# If you supported the failed coup, step in here to collect your free turnip coupon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051 "2020-06-22T02:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/21 "2020-06-22T07:23:25Z")
Does it come with a cunning plan? ---
**Author:** ![merrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrick)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/22 "2020-06-22T07:55:21Z")
Can I confuse everyone by asking for a swede? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/23 "2020-06-22T08:08:07Z")
I’ve been thinking about making a batch of Turnip Surprise. Have you got one that looks exactly like a thingy? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/24 "2020-06-22T08:12:25Z")
Ha! I know what a swede is! It’s an edjumacated rutabega with a foreign accent! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/25 "2020-06-22T09:05:27Z")
No celeriac? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/26 "2020-06-22T11:34:21Z")
So, where is this coupon accepted? Does it have a use-by-date? Can I get a coupon for a date instead? Preferably the fruit kind, but I’m open to eligible offers. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/27 "2020-06-22T11:36:11Z")
What a nut! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/28 "2020-06-22T11:39:30Z")
A prune isn’t a vegetable. A cabbage is a vegetable. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/29 "2020-06-22T13:24:05Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > n I trade anyone for a rutabaga? Do the Rutabaga boogie! Do it all the time! With a fresh rutabaga pulled right off the vine! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/30 "2020-06-22T14:01:40Z")
I sorta supported the coup and sorta didn’t, mostly I ate popcorn while encouraging both sides towards entertaining violence. Can I sorta get some sort of turnip too? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/31 "2020-06-22T14:03:12Z")
Can you ferment turnips? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/32 "2020-06-22T14:05:48Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > So, where is this coupon accepted? That’s the great thing about it. It doesn’t have to _do_ anything! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/33 "2020-06-22T14:34:31Z")
Rutabaga is the only variety of turnip I’ll accept. But then I stayed out of the attempted coup, so no deal anyhow. Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/34 "2020-06-22T16:19:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Have you got one that looks exactly like a thingy? We do have one that resembles a what-have-you, and tastes a lot like what-not. Will that do? > [@Filbert](#): > > So, where is this coupon accepted? This coupon is void where prohibited or restricted by law. I shouldn’t have to tell you that. (And it’s valid only at participating locations.) > [@Frodo](#): > > Can I sorta get some sort of turnip too? Well, you did share your popcorn, so what the hell–take two. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/35 "2020-06-22T16:59:08Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Can I trade anyone for a rutabaga? Depends. Is it a Hooterville rutabaga? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/36 "2020-06-22T17:02:44Z")
It’s a trap! - Admiral Ackbar ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/37 "2020-06-22T17:17:40Z")
Slight (huge?) hijack. . . what does the trident on your antifa flag signify? mc ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/38 "2020-06-22T21:41:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Can you ferment turnips? Yes, to make turnip pickles. I’m not familiar with turnip prison hooch, but it’s hard to imagine it’s delicious. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/39 "2020-06-22T21:48:28Z")
Isn’t there a saying about how 80% of life is just turnip? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051/40 "2020-06-22T21:49:56Z")
It’s actually the [Three Arrows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows) emblem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051.md?page=3)