# I pit Diamonds02 and his honk-happy friend **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065 "2011-12-13T19:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/181 "2012-07-24T19:00:22Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I like any thread where **ugly ripe tomato** posts in order to reply about gardening and farming. 🙂 I don’t know what the point of the bumpage is this time, but I’m glad it happened because I didn’t see \*\*purplehorseshoe’s \*\*post at the time and it gave me a giggle on an otherwise crummy day 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/182 "2012-07-25T03:50:20Z")
Diamonds, a while back you were looking on how to make money on a side hustle. You also have a new problem of unwanted stranger’s underwear. I am putting the pieces together already… 1. Collect underpants. 2. ??? 3. PROFIT ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/183 "2012-07-25T03:56:03Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > I don’t know what the point of the bumpage is this time, but I’m glad it happened because I didn’t see \*\*purplehorseshoe’s \*\*post at the time and it gave me a giggle on an otherwise crummy day 😃 Diamonds, in all her dumbfuckery, decided to bump her own (dead) pit thread to respond to something posted a month ago. We need some kind of combination Voltron emoticon, which would be the only appropriate response, that combines 😕, :rolleyes:, and :smack:. And then we need to revive the Wally/putz guy and apply it to me for continuing to read and post in these asinine threads. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/184 "2012-07-25T03:56:59Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Diamonds, a while back you were looking on how to make money on a side hustle. You also have a new problem of unwanted stranger’s underwear. I am putting the pieces together already… > > 1. Collect underpants. > **2. ???** > 2. PROFIT Aaahaa! _This_ is why she got that Master’s Degree! (my bold) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/185 "2012-07-25T04:25:56Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Aaahaa! _This_ is why she got that Master’s Degree! (my bold) Haha!!! Thank you. I knew about the master’s degree but had forgotten all about it. It all makes so much sense now. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/186 "2012-07-25T06:22:33Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Haha!!! Thank you. I knew about the master’s degree but had forgotten all about it. It all makes so much sense now. A master’s in pantyhustle. Very well-respected degree. I sense big things for this young whippersnapper. ---
**Author:** ![kob09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kob09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kob09)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/187 "2012-07-25T06:36:20Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Not to mention that all these “rich” farmers making $50k a year are working MORE than full time. Farming can be back breaking work, and you’re likely going to be doing some kind of work all day, every day. > > Further, these days, you need a sizable plot of land (thousands of acres) to make that kind of living, and your main cash crop has to be something people actually want and will pay a reasonable price for. Farmers have been ruined by events out of their control - like the price of corn falling or a particularly bad storm. > > To make anything close to $10k a year from random plants off the side of the road (i.e. weeds, mostly) would be a full time job in itself with an incredibly large chance of failure. > > I will note you can make at least pocket change by taking wild berries (prickly pear cactus also works in Texas) and producing some jams and jellies. Of course, that’s also a lot of work, and your profit margin is pretty damned small. > > I’d say let **Diamonds** try. Let her find out just how hard farmers actually work and why we’ve developed agriculture, rather than stick with gathering plants from random plots of land. Sometimes, direct experience is the only way to cure idiocy. different countries, different ideas… even if farmers are not rich here neither and work from dawn til dusk: over here farms do not need thousands of acres to survive, people with far less land make a living, mainly by diversification of products they grow and extensive animal farming for meat production. There are choices everywhere 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/188 "2012-07-25T07:27:46Z")
> [@kob09](#): > > different countries, different ideas… even if farmers are not rich here neither and work from dawn til dusk: over here farms do not need thousands of acres to survive, people with far less land make a living, mainly by diversification of products they grow and extensive animal farming for meat production. There are choices everywhere 😉 **Diamonds** lives in America. Your information is irrelevant to the poster in question. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/189 "2012-07-25T14:06:41Z")
Okay, I need a link to the source of the panty business inspiration. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/190 "2012-07-25T14:35:37Z")
[Here you go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=659521) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/191 "2012-07-25T14:45:52Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > My life experiences and worldview seems to be so different from the general SD population, I’m not sure how much I would be able to contribute. So why participate at all? Why continue posting inane bullshit threads soliticing advice from us when you cannot possibly fathom how to implement any of that advice or integrate it into your super-unique world view? Why not just fuck off? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/192 "2012-07-25T15:11:04Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > My life experiences and worldview seems to be so different from the general SD population, I’m not sure how much I would be able to contribute. Pity, that. We have much to learn from you. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/193 "2012-07-25T15:22:44Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Diamonds, a while back you were looking on how to make money on a side hustle. You also have a new problem of unwanted stranger’s underwear. I am putting the pieces together already… > > 1. Collect underpants. > 2. ??? > 3. PROFIT I think “Japanese Businessmen” need to be inserted in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/194 "2012-07-25T15:25:10Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > My life experiences and worldview seems to be so different from the general SD population, I’m not sure how much I would be able to contribute. I very much doubt that this is true. This message board is heterogeneous with people from various countries, states, provinces, religions, social classes, etc. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/195 "2012-07-25T15:39:26Z")
Thank you, Ugly Ripe Tomato. (No wonder it didn’t turn up on searching, no “panties.”) But years ago I saw a piece on a 20/20 type show about a grandmother who in fact WAS making money by selling her granddaughter’s “worn” undies. I don’t know how much they went for, but if all you need is an eBay listing, why not? Surely there is someone who wants men’s undies worn by a kinky 20 year old Asian college girl. 😉 Gotta be easier than farming. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/196 "2012-07-25T15:47:43Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > So why participate at all? Why continue posting inane bullshit threads soliticing advice from us when you cannot possibly fathom how to implement any of that advice or integrate it into your super-unique world view? Why not just fuck off? Many of you guys remind me a lot of my parents. Just younger and more yuppified. But similar core traits - serious, overly cautious, obsessed with correctness, and just overall not about having fun and letting loose. Interacting with such types serves two purposes: it’s nice to hear perspectives from people who are completely different from you. It helps you look at problems at different angles. And then there’s the occasion entertainment factor, some of the responses I get, both out of seriousness and sarcasm, are quite humorous. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/197 "2012-07-25T15:53:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I very much doubt that this is true. This message board is heterogeneous with people from various countries, states, provinces, religions, social classes, etc. Yes, I noticed. But this board doesn’t remind me of people who you can have a few drinks with and swap stories about the crazy things you have done or has happened to you within the last week or month. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/198 "2012-07-25T16:02:28Z")
Have you ever read MPSIMS? Half the threads there are “stories about the crazy things you have done or have happened to you within the last week or month.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/199 "2012-07-25T16:34:18Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Many of you guys remind me a lot of my parents. Just younger and more yuppified. But similar core traits - serious, overly cautious, obsessed with correctness, and just overall not about having fun and letting loose. We do count a lot of stuffed shirts among our numbers: frail wallflowers and wet blankets who’ll never know the simple joys of vagrancy and sociopathy. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/200 "2012-07-25T16:46:33Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > But years ago I saw a piece on a 20/20 type show about a grandmother who in fact WAS making money by selling her granddaughter’s “worn” undies. I don’t know how much they went for, but if all you need is an eBay listing, why not? Surely there is someone who wants men’s undies worn by a kinky 20 year old Asian college girl. 😉 > > Gotta be easier than farming. By golly, I think you’ve solved the Part 2 problem: 1: Collect worn tighty-whiteys (and the guys who’d buy 'em off the internet wouldn’t know they WEREN’T worn by a kinky Asian co-ed if no one told them, would they?) 2: Sell 'em to fetishists on line 3: Profit! You’re a genius! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065.md?page=11)