# I knew I could make it happen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309 "2011-04-05T19:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/21 "2011-04-08T01:26:41Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yeah, but they used ketchup and cheddar cheese… The English couldn’t have used ketchup in the 1300s. Europeans hadn’t discovered either the Americas or Indonesia. They used tripe. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/22 "2011-04-08T01:40:40Z")
I thought this was going to be about one of those battery operated buzzing gizmos (manufactured by Spartan, or something like that) I recently saw advertised on tv. ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/23 "2011-04-08T02:45:57Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I thought this was going to be about one of those battery operated buzzing gizmos (manufactured by Spartan, or something like that) I recently saw advertised on tv. Foodgasm totally trumps a guy with a battery operated buzzing gizmo. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/24 "2011-04-08T02:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > If anyone needs to know how to calculate the speed of light using a microwave and Velveeta, I’m yer girl. Yeah, but it’s kind of cheating, since you have to read the frequency off the back of the oven, and that was probably calculated using the speed of light to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/25 "2011-04-08T11:21:40Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Interesting factoid: lasagna may be British. You say that like it’s a _good_ thing. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/26 "2011-04-08T12:07:06Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > [My Precious Wonderful Thing](http://modernistcuisine.com/) Jealous!!! ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/27 "2011-04-08T21:13:37Z")
Just… Wow. I’m gonna place my order this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/28 "2011-04-08T21:58:47Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yeah, but they used ketchup and cheddar cheese… > [@Wile\_E](#): > > and kidneys. And they burned it. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309/29 "2011-04-10T21:51:38Z")
Sadly, it does not appear that there are any more copies for sale in the goddamn world, save perhaps the set that an Amazon seller is listing for $10,000. It would make the perfect 30th birthday present for my wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-i-could-make-it-happen/577309.md?page=1)