# I hate the term "pizza guy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157 "2012-05-07T13:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/1 "2012-05-07T13:06:17Z")
Of course Pete’s a guy, have you ever seen a girl named Pete? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/2 "2012-05-07T13:17:07Z")
Yes, the preferred term for someone who brings you pizza is “cheese donkey.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/3 "2012-05-07T13:21:51Z")
You would prefer Planar Consumables Delivery Agent? ---
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/4 "2012-05-07T17:32:00Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Of course Pete’s a guy, have you ever seen a girl named Pete? Well, at least _ **I** _ thought it was funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/5 "2012-05-07T17:33:06Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#): > > Well, at least _ **I** _ thought it was funny. 😃 Yup, I think we have a multiple whoosh situation on our hands! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/6 "2012-05-07T18:02:33Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Yes, the preferred term for someone who brings you pizza is “cheese donkey.” Not to be confused with a “cheese mule.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/7 "2012-05-07T18:31:34Z")
I prefer “Pie faerie.” Wait, maybe I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/8 "2012-05-07T18:36:49Z")
Actually, when I was a kid, one of our neighbors was called “Miss Petey” although it might have been her last name… ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/9 "2012-05-07T18:39:57Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/10 "2012-05-07T18:44:13Z")
Should we explain the joke? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/11 "2012-05-07T18:45:33Z")
What about Sister Pete in “OZ,” huh? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/12 "2012-05-07T18:52:30Z")
> [@CheeseDonkey](#): > > Of course Pete’s a guy, have you ever seen a girl named Pete? How about a boy named Sue? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/13 "2012-05-07T18:57:25Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Should we explain the joke? Please do ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/14 "2012-05-07T19:02:16Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Please do Pizza Guy sounds like “Pete’s a guy”. Thus the follow up comment. It’s not about alternate names for pizza delivery people. It’s mildly funny. Not hilarious, but I smiled at least. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/15 "2012-05-07T19:24:07Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > It’s mildly funny. Not hilarious, but I smiled at least. Funny enough that I keep coming back to this thread. When I was in college, there was a hall monitor who was not terribly well-liked. Everyone derisively called him Pizzaroni, which I figured was some sort of Italian restaurant. You know, sort of a cross between Pizzeria and Pepperoni. Maybe they were making fun of his Italian heritage. I didn’t learn until later that that was his name. First name Pete… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/16 "2012-05-07T21:30:38Z")
We use “Pizza Dude”, from [The 'Burbs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SPcQ_GLYPg). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/17 "2012-05-08T09:45:25Z")
Behold: [The Pizza Man.](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/2266508102_fde822082f.jpg) This is a very famous Jakarta landmark - I pass it every time I go to the office. It has a name, but for decades everyone has just called it “pizza man.” You can’t see it in the above photo, but he is wearing some sort of disturbing toga-like garment wrapped around his groin. A long ribbon of it protrudes from his backside; the artist’s conception apparently being that he was running so fast that the wind whipped it outward. I always think it looks like something is being ejected from his buttocks, maybe a little bit of yesterday’s pizza intake, if you know what I mean. Ah, [here we go.](http://images.google.com/imgres?q=jakarta+%22pizza+man%22&hl=en&as_st=y&biw=1388&bih=784&tbm=isch&tbnid=4fkM1wsfqz5MDM:&imgrefurl=http://trainshots.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html&docid=0kBsFSzEwF1TzM&imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2632001620_8fb03787e6.jpg&w=314&h=500&ei=seuoT4yJJsbtrAfTprnUAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=677&vpy=113&dur=3165&hovh=283&hovw=178&tx=95&ty=149&sig=114374487996609195165&page=1&tbnh=150&tbnw=94&start=0&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:82) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-term-pizza-guy/621157/18 "2012-05-08T13:28:06Z")
I prefer the term “Nice Man”. As in, “There’s a Nice Man who brings food to my house when I’m hungry.”