# I Pit the Pampered Chef Party I went to **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451 "2007-02-09T03:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/242 "2007-02-12T13:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] Clearly we need to have an SDMB Chicks Poker Party. [/QUOTE] Count me in. I hate the Party Lite and scrapbooking invites. I do like some of the Pampered Chef stuff, but playing cards and drinking beer with Doper Chicks beats Mary Kay and Tastefully Simple any day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/243 "2007-02-12T14:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] I’m piling on, too, with the “Great that you saw the light!!” but, just before giving her the Humanitarian of the Year Award, can we find out if she feels the least remorse for yanking our chain with her hissyfit of an OP? Otherwise, I’m starting my own OP that complains about the mean treatment I got yesterday when I went into my bank wearing a ski mask and pointing a shotgun and screaming “Everyone, pull your pants down and lie on the floor and no one will get murdered!!” I mean, I’ll apologize later and everything for being out of line with my OP, but for now I just need to vent, ya know what I mean? [/QUOTE] Asshole troll wants a little more pile-on action, I see. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/244 "2007-02-12T14:29:24Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Not to admit a mistake on a board full of self-righteous assholes. [/QUOTE] Preach it, brother! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/245 "2007-02-12T14:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=guyblond] The big picture is that badkittypriestess doesn’t even have any savings. Fucking Chinese peasants have savings. There many in this country that are in the same boat, and it is a serious weakness in the US economy. [/QUOTE] Remember the good old days, when people used to just shame people by talking about people starving in China? Now we’re being shamed because they save more money than we do. What progress! ---
**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:** [February 12, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/246 "2007-02-12T16:43:30Z")
[QUOTE=guyblond] The big picture is that badkittypriestess doesn’t even have any savings. Fucking Chinese peasants have savings. There many in this country that are in the same boat, and it is a serious weakness in the US economy. [/QUOTE] I’m not an economist (maybe you are, **guyblond** , to have come up with that conclusion), but it was my understanding that spending helps an economy, and saving stalls it. ---
**Author:** ![guyblond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@guyblond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guyblond)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/247 "2007-02-12T17:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I’m not an economist (maybe you are, guyblond, to have come up with that conclusion), but it was my understanding that spending helps an economy, and saving stalls it. [/QUOTE] I’m an amateur economist. I don’t think that consumer spending results in economic growth in the long run. Saved money is still spent by someone, it’s just not sitting in the bank. The difference is that the spending is on capital investment and infrastructure. These things improve productivity. Consumer spending is just what it is… consuming. Both kinds of spending have their place. After all want productivity so that we can consume. I think that economic policy in this country is biased towards consumerism. The idea that going out and buying things that one wants is good for the economy is appealing to most Americans (rationalization perhaps) Also folks that’s sell consumer goods like the idea. Alan Greenspan also thinks that individual savings rates are a problem. This is why he supports moving away for income tax to more of a value added tax. With this tax system one does not pay tax until one consumes thus creating incentive to save. I will agree that US consumer spending has resulted in economic growth in China…. where the average Chinese saves 25% of their income. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/248 "2007-02-19T08:36:28Z")
[QUOTE=badkittypriestess] What fucking ever, I needed to vent so I did. I don’t need anyone’s BS. [/QUOTE] Oh, you need my BS. Beyond being a poor fiscal manager, why did you purchase merchandise which you could not afford? ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/249 "2007-02-19T08:53:10Z")
[QUOTE=Runs With Scissors] I have a service from my bank. I can’t bounce a check. Doesn’t cost any extra. [/QUOTE] What doesn’t cost any extra? If you cannot bounce a check, what could possibly cost extra? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/250 "2007-02-19T09:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=Mince] Oh, you need my BS. Beyond being a poor fiscal manager, why did you purchase merchandise which you could not afford? [/QUOTE] A week late and five bucks short, **Mince**. The OP has backed down, admitted the error of her ways, and stated how she will make amends, and the dogpile has disbanded. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/251 "2007-02-19T09:57:42Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] A week late and five bucks short, **Mince**. The OP has backed down, admitted the error of her ways, and stated how she will make amends, and the dogpile has disbanded. [/QUOTE] Yeah, ok, busted. I could not wait to waid through 240 replies (or how many ever replies it took for the OP to capitulate) to express my dismay. I official withdraw from the pile. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/252 "2007-02-19T10:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mince] What doesn’t cost any extra? If you cannot bounce a check, what could possibly cost extra? [/QUOTE] Isn’t the immunity from bounced checks called an overdraft facility? That costs extra in some places. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/253 "2007-02-19T10:42:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Isn’t the immunity from bounced checks called an overdraft facility? That costs extra in some places. [/QUOTE] And what is meant by “I cannot bounce a check”? If you write a draft for a debt you cannot pay, you’ve bounced a check, regardless of who decides to cover your debt. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/254 "2007-02-19T15:26:55Z")
No, Mince, bouncing a check means it bounces back to the person to whom you issued it. If you have overdraft protection, you go into overdraft, but the person to whom you issued the check will never know about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/255 "2007-02-19T15:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] No, Mince, bouncing a check means it bounces back to the person to whom you issued it. If you have overdraft protection, you go into overdraft, but the person to whom you issued the check will never know about it. [/QUOTE] That’s what I thought. I think it’s probably also the case that the bank presenting it doesn’t ever see it as anything other than honoured. No ‘bouncing’ takes place - the check is honoured and the account against which it is drawn goes into overdraft. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/256 "2007-02-19T15:55:24Z")
Yep, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/257 "2007-02-19T16:58:36Z")
OK, now that this thread is long enough that people may not see the OP’s retraction before responding, I think it’s time to close it. Anyone wanting to continue a discussion started in here can start a new thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451.md?page=12)