# I hate this product and, **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408 "2005-11-30T17:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![influenza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@influenza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/influenza)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/61 "2005-12-01T08:26:42Z")
> [@Queuing](#): > > Why would you want these people to suck your dick? They don’t even know how to make something that is meant to be destroyed. I would think you would want more qualified people to blow you. I usually avoid “ **destruction** ” as a qualifier for those who perform oral sex on _el presidente_. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/62 "2005-12-01T12:26:27Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Whew. It’s “You Better, You Bet”. Those two always blob together in my mind. I guess I am nuts, but in a different way. > Never mind! > /mindsplatter I love this song! I used to sing it to my son when we were driving cross-country. Just the “When I say I LOVE YOU you say” then he’d say “You BETTAH!!” and in unison…“You bettah, you bettah, you bet!” Well, it was really cute at the time. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/63 "2005-12-01T15:23:35Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Fuckin foreigners. Don’t even know about the goddam good-old American tradition of the Piñata? > > Fuck you, we don’t need your foreign influences in our country. Just wanted you to know this post made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/64 "2005-12-01T15:52:37Z")
I’ve got 4 year old twins and I would be appalled if they went to a party and whacked a pinnata. Not because I am opposed to the violent outburst required to break it, but because there is a good possibility that it is Dora or some other much loved liscenced character. I just can’t condone the idea of encouraging little kids to beat the snot out of a beloved character that they will be seeing again soon. I suspect that by the time they are 8 or 10 they will be begging to take a crack at the ‘baby’ icons. Mind you, a Barney pinnata would be entirely appropriate, especially since the assault would be the reward. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/65 "2005-12-01T16:09:53Z")
So, you are opposed to hitting Darth Vader in the face? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/66 "2005-12-01T16:13:28Z")
When I was a kid, the standard donkey pinata was the victim. And he was usually wearing a little sombrero. And maybe a little gold saddle. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/67 "2005-12-01T16:46:52Z")
Maybe they should amp up the violence by including a little speaker box inside. When hit it could say things like…“Ow!”, “Stop it!”, “You’re killing me!”, “That’s gonna leave a mark!”, etc… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/68 "2005-12-01T16:56:02Z")
Now **that** I would buy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/69 "2005-12-01T16:59:18Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > As a dad who’s taken a shot from _an aluminum baseball bat_ to the groin (but not, thankfully, seen on AFHV), I welcome the non-violent pinata concept with open arms. Well, no wonder you got hit. You gotta cover yourself, boy… For those not sure what we’re talking about, the true pinata experience is not complete without one kid standing there who missed all the candy, holding an empty bag and crying his poor little eyes out. Now that’s a birthday party! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/70 "2005-12-01T17:23:33Z")
If you really want to see kids scramble, with the candy, put in a bunch of quarters. and now of course > [@](#): > > they say you’re not allowed to have pinatas that look like real people, but in Mexico, we do it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/71 "2005-12-01T17:24:27Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > For those not sure what we’re talking about, the true pinata experience is not complete without one kid standing there who missed all the candy, holding an empty bag and crying his poor little eyes out. Now that’s a birthday party! You know, for a dad, you sure can be malicious sometimes. I like it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/72 "2005-12-01T18:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > “I’ve read about people combining a dose of candy with fun toiletries such as travel toothpaste” “Mom, you suck!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/73 "2005-12-01T19:52:59Z")
“Fun toiletries?” _"Fun toiletries?_ Somebody get a rope. ---
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/74 "2005-12-01T19:55:57Z")
[http://www.eros-guide.com/articles/2005-06-07/pornata0607/](http://www.eros-guide.com/articles/2005-06-07/pornata0607/) Warning - likely not work safe. Check out the Erotic Pinatas at the bottom. My friend Abby got to review these, not me. Man, was I bummed. Inky ---
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/75 "2005-12-02T00:25:34Z")
> [@Ink a dink a dink](#): > > [http://www.eros-guide.com/articles/2005-06-07/pornata0607/](http://www.eros-guide.com/articles/2005-06-07/pornata0607/) > > Warning - likely not work safe. Check out the Erotic Pinatas at the bottom. My friend Abby got to review these, not me. Man, was I bummed. > > Inky Yep. Killed another one. Inky ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/76 "2005-12-02T01:13:06Z")
> [@Ink a dink a dink](#): > > Yep. Killed another one. > > Inky Not necessarily. I hate to rain on the pile-on parade, but there is a good use for the ribbon pinatas. Handicapped kids sometimes can’t swing a stick hard enough to break the sucker, so they pull on the ribbons to get at the goodies. That being said, my oldest daughter is in special ed., and at her last b-day party, one boy in her class took the stick and hit that parrot like **Barry Bonds** swingin’ for the cheap seats! Much candy grabbing ensued. 😃 Just my 2 cents. Sneezy ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/77 "2005-12-02T01:19:01Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > If I wasn’t so damn proud of the sig line **Ivylass** gave me, I’d be asking permission to use this. Somebody **must** adopt this as a sig line. It deserves a good home. Done and done. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/78 "2005-12-02T01:20:35Z")
As long as it’s cool with Slithy Tove of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/79 "2005-12-02T04:13:27Z")
> [@sneezy5660](#): > > Not necessarily. > > I hate to rain on the pile-on parade, but there is a good use for the ribbon pinatas. Handicapped kids sometimes can’t swing a stick hard enough to break the sucker, so they pull on the ribbons to get at the goodies. > > That being said, my oldest daughter is in special ed., and at her last b-day party, one boy in her class took the stick and hit that parrot like **Barry Bonds** swingin’ for the cheap seats! Much candy grabbing ensued. 😃 Just my 2 cents. > > Sneezy I got the distinct impression that he was talking about, y’know, killing kittens. ---
**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 2, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408/80 "2005-12-02T04:44:18Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > I got the distinct impression that he was talking about, y’know, killing kittens. How did this thread get on to masturbation? (Like most threads don’t end up there eventually.) Putting toothpaste in the pinata. Yeah, that sounds like a freakin’ hoot. Guess whose birthday parties all the local kids _don’t_ want to go to? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-this-product-and/333408.md?page=5)