# Idiots who Think Eating Pizza with a Fork and Knife is Gay **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 24, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250 "2013-01-24T20:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/141 "2013-01-25T20:10:08Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I don’t know about everyone else, but I find this statement to be very believable. Really. I’m not sure I believe you. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/142 "2013-01-25T20:11:10Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > But they also eat it that way in England, so what say you now? News to me! Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten pizza with English people. > [@Ravenman](#): > > The English upper class belongs in there somewhere, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out where. Sandwiched in between [Jude Law and Stephen Fry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bs3ZpcjB6A), I suppose. > [@Anonymous User](#): > > . It’s getting seriously annoying when everyone has to up your ass just because you do things slightly differently. [Need to talk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBIt3uyntM)? > [@Zebra](#): > > I don’t think Australia is gay. Or am I missing something about the phrase “Down Under”? [Perhaps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in9SiDtJLaU). > [@Anonymous User](#): > > I think it’s that the what comes to most people’s mind when they are thinking about pizza, is stuffing yourself with unhealthy cheese, sauce and bread. Your pizza doesn’t have sauce or bread in it? > [@Anonymous User](#): > > screw hem. You know in China there’s a tale of “the passion of the cut sleeve”? Refers to a guy that didn’t want to wake the lover sleeping on top of his arm, so he cut his sleeve off. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/143 "2013-01-25T20:12:24Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > You know in China there’s a tale of “the passion of the cut sleeve”? Refers to a guy that didn’t want to wake the lover sleeping on top of his arm, so he cut his sleeve off. Did he use a knife and fork? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/144 "2013-01-25T20:18:35Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > Eating pizza with a knife and fork looks pretty OCD and persnickity. A lot of that depends on where you’re eating your pizza and what type it is. If you’re eating at say… [Dough](http://www.doughpizzeria.com/Menu/Dinner.asp) and using a knife and fork, nobody’s going to call it OCD and persnickety. However, if you’re at Big Cletus’ Pizzoloseum watching the animatronic possums and eating your pizza with a knife and fork, then yeah, it probably is OCD and persnickety. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/145 "2013-01-25T20:19:50Z")
… and it can get your ass kicked if you look gay enough. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/146 "2013-01-25T20:21:21Z")
> [@bump](#): > > If you’re eating at say… [Dough](http://www.doughpizzeria.com/Menu/Dinner.asp) You cut me deep with that link, brah. Tummy’s growling and mouth watering. Knife and fork hell, I’d put my face in the plate. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/147 "2013-01-25T20:21:32Z")
it might not be gay but it is fruity. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/148 "2013-01-25T21:59:45Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > You know in China there’s a tale of “the passion of the cut sleeve”? Refers to a guy that didn’t want to wake the lover sleeping on top of his arm, so he cut his sleeve off. This sounds suspiciously like the legend of the Prophet Mohammad not wanting to awaken his pet cat who was sleeping on the sleeve of his robe. So he cut the sleeve of the robe off. Makes more sense than the Chinese story. The lover still would’ve woken up if the guy moved his arm, sleeve or no sleeve. Now, if he cut his arm off… ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/149 "2013-01-25T22:05:23Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > I was just irritated about what people implied about eating with a fork and knife. I don’t have a problem with how one eats as long as it’s a reasonable method. What annoyed me was how people were literally insulting others who ate with a fork and knife. They thought that the skill and elegance of eating pizza with utensils was beneath them. That’s what ticked me off. Eating pizza with a fork and knife isn’t gay, but if you’re eating your pizza with “skill and elegance”, then the heft of your footwear can reasonably called into question. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/150 "2013-01-25T22:06:28Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > it might not be gay but it is fruity. It’s vegan pizza, not fruit pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/151 "2013-01-25T22:09:14Z")
Did someone say [Fruity Pizza](http://www.recipe.com/images/honey-fruit-pizza-1246-ss.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/152 "2013-01-25T22:11:41Z")
Fruit Pizza - now that is gay. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/153 "2013-01-25T23:19:44Z")
ANONYMOUS USER! I don’t know why it’s taking you so long to get this. But get it through your seemingly VERY thick skull: -Being called gay does not exist in the real adult world. It is a juvenile insult that means ABSOLUTELY nothing. It’s something guys say to other guys to be mean. It’s offensive, bigoted, and should NOT cause you to be upset in any way shape or form. When someone calls you gay say, “what’s wrong with being gay? What do you have against gay people? Do you hate blacks and Jews too?” or just tell them to bend over so you can show them how gay you are. Laugh it off, shrug it off, play it off with a joke of your own. Don’t let it make you angry or feel insecure. -Caring about what other people think of the way you eat your food shows extreme insecurity and a lack of callousness that is going to be required for making your way through everyday life. YOU SAY YOU DON’T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, SO STOP FUCKING CARING. -Your pit threads suck. The pit is NOT just a place to blow off steam. Technically, yes. But your rants and your steam should be about something that people can get passionate about or take you seriously about. NO one, NO ONE, not even the people making fun of you by calling you gay, care even ONE BIT about the way you eat your food. NO ONE CARES ABOUT ANY OF YOUR STUPID PIT THREADS. That being said, you are an endless source of entertainment and I actually like you a lot. Also, I’m gay. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/154 "2013-01-25T23:30:35Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > ANONYMOUS USER! > > I don’t know why it’s taking you so long to get this. But get it through your seemingly VERY thick skull: > > -Being called gay does not exist in the real adult world. It is a juvenile insult that means ABSOLUTELY nothing. It’s something guys say to other guys to be mean. It’s offensive, bigoted, and should NOT cause you to be upset in any way shape or form. When someone calls you gay say, “what’s wrong with being gay? What do you have against gay people? Do you hate blacks and Jews too?” or just tell them to bend over so you can show them how gay you are. Laugh it off, shrug it off, play it off with a joke of your own. Don’t let it make you angry or feel insecure. > > -Caring about what other people think of the way you eat your food shows extreme insecurity and a lack of callousness that is going to be required for making your way through everyday life. YOU SAY YOU DON’T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK, SO STOP FUCKING CARING. > > -Your pit threads suck. The pit is NOT just a place to blow off steam. Technically, yes. But your rants and your steam should be about something that people can get passionate about or take you seriously about. NO one, NO ONE, not even the people making fun of you by calling you gay, care even ONE BIT about the way you eat your food. NO ONE CARES ABOUT ANY OF YOUR STUPID PIT THREADS. > > That being said, you are an endless source of entertainment and I actually like you a lot. Also, I’m gay. Alright I get it. And you are right. I do kind of have trouble understanding things easily. I am kind of “thick skilled”. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/155 "2013-01-26T02:46:10Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > All my life I have found it impossible to eat pizza with a fork and knife, but recently I was starting to hate the fact that it was getting so messy with all the veggies and stuff, so I decided to try eating it with a knife and a fork. I don’t understand this sentence ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/156 "2013-01-26T02:58:58Z")
The gist is that before, he could not eat pizza with a fork and knife but found he can with a knife and fork. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/157 "2013-01-26T03:14:55Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Alright I get it. And you are right. I do kind of have trouble understanding things easily. I am kind of “thick skilled”. Nah. Your real problem is you’re too thin skunned. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/158 "2013-01-26T04:11:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The gist is that before, he could not eat pizza with a fork and knife but found he can with a knife and fork. And that’s where the gay snuck in? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/159 "2013-01-26T04:14:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The gist is that before, he could not eat pizza with a fork and knife but found he can with a knife and fork. > [@kayaker](#): > > And that’s where the gay snuck in? After all, what are a knife and fork if not two gay pieces of cutlery trying to pass for straight by pretending they’re into your plate? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250/160 "2013-01-26T04:20:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And that’s where the gay snuck in? Gays are always sneaking in! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-who-think-eating-pizza-with-a-fork-and-knife-is-gay/648250.md?page=9)