# Letter to the Teacher **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089 "2005-08-29T13:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/101 "2005-08-30T18:36:33Z")
I forgot to mention that my Aunt B used to make hush puppies with bits of shrimp in 'em. Yowza! That was some good eats! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/102 "2005-08-30T18:45:03Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > …See, I bought a stick blender there in May… 1. What’s a “stick blender”? A blender made of sticks? How long did you actually expect that to last? 2. You have an [Aunt B](http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/beatles117.shtml)? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/103 "2005-08-30T18:47:34Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Being the adventurous sole that I am… Ha! **Shibby** ’s a _fish_! Other than that, I have nothing else to add at this time. Other than: Dear Mr. Pot, You are black. Love, Mr. Kettle. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/104 "2005-08-30T18:55:34Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > To the best of my recollection, boiled peanuts are perfectly gross! You are my new bestest friend! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/105 "2005-08-30T19:04:08Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Oh Sean, out of all of that stuff, I’d miss my ChapStick the most. I see we are kindred spirits. In fact, that is what I missed the most. I could always bum a light from someone, and I didn’t need my wallet until lunch, but the ChapStick, well, even if I don’t use it for days on end, it still _needs_ to be in my pocket. So I went home during lunch, and got all that stuff. I feel so much better now. The world is no longer unbalanced. Biscuits with sausage gravy - double-plus-good. Hush puppies - good. Boiled peanuts - bad. **Shib** That doesn’t sound like southern cooking. Sounds Cuban, which is a completely different thing. Unless, of course, it’s from the southern part of Cuba. And Alligator Alley is a nice place. I drove through it on my honeymoon way back in 1988. Too bad I didn’t know then what I know now - I would have gotten the ex out of the car for some pictures and drove off. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/106 "2005-08-30T19:05:41Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Something else I don’t get is hush puppies. What in hell is the point of those things? Point? They’re delicious! They’re yummy! They’re scrumptious! That is, they are when they’re done right - with little chunks of onion in them and melt-in-your-mouth fresh… Pardon the drool… ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/107 "2005-08-30T19:29:51Z")
Count me in with the boiled-peanut haters. I haven’t lived in the south long enough to be truly southern, I guess. But I do like sausage gravy (if it’s done right–maybe all of you gravy-haters haven’t had good gravy) and hush puppies (hot 'n greasy!) and biscuits and sweet tea. Chocolate milk is good too, but I’m a chocolate milk snob and I only drink the good chocolate milk from our local dairy. I’ve been gone. Anybody miss me? No? It has not been a good week in MagicLand. My almost-new laptop died on Saturday, and I’m getting fired from my job because I can’t read my bosses’ mind and do what he wants, when he doesn’t even know what he wants. Confused? Yeah, me too. ☹ But I’m not psychic and I can’t read his mind, so I’m better off working somewhere else. I wonder if **swampy** has any job openings. Maybe a little chocolate milk bribe would help… ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/108 "2005-08-30T19:41:19Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I envy you **Miamouse** , our (Bartlett) pear tree got some sort of fungus or sumpin this spring and all its leaves curled up and turned black. Don’t be jealous --my dog ate my sweet peas and my squash plants. But you have me worried, I thought my pear tree was safe. My apple did that the last couple of years, I didn’t know what it was, either. This year when I saw the curling up leaves/misforming apple I cut that fruit or branch off at the closest joint. Its a very young tree and this is the first year I’m getting a good bunch from it. IIRC it’s a golden delicious, but I don’t know when the best time to pick them will be. Thanks **swampy** I want to try this one: [Spiced Pears Recipe - Food.com](http://www.recipezaar.com/39807) mmm spiced pears. Mostly I’m scared of canning wrong and botulizing my family and guests for the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/109 "2005-08-30T20:11:57Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > 1. What’s a “stick blender”? A blender made of sticks? How long did you actually expect that to last? > > 2. You have an [Aunt B](http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/beatles117.shtml)? [This](http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/catalog/catalog.jsp?fhquery=fh_secondid%3Dhr1358_00_us_consumer%26fh_location%3D%2F%2Fconsumer%2Fen_US%2Fcategories%3Ccatalog_us_consumer%2Fcategories%3Ckitchen_appliances_gr_us_consumer%26&productId=HR1358_00_US_CONSUMER&activeCategory=KITCHEN_APPLIANCES_GR_US_CONSUMER&fredhopperpage=detail.jsp&language=en&country=US&catalogType=CONSUMER&proxybuster=ON05DVP1VHXYDJ0RMRCSHP3HKFSESI5P#) is a stick blender. I think they call them that 'cause you can _stick_ them into things. (not\* there\* you pervs). And yes, I had an Aunt B, only my Aunt was a mite more salacious than Andy’s. Unfortunately, she rode the cancer train into the sunset a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/110 "2005-08-30T20:48:31Z")
[ **MagicEyes** are you serious about getting fired? Thatt’s a real bummer. If you know how to install electric things on Navy ships, we’ve got openings up here. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/111 "2005-08-30T21:05:18Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > [ **MagicEyes** are you serious about getting fired? Thatt’s a real bummer. > If you know how to install electric things on Navy ships, we’ve got openings up here. Very serious, and very confused. Because I do more-than-excellent work. It’s a long story–if anyone’s interested, I might tell you more when I feel like talking about it. I wouldn’t have any idea how to install electrical thingys (rewiring a lamp is about the extent of my electrical abilities), but I’m a quick learner! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/112 "2005-08-30T21:12:49Z")
> [@Rue DeDay](#): > > Ha! **Shibby** ’s a _fish_! Sorry, I did that just for the halibut. **Sean** , please look up the word “facetious” in the dictionary. Cuba is, after all, south of Florida. And most Cuban food comes directly from the Spanish food. South of Spain, for all I know. Not from the North of Spain. That’s where the finest silver is, for making lockets and such. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/113 "2005-08-30T21:15:07Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Sorry, I did that just for the halibut. Stop it, you’re giving me a haddock. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/114 "2005-08-30T21:53:20Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Stop it, you’re giving me a haddock. I didn’t do it on porpoise. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/115 "2005-08-30T22:13:19Z")
Oh boy. Here we go again. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/116 "2005-08-30T22:24:36Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > Oh boy. Here we go again. You’re just being shellfish… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/117 "2005-08-30T22:26:17Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You’re just being shellfish… Okay, we’ll just clam up now. **Rue** started it. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/118 "2005-08-30T23:50:51Z")
You boys stop all that silliness and get off my front perch! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/119 "2005-08-30T23:52:33Z")
I feel so eel after reading all these bad puns. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-teacher/319089/120 "2005-08-30T23:55:31Z")
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