# I didn't want ranch! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240 "2004-11-29T23:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/41 "2004-12-07T01:31:23Z")
I just came back to say. IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!! I hope you all realize I’m not pitting the dressing, I’m pitting people who just assume I want it. This time, my wife’s friend and daughter came over and brought pizza and salad they had bought. She ordered italian. They gave her… RANCH! Why why why ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/42 "2004-12-07T01:44:16Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > This time, my wife’s friend and daughter came over and brought pizza and salad they had bought. She ordered italian. They gave her… RANCH! > > Why why why Marge: I’ll just have a cup of coffee. Bartender: Beer, it is. Marge: No, I said “coffee”. Bartender: “Beer”? Marge: [slowly] Coff-ee. Bartender: Be-er? Marge: C – O – Bartender: B – E – ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/43 "2004-12-07T13:53:52Z")
Which brings us to the segment where we take reader mail - Here’s one: Dear Sir; If you are not going to eat that ranch dressing, can we have it? Sincerely, 2 billion starving people, worldwide ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/44 "2004-12-07T13:57:58Z")
**Sisyphus**? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/45 "2004-12-07T14:20:26Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Regardless of opinions on this board… > > Ranch is still the most popular salad dressing. > > But then most people voted for dubya. > > Is there a connection? I like ranch - love it - and I voted for Kerry. So there. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/46 "2004-12-07T15:48:04Z")
Red french is the best dressing for your basic lettuce and carrots salad. Ranch is the best dressing for dipping. Italian dressing is the best for salads that accompany (what else?) italian food. Bleu cheese dressing is best if you need a vomit inducer. > [@](#): > > I can only conclude that the logic behind this decision is based upon the same algorithm that led to steakhouses placing barbecue sauce, which nobody ever uses, on the tables for easy access, and leaving the servers to fetch A1 approximately 100% of the time. If you priced how much A-1 steak sauce costs, you’d know why the restaurants don’t leave it out. Seriously. It’s like $5 for one of those little bottles. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240/47 "2004-12-07T16:09:37Z")
This is so timely that I can’t believe it. [![](http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/120704/ranch-dressing.gif) ](http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/120704/ranch-dressing.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-want-ranch/277240.md?page=2)