# I Pit Subway for the most idiotic phrase I've ever heard in a commercial... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798 "2008-09-16T04:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/41 "2008-09-16T14:46:41Z")
> [@bbs2k](#): > > Put some cheese on it… see what happens. That just gave me a memory of a gross picture I saw on OKCupid. I noted the “yum rocket” thing when I heard this commercial, but there was another bit in it that also annoyed me, and I can’t remember what it is now. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/42 "2008-09-16T14:47:36Z")
Stay away from the special sauce.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/43 "2008-09-16T16:01:21Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > I gotta admit, “yum rockets” sounds pretty silly. I can’t in any way think of a subway sandwich as “yummy” anyway. Subway is a place I’ll eat only if theres nothing else to eat or anywhere else to go and I have limited time. > > Still, it remionds me of [Quiznos ads from a few years back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrks-BPeLQ). I liked them and everyone else I knew hated them. > > “[we are not the huns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O4eECNpRm8&feature=related)”…that one always made me laugh. To hijack a bit, one of the other clips showing was [Biggest Fox News Error in History!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPJNqmc5Cw&NR=1). The comments are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/44 "2008-09-16T17:34:18Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Stay away from the special sauce.:eek: You mean the Jizz dressing? Why, what’s wrong with it? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/45 "2008-09-16T17:42:57Z")
I worked at Subway one summer. It was a horrid job, but what made it absolute worth it was hearing this a week or two after I quit: A coworker, Dominic, got fired. Why? Because an attractive woman walked up to the counter and said, “Can I get a 12-inch Italian?” And he said, “I’m right here. What else?” I swear to god that is 100% true. Also, anyone who considers a Subway sandwich anything remotely like a proper deli hoagie needs to go take themselves on a trip to Philadelphia, where you will be properly reeducated. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/46 "2008-09-16T17:53:04Z")
:: Cue the “Why yes, I _am_ a yum rocket scientist” T-shirts :: ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/47 "2008-09-16T18:09:10Z")
I haven’t seen the commercials, but due to this thread I _did_ end up going to Subway today. I just couldn’t resist the urge to order a twelve inch long hot Italian yum rocket. It was not nearly as exciting as it could have been. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/48 "2008-09-16T18:27:34Z")
The narrator is saying it in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way as if it is a cool jivetalking kind of way of speaking when he knows it isn’t. It’s hardly said seriously so I can’t get too worked up about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/49 "2008-09-16T18:42:35Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > How quickly we all forgot the marketing phrase “It’s like a party in my mouth!”. > > -Joe That was from the movie _A Night in Paris_, right? ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/50 "2008-09-16T18:55:28Z")
Well, I guess “semi-putrefied lukewarm soggy meat dildo” didn’t have quite the same appeal. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/51 "2008-09-16T19:07:55Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > You want to refer to any phallic food as your husband’s penis? > > “Honey, I’m gonna run out to Quizno’s and get some **torie** ’s husband’s penises.” > > Could make for interesting meal times, I’ll grant you. Especially in this house. “Honey, could you pass your penis? Thanks” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/52 "2008-09-16T19:30:56Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > Well, I guess “semi-putrefied lukewarm soggy meat dildo” didn’t have quite the same appeal. Not to us, perhaps, but now that Governor Palin is considering a sixth child… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/53 "2008-09-16T19:39:58Z")
Do you want your Yum Rocket toasted? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/54 "2008-09-16T20:16:38Z")
. . would you like your 12 inch yum rocket _cut in half_? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/55 "2008-09-16T20:25:53Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Do you want your Yum Rocket toasted? And do you want it on white or whole wheat? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/56 "2008-09-17T01:17:00Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > And do you want it on white or whole wheat? Either way as long as its between hot buns. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/57 "2008-09-17T05:24:02Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > And do you want it on white or whole wheat? That’s racist, man. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/58 "2008-09-17T05:48:54Z")
I guess you haven’t seen the newest Quiznos commercial, which claims that their meatball sub is “like a hug from the inside”. I looked at my wife and said “Honey, I want to hug you from the inside”, She started to giggle and I finished “With my penis”. Maybe it would have been funnier if I’d said “yum rocket”. I would have achieved total mass market sub shop brand fusion! ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/59 "2008-09-17T16:47:46Z")
“A hug from the inside” sounds an awful lot like stomach cramps. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-subway-for-the-most-idiotic-phrase-ive-ever-heard-in-a-commercial/463798/60 "2008-09-17T18:21:36Z")
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