# Love is the best thing in the world...except for a nice MLT. Mutton, lettuce and tomato... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089 "2012-02-26T23:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/1 "2012-02-26T23:02:37Z")
…where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe… Mm, they’re so perky, I love that. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/2 "2012-02-26T23:23:08Z")
Liar!! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-YeeeARRR!!! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/3 "2012-02-26T23:27:23Z")
Have fun stormin’ the castle! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/4 "2012-02-26T23:36:37Z")
I"m not a witch, I’m your wife! I actually find reason to use that at home… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/5 "2012-02-26T23:44:36Z")
Humperdink! Humperdink! Humperdink! Humperdink! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/6 "2012-02-26T23:50:14Z")
He’s only mostly dead! ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/7 "2012-02-26T23:52:06Z")
You are the Brute Squad! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/8 "2012-02-26T23:52:54Z")
Anybody want a peanut? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/9 "2012-02-26T23:55:27Z")
No! To THE PAIN!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/10 "2012-02-26T23:59:13Z")
Stop it, I mean it! > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Anybody want a peanut? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/11 "2012-02-27T00:02:04Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > No! To THE PAIN!! I don’t think I’m quite familiar with that phrase. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/12 "2012-02-27T00:21:06Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > I don’t think I’m quite familiar with that phrase. I’ll explain. And I’ll use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/13 "2012-02-27T00:24:30Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’ll explain. And I’ll use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/14 "2012-02-27T00:34:44Z")
You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/15 "2012-02-27T00:48:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I"m not a witch, I’m your wife! > > I actually find reason to use that at home… “That was a warning, Highness. The next time my hand flies on its own, for where I come from, there are penalties when a woman lies!” \*(Ah, there ain’t no wife-beatin’ 'round here like you see down on the farm…) \* ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/16 "2012-02-27T01:26:05Z")
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/17 "2012-02-27T01:32:29Z")
Give us the gate key. I have no gate key. Fezzik, tear his arms off. Oh, you mean this gate key. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/18 "2012-02-27T01:48:04Z")
Mawwiage… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/19 "2012-02-27T01:51:23Z")
…is what bwings us togewer toway. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089/20 "2012-02-27T04:08:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > …is what bwings us togewer toway. Have you the wing? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-except-for-a-nice-mlt-mutton-lettuce-and-tomato/614089.md?page=2)