# Manhattan is a Twinkie **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050 "2003-03-13T06:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/21 "2003-03-13T15:02:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*Manhattan is an island. > > And yet, no man is an island. > > Manhattan is no man! > > I don’t know where I’m going with this. \*\* All men are mortal. No man is an island. Manhattan is an island. Mannhattan is no man. Therefore, manhattan is immortal. ---
**Author:** ![GKW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@GKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GKW)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/22 "2003-03-13T15:02:58Z")
If people keep sending this guy ding dongs and twinkies, can they all be considered partners to the crime he will be compelled to commit due to the excess sugar swirling around in the his boodstream? I wish **Manahattan** was my sugardaddy. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/23 "2003-03-13T15:06:20Z")
As an aside, for some strange and disturbing reason, I read the thread title and got a mental image of **Manhattan** in a tutu. I haven’t been drinking, and the only drug I’m taking is for my blood pressure. I’ve had just a little caffeine this morning. I have no logical explanation for this mental image. [sub]But it did make me giggle…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/24 "2003-03-13T15:08:56Z")
I guess if he and I meet at a Dopefest, I’ll have to find out if he has a cream filling. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/25 "2003-03-13T15:24:31Z")
**manhattan** is a Ho-Ho? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/26 "2003-03-13T15:39:00Z")
In my defence, I point out that **manhattan** finds Ding Dongs “yummy”. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/27 "2003-03-13T16:56:35Z")
Manhattan is cash sent to Cranky! Address available by email, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/28 "2003-03-13T17:16:09Z")
Manhattan _is_ Mother of all Banners ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/29 "2003-03-13T17:21:23Z")
**manhattan** is 3 parts whiskey and 1part vermouth, with just a dash of bitters. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/30 "2003-03-13T17:22:08Z")
Yes, but is **Manhattan** half full or half empty? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/31 "2003-03-13T17:24:11Z")
Manhattan is heroine-frenzied squirrels in his pants. Manhattan is edible underwear. Manhattan is losing scratch off lottery tickets. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/32 "2003-03-13T17:26:28Z")
**Manhattan** is a really yucky looking kind of clam chowder. Well, it is! The only real clam chowder is New England. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/33 "2003-03-13T22:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*All men are mortal. > No man is an island. > Manhattan is an island. > Mannhattan is no man. > Therefore, manhattan is immortal. \*\* Even though that’s a fallacious argument, it cracked me up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/34 "2003-03-14T00:03:20Z")
I though this to be something very different from what it is reading the title. A young, healthy desirable man in a gay bar is known as a twinkie. An older, undesirable letch who hits on guys is known as a troll. So apparantly someone thinks of Manhattan as just the cutest thing (in a manly way). So is Manhattan a twinkie or what? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/35 "2003-03-14T00:07:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Road Rash \* > \*\* A young, healthy desirable man in a gay bar is known as a twinkie. \*\* Tolja I’d be happier with the golf lesson. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/36 "2003-03-14T00:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Damn, I was gonna do “ **manhattan** is a shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream”. Now there’s good drinking! > > Oh well, Twinkies are good too. Carry on. \*\* Hijack Do you post in EVERY thread you open? /hijack ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/37 "2003-03-14T04:14:56Z")
Manhattan He’s a **man** in a **hat** with a **tan** _sigh_ I am so lame, sometimes FaerieBeth ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/38 "2003-03-14T05:26:21Z")
**Manhatten** is one who can curse while closing a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/39 "2003-03-14T05:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thunder \* > \*\ ***Manhatten** is one who can curse while closing a thread. \*\* **Manhatt_a_n** is someone known to ban posters who misspell his name. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050/40 "2003-03-14T05:46:53Z")
**Manhattan** is a hunka hunka burnin’ love. What? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-twinkie/161050.md?page=3)