# I don't want the beans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375 "2003-12-06T14:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/1 "2003-12-06T14:33:29Z")
So at this time of year it’s busy at the post office. I started work at 5 and finished around 1.15. Me and a few of my co-workers decide to eat breakfast at the local supermarket. In front of us is a woman who orders the all day breakfast and then turns to natter to her friend while the waitress is preparing it. Then it starts. WOMAN “I didn’t want beans” WAITRESS “You never said” WOMAN “I come in here every Saturday and I never have beans” WAITRESS “I’m sorry but I can’t remember everyone who comes in” WOMAN “You served me last Saturday, you must remember” WAITRESS “Sorry ma’am but I don’t” WOMAN “Well I’m not paying for the beans” WAITRESS “They are only 10p you know” WOMAN “I’m not paying for the beans you stupid girl” ME “I’ll pay for the beans” MY PALS “We’ll ALL pay for the beans” WOMAN “Nobody is paying because I NEVER have beans” AT THIS POINT WE TRY TO ORDER OUR BREAKFASTS REALISING WE ARE ON A LOSER. US “9 all days please” WOMAN “I haven’t finished yet” ME picks up womans plate with beans on, “I’ll have this, give the lady one WITHOUT BEANS please miss” WOMAN “That’s my breakfast you’ve got” ME “But you don’t want the bloody beans, I’ll have them” WOMAN “Who do you think you are” ME “I’m a hungry postman and I’m sick of hearing you argue about 10p worth of beans” WOMAN : Then calls for the manager and accuses me of stealing her breakfast which she hadn’t even paid for. WORKMATES: They are falling about laughing, I feel really stupid and I’m getting annoyed, I’m no longer hungry…I’m pissed off. The outcome of this episode was that the woman was escorted by security from the store, we all got FREE breakfasts. What a fucking carry on over TEN PENCE worth of baked beans. carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/2 "2003-12-06T14:49:57Z")
You have baked beans for breakfast? Man, that’s just messed up.😃 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/3 "2003-12-06T15:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*You have baked beans for breakfast? > > Man, that’s just messed up.😃 \*\* A typical full English breakfast is:- Eggs,bacon,sausage,beans,tomatoes,fried bread,hash browns,toast,black pudding,mushrooms. After this we usually have a snack ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/4 "2003-12-06T15:56:06Z")
Well, that just means more beans for the rest of us! ---
**Author:** ![CheekyMonkey613](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/5 "2003-12-06T15:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*You have baked beans for breakfast? > > Man, that’s just messed up.😃 \*\* Actually, in Quebec, beans are very typically something you would eat for breakfast. It wouldn’t be typical to eat them with any other meal. BUT! If our poor hungry Spogga’s beans are like ours, they aren’t the same as you would see in the south. Ours are baked beans with bits of pork lard in them. There’s a Louisiana-style restaurant here with GREAT beans, but not the same at all. They’re sweet and go real well with a supper type of meal. PS: Spogga … I thought this was gonna end up like the “I guess she _really_ wanted mayo” thread! LOL … Worked out well in the end. Good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/6 "2003-12-06T16:43:41Z")
How 'bout beans, beans, sausage, beans, beans, eggs, bacon, and beans? It hasn’t got much beans in it. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/7 "2003-12-06T17:07:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*A typical full English breakfast is:- > > Eggs,bacon,sausage,beans,tomatoes,fried bread,hash browns,toast,black pudding,mushrooms. > > After this we usually have a snack \*\* Wow. I might have to move. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/8 "2003-12-06T17:10:09Z")
So that’s where the Hobbits got their eating habits. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/9 "2003-12-06T17:23:49Z")
Uh oh. I better learn how to cook 😕 Hope the boi can survive off of Montreal’s marvellous pastries for a while before I learn how to prepare a Bodyslam Breakfast such as described. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/10 "2003-12-06T17:25:22Z")
Yeah but the little fuckers never grew above a few feet tall. I guess it was the beans, went right through 'em 😃 ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/11 "2003-12-06T21:35:46Z")
It wasn’t about the beans, you stole her breakfast and had her arrested. That’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/12 "2003-12-06T21:41:06Z")
Wow, I’ll say. Remind me never to mess around with **spogga**. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/13 "2003-12-06T21:42:33Z")
No COUNTY I didn’t steal her breakfast, she hadn’t paid for the stuff so it still belonged to the supermarket. In an effort to shut the dozy sod up I asked the waitress to give her a brekky WITHOUT beans [I’m sick of fucking beans now] while I took the one with , erm, beans. Also she wasn’t arrested she was escorted from the premises by one of the security guys. I hate beans now, I used to like 'em 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/14 "2003-12-06T21:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*Wow, I’ll say. Remind me never to mess around with **spogga**. \*\* Hey! I’m a nice guy, ask anyone except that sodding woman who wouldn’t take her BEANS aaaggghhh!!! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/15 "2003-12-06T22:15:02Z")
Does anyone ever get angry about a fellow putting jam on his fried bread? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/16 "2003-12-06T22:42:53Z")
Hmmm… “Beans, beans, the musical fruit The more you eat, the less you get escorted from the premises by security.” I dunno. It just doesn’t scan well. (and what the heck is fried bread?) ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/17 "2003-12-06T23:05:16Z")
Mmm…beans on toast. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/18 "2003-12-06T23:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*You have baked beans for breakfast? > > Man, that’s just messed up.😃 \*\* My thoughts exactly. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/19 "2003-12-06T23:25:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\*(and what the heck is fried bread?) \*\* Bread, fried. Revolting stuff; it’s bread cooked in a frying pan full of oil. Lest anyone panic at the state of British arteries, full English breakfasts are not _de rigeur_ for us on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375/20 "2003-12-06T23:30:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*A typical full English breakfast is:- > > Eggs,bacon,sausage,beans,tomatoes,fried bread,hash browns,toast,black pudding,mushrooms. > > After this we usually have a snack \*\* This is why it’s the _continental_ breakfast that’s two rolls and a glass of OJ, rather than the _English_ breakfast… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-the-beans/217375.md?page=2)