# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/101 "2012-05-15T15:44:00Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > What the hell kind of flowers are growing EVERYWHERE that anybody would pay a shit-ton of money for? What makes you think that people will pay a lot of money for flowers that are growing everywhere? Why would people who want those flowers not go out and get them themselves, without paying for them? ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/102 "2012-05-15T16:01:17Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I just thought it would be cool if I can grab some fish at a local lake/pond/creek/river…fry em up and sell it at a family renunion …wait. You want to _sell_ food at a _family reunion?_ What kind of screwed-up family do you have that you think it’s cool to sell stuff at a family reunion? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/103 "2012-05-15T16:07:01Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > …wait. You want to _sell_ food at a _family reunion?_ What kind of screwed-up family do you have that you think it’s cool to sell stuff at a family reunion? Maybe some people have their family reunions catered? I didn’t think it was for a family reunion for _her_ family. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/104 "2012-05-15T16:10:42Z")
Even if there were no other obstacles, I’d hate to have to clean/scale/gut enough pond fish to feed a family reunion’s worth of people. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/105 "2012-05-15T16:56:09Z")
I said there are a lot of flowers everywhere. Not GROWING everywhere. I need to find cheap or free access to these flowers however. I’ll have to do some research. I see people sell stuff at family reunions all the time. I have bought and sold stuff at them, so have relatives and friends. Maybe this is a regional or cultural difference. Many of you guys don’t seem all that familiar or fond with the idea of “hustling”. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/106 "2012-05-15T17:13:05Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Many of you guys don’t seem all that familiar or fond with the idea of “hustling”. Many of us acknowledge that “hustling” is a term with almost universally negative connotations, and the fact that you’re trying to sell it as a positive thing seems naive at best. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/107 "2012-05-15T17:20:04Z")
What’s the going rate for bullshit these days? Or “manure,” if you prefer. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/108 "2012-05-15T17:25:54Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I need to find cheap or free access to these flowers however. I’ll have to do some research. If you’re hoping to stumble upon a field full of free tulips and roses, you’re shit out of luck. Also, before you waste your time and energy looking into it: they aren’t mined out of the ground like ore. Just a head’s up. > [@](#): > > Many of you guys don’t seem all that familiar or fond with the idea of “hustling”. Until you’re successful at it, it doesn’t seem like YOU are all that familar or fond of it either. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/109 "2012-05-15T17:26:45Z")
I think what needs to happen here is Someone needs to talk **Diamonds02** into taking a regular job by convincing him it’s a brilliant hustle that hardly involves any work. And yes, I got the idea from that Key & Peele sketch. Otherwise I think **Diamonds02** is just going to keep trying to use the SDMB to crowdsource harebrained schemes. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/110 "2012-05-15T17:34:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > What’s the going rate for bullshit these days? Or “manure,” if you prefer. Actually, that gave me a fairly serious suggestion for **Diamons02** : composting manure. Most horse stables and cattle ranchers have a disposal problem with all the manure/waste bedding. In fact, I believe they may pay to have it cleaned up and removed, so you could undercut whoever is doing it currently (or get it for free) and then pile it up in your backyard\*. Let it ripen and compost for a few months, then sell it to gardeners. - Let’s assume you have no neighbors for a few miles, don’t live in an HOA, etc. Let’s also assume you’re OK with giant piles of fresh shit in your yard. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/111 "2012-05-15T17:47:50Z")
I think most of us are familiar with hustling; usually it isn’t a positive experience (i.e. it’s someone trying to take advantage of us and/or cheat us). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/112 "2012-05-15T18:02:27Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Actually, that gave me a fairly serious suggestion for **Diamons02** : composting manure. Most horse stables and cattle ranchers have a disposal problem with all the manure/waste bedding. In fact, I believe they may pay to have it cleaned up and removed, so you could undercut whoever is doing it currently (or get it for free) and then pile it up in your backyard\*. Let it ripen and compost for a few months, then sell it to gardeners. See? I take a lot of shit, but I knew that eventually my snark would help improve someone’s life. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/113 "2012-05-15T18:19:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think most of us are familiar with hustling; usually it isn’t a positive experience (i.e. it’s someone trying to take advantage of us and/or cheat us). To be fair, the term “side hustle” is used in NYC and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad or illegal. It means something you do for extra cash that isn’t your day job. “Hustle” in this sense can be can-do/try-hard spirit, as it is sometimes used by sports coaches (I wanna see some hustle out there!). That doesn’t make **Diamonds02** not an idiot, but it’s a valid regionalism having nothing to do with con jobs. usage example: Person A: I’m making a couple hundred a night bartending in the city at this posh bar. It’s only a couple nights a week so it works out with my nursing school schedule. Person B: Wow, pretty good for a side hustle. This budgeting blog invites readers to describe their [side hustles](http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/category/side-hustle-series/). As you can see they’re all terribly legal and ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/114 "2012-05-15T18:28:58Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > If you’re hoping to stumble upon a field full of free tulips and roses, you’re shit out of luck. Also, before you waste your time and energy looking into it: they aren’t mined out of the ground like ore. Just a head’s up. > > Until you’re successful at it, it doesn’t seem like YOU are all that familar or fond of it either. I was thinking more of finding someone who has access to these precious petals and building a relationship with them and going from there. I already have some free access to soil, chemicals, and lighting equipment, since I posted that thread last week. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/115 "2012-05-15T19:02:15Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Actually, that gave me a fairly serious suggestion for **Diamons02** : composting manure. Most horse stables and cattle ranchers have a disposal problem with all the manure/waste bedding. In fact, I believe they may pay to have it cleaned up and removed, so you could undercut whoever is doing it currently (or get it for free) and then pile it up in your backyard\*. Let it ripen and compost for a few months, then sell it to gardeners. > > - Let’s assume you have no neighbors for a few miles, don’t live in an HOA, etc. Let’s also assume you’re OK with giant piles of fresh shit in your yard. Hey, it worked for the kid in [Kidco](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087550/).\* \*except for that whole ending up in porn thing. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/116 "2012-05-15T19:10:37Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > To be fair, the term “side hustle” is used in NYC and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad or illegal. It means something you do for extra cash that isn’t your day job. “Hustle” in this sense can be can-do/try-hard spirit, as it is sometimes used by sports coaches (I wanna see some hustle out there!). > > That doesn’t make **Diamonds02** not an idiot, but it’s a valid regionalism having nothing to do with con jobs. > > usage example: > Person A: I’m making a couple hundred a night bartending in the city at this posh bar. It’s only a couple nights a week so it works out with my nursing school schedule. > Person B: Wow, pretty good for a side hustle. > > This budgeting blog invites readers to describe their [side hustles](http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/category/side-hustle-series/). As you can see they’re all terribly legal and ordinary. I stand corrected, then. My apologies to **Diamonds02**. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/117 "2012-05-15T19:12:21Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I just thought it would be cool if I can grab some fish at a local lake/pond/creek/river…fry em up and sell it at a family renunion, flea market, or whatever That’s called “commercial fishing” and as has been explained, the reason it is regulated is to prevent all those other people from taking all the fish and leaving absolutely nothing behind to reproduce. Reference: every animal that has been hunted/fished to extinction in the absence of regulations > [@Diamonds02](#): > > And man, there are flowers FLOWERS everywhere. If I can find a way to gather a bunch of them (and reproduce them) and sell them I would be shitting gold. That’s called “farming”. Plants reproduce by seed (most often), which you must plant n the ground, water, tend and harvest. The trick is, most farmers own (or lease) the ground with the plants growing in it. If you take plants of any value from ground owned by other people (including ground owned by local, state or federal authorities), then you are stealing. There are laws against stealing. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/118 "2012-05-15T19:14:32Z")
Oh geez! That just sounds like work when you put it like that. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/119 "2012-05-15T19:35:55Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I already have some free access to soil, chemicals, and lighting equipment, since I posted that thread last week. So you know a drug dealer? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065/120 "2012-05-15T19:37:12Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I said there are a lot of flowers everywhere. Not GROWING everywhere. What exactly do you think these flowers that are everywhere are doing? Shrinking? You’ll excuse my confusion when you say things like this, in an earlier thread: > [@](#): > > Me and a friend want to sell gourmet plants as a side hustle > Where do we start? > > I see people with pretty flowers and other pretty plants everywhere! Me and a friend figured if we can find some cheap or even free stashes somewhere, we can make a fortune! > > **Our first idea is to simply dig up nice flowers that doesn’t belong to anyone. Like those pretty daisies you see on the side of the highway.** > > I know we can’t just snip em. It would kill the precious vessels.\*\* How far down should we dig to get all of the roots\*\*, so we can transplant (har har) to our soil? Speaking of soil, is there a special soil we need to keep em healthy? It sounds EXACTLY like you were planning to dig up weedy garbage plants from the side of the road and try to sell them, no? > [@](#): > > I need to find cheap or free access to these flowers however. I’ll have to do some research. I’ll say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-diamonds02-and-his-honk-happy-friend/606065.md?page=7)