a restaurant that served that kind of food a meat and three for the reason that it’s more than just the combination of a meat and three side items (I say side items 'cause it can also be things like macaroni and cheese), the term connotes the type of food being served. - all this being said, I could be wrong about the use of the term in other parts of the country, but I am certain that this is the common usage in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/52 "2005-12-21T19:15:18Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Hi, **Dolores**. Meat and 3s are usually small family-owned restaurants. **Otto** got it right. BBQ is often one of the meat choices. These places are common in the South and popular among the retired set. They are inexpensive and filling. I see that, for the above, my post is redundant except on one point. I take issue with the “retired set” comment. **Zoe** , by your “family owned” description I see that you can’t be lumping meat and three’s in with Piccadilly aned Morrrison’s Cafeteria type places; I think the “retired set” thing might be an eccentricity to one of us? Either yours have more than normal or mine less, because I would never make that association. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/53 "2005-12-21T20:35:51Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > I thought about putting a “Why the fuck did I ever move away from the midwest?” comment in my post, but thought that I didn’t really need to bring regionalism into it, but since you brought it up, fuck yes! I cannot _imagine_ being treated like that even in the skankiest little bar next to the skankiest little trailer park in Iowa. > > I’m looking for a new job for fall. I am not even considering anything outside the midwest. Well, if your car breaks down in California, hope it’s in Bakersfield. The one redeeming quality of this place is how nice, caring, and friendly the people are. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/54 "2005-12-21T20:49:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Hey, I thought it was a great straight line. Has anyone told you that you are a godess among women? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/55 "2005-12-21T22:08:29Z")
Hmm. You learn something every day. Thanks for the 'splainin, **Zoe** and **Whole Bean**. And here I thought Texas was the in the south! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/56 "2005-12-21T22:54:45Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > Hmm. You learn something every day. Thanks for the 'splainin, **Zoe** and **Whole Bean**. > > And here I thought Texas was the in the south! 😉 Oh, you are the the. No worries. “Meat and three,” eh? Will have to go to the south some day and find out what this thing is. Maybe I’ll have some grits while I’m there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/57 "2005-12-21T23:10:04Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Oh, you are the the. No worries. > > “Meat and three,” eh? Will have to go to the south some day and find out what this thing is. Maybe I’ll have some grits while I’m there. 😃 :smack: Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/58 "2005-12-21T23:59:56Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Has anyone told you that you are a godess among women? A "god **d** ess? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/59 "2005-12-23T11:14:43Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Yeah cuz gay people have HIV AIDS lol!!!111! Hm…having a friend that got HIV through heterosexual relations, in addition to one who got it through a heterosexual affair her ex-husband had, one that got it from a previous heroin addiction who used the drug intra-venously and shared needles, and another that’s severely hemophiliac and got HIV through a blood transfusion at the age of 2 1/2, in addition to quite a sizable number of gay and lesbian friends, none who have HIV, or have ever had partners who have HIV, I can’t say “teh ghey” would have been the first thing that came into my head when the HIV virus was mentioned. I’m sorry, but I think you might be acting a bit reactionary to **duffer’s** post. I grant you, you might have had less-than-positive experiences about GLBT topics in the past with him, but I’m just saying this as an “innocent bystander” as it were. I’m just saying, I do know the basic facts about HIV, but being what _my_ primary experiences are with people who have it (or sadly, have had it, in the past tense), is that GLBT people aren’t actually automatically the first thing I think of when I _personally_ hear someone has HIV or AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500/60 "2005-12-23T15:27:11Z")
But it sounds like it’s kinda dangerous to be your friend, **Cerri** , even if only statistically! ::backs nervously out of thread:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-rude-im-bleeding/336500.md?page=4)