# Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580 "2014-04-21T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 409
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8161 "2017-05-22T05:35:57Z")
That little kid who wanted to be an Oscar Mayer weiner was talked out of it by his parents after a frank discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8162 "2017-05-22T12:44:44Z")
It was one they didn’t relish, but they mustered up their courage and told him to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8163 "2017-05-22T13:59:44Z")
This thread is in a pickle. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8164 "2017-05-22T14:30:38Z")
The Oscar Mayer kid did not want to be a pickle. He wanted to be some kind of hot dog or sausage. His parents should have let him. After all, many kids are brats. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8165 "2017-05-22T15:01:45Z")
The wurst is yet to come. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8166 "2017-05-22T15:33:16Z")
For many years the wurst was not yet to come for many kids wishing to become hot dogs. But now, kids and their parents can get support. Indeed the Oscar Mayer website itself is a resource. Just go there and follow the links. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8167 "2017-05-22T15:52:59Z")
I tried following those links once and frankly, that site made me feel like a wiener. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8168 "2017-05-22T16:34:08Z")
One wiener company says maybe 2000 kids may have become hot dogs in the last five years. But that is just a \*Ballpark \*figure. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8169 "2017-05-22T16:53:34Z")
Ed Zotti may be head honcho of these message boards, but at the Straight Dope, we answer to an even higher authority. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8170 "2017-05-23T06:06:26Z")
According to several unnamed sources inside NASA, you can only go so high. After that, you are not higher, just farther. You are perplexed. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8171 "2017-05-23T11:28:25Z")
There is normal grade perplexity. However, if you are confused after multiple internet searches, you are Google Perplexed. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8172 "2017-05-24T02:52:07Z")
If you are confused about what hunting season it is, you are befuddled. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8173 "2017-05-24T04:48:53Z")
Robert Anthony Telescope Malcolm Raymond Luxury Yacht Windsor Castle “Befuddled” Phartuccio, age 6, is known among his fellow students at Western Blawnox Elementary School as “the Lombardy Pudding Elk Whisperer” for his particular skill with the large, often-skittish herbivores. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8174 "2017-05-24T13:47:51Z")
Robert Anthony Telescope Malcolm Raymond Luxury Yacht Windsor Castle “Befuddled” Phartuccio’s older brother Barron Phartuccio, on the other hand, is kind of a jerk around Lombardy pudding elk. He often shouts at them, throws rocks and sticks at them, and sings off-key to them. Child psychologists are in disagreement over Barron’s actions – some think he has mild autism and is working through some childhood trauma while others think he’s just a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8175 "2017-05-24T14:25:01Z")
Barron Phartuccio is not actually a baron of any country with a titled aristocracy, although he is a margrave of Bavaria, viscount of Lesotho, marquess of Chile and earl of Grand Fenwick. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8176 "2017-05-24T15:37:32Z")
If you are travelling on the Autobahn, beware of the tiny country of Grand Fenwick (smallest in the world). The right lane goes right through the country, exposing you to the speed trap–15 kmh. So, if you’re cruising up the -bahn at 175 mph, do yourself a favor and pass the Duchy on the left hand side. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8177 "2017-05-24T19:44:34Z")
I laughed. Noted Blawnox socialite Roberta Antonia Telescope Malcolmia Raymondine Luxury Yacht Windsor Castle “Duchy” Phartuccio’s sixth autobiography, _Call Me Duchy_, covered the period from President Jimmy Carter’s Jan. 20, 1977 inauguration to Phartuccio’s first facelift, March 17, 1977. There were no recorded sales of the book. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8178 "2017-05-25T21:07:59Z")
There are no recorded sales of the audio version of noted Blawnox socialite Roberta Antonia Telescope Malcolmia Raymondine Luxury Yacht Windsor Castle “Duchy” Phartuccio’s sixth autobiography, _Call Me Duchy_, recorded by President Jimmy Carter, even though it sold for peanuts, and was advertised as a great listening when drinking beer. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8179 "2017-05-25T22:10:48Z")
Jimmy Carter could easily have won the presidency in 1980 but deliberately sabotaged his campaign upon learning that every single can of Billy Beer was cursed due to an agreement his brother had unwittingly entered with the devil (aka Old Nick, Scratch, Papa Legba, Scatman Crothers, Beelzebub, Linda Evans, and-or Satan). Carter has spent the past 37 years tracking down every can- only 3 remain, but one is said to be the can that will signal Ragnarok or something like it if opened before the 90-something ex president can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580/8180 "2017-05-25T22:37:46Z")
One of the cans is rumored to be in Hogwart’s Room of Requirement, and a second is suspected to be in the monster pile of discards behind Dave Barry’s house (now slipping slowly into an ever-growing bog). The third is quite possibly in the Vatican. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=408) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-false-and-flat-out-wrong-trivia-dominoes/686580.md?page=410)