# Mel Gibson likes to "choke the toaster" in the morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297 "2006-10-13T13:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/21 "2006-10-13T16:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I predict that “I choking your toaster” will be the next SDMB catchphrase. [/QUOTE] If he doesnt have a toaster, how is he going to cook his stupid food for breakfast? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/22 "2006-10-13T16:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] If he doesnt have a toaster, how is he going to cook his stupid food for breakfast? [/QUOTE] I think he just drinks it. Unless he wants a toastertini. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/23 "2006-10-13T16:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] What? 😕 I think maybe you were the only one. What am I missing? [/QUOTE] In the new Battlestar Galactica show, “toaster” is a derogatory term for a Cylon. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/24 "2006-10-13T17:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Beating up a toaster is just strange. What was disturbing was the way Mel kept screaming “ADMIT THE TRUTH! YOUR REAL NAME IS TOASTEIN!” [/QUOTE] “Sunbeam…? Liar…LIAR!!! Admit it…you’re real name is Sunstein. You’re real name is SUN-STEIN!!!” Thank Og I’m not the only one who can see him red-faced and screaming, arguing with his toaster. (And the toaster winning the argument! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/25 "2006-10-13T18:24:58Z")
I wonder if he does it alone or with the help of some pop tart? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/26 "2006-10-13T18:33:21Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] In the new Battlestar Galactica show, “toaster” is a derogatory term for a Cylon. [/QUOTE] Yup. And tonight, we get a brand new episode of Galacticy Goodness\*. It’ll be frakkin great! 😃 \*shamelessly stolen from someone in one of the spoiler threads ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/27 "2006-10-13T20:11:10Z")
“What are you lookin’ at, Toaster Tits?” Just doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/28 "2006-10-13T20:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=CynicalGabe] If he doesnt have a toaster, how is he going to cook his stupid food for breakfast? [/QUOTE] At least we know for damn sure he won’t have a bagel! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/29 "2006-10-13T21:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] “What are you lookin’ at, Toaster Tits?” Just doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? [/QUOTE] It does for me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/30 "2006-10-13T22:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha] It does for me! 😃 [/QUOTE] You slip in your slice and it warms up a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/31 "2006-10-13T23:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bippy the Beardless] You slip in your slice and it warms up a treat. [/QUOTE] What a pity I suffer from blender envy … ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/32 "2006-10-13T23:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Well, you know, toasters _are_ responsible for all the wars in the world. [/QUOTE] Except for the War of 1812. That was started by a cappucino machine. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/33 "2006-10-13T23:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] P.E.T.K.A.C.H.U. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Kitchen Appliances and Countertop Helpers United) [/QUOTE] I’m torn between a “gesundheit” joke and a “Petkachu! I choose you!” joke… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/34 "2006-10-14T00:05:01Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] I wonder if he does it alone or with the help of some pop tart? [/QUOTE] Oh, I don’t think Mrs. Gibson would appreciate that… > [@What Exit?](#): > > I am curious, wasn’t Mel more normal when he was a fulltime drunk? Oh, he was always wound up a couple of turns too tight, it’s just that now he has the resources to act out his brainstorms. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/35 "2006-10-14T01:29:56Z")
Man, that’s got to be one brave little toaster… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/36 "2006-10-16T13:04:48Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Man, that’s got to be one brave little toaster… [/QUOTE] 😃😃😃 !!! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/37 "2006-10-16T15:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Correct form: Choking the chicken Flogging the bishop Tossing the toaster Incorrect form: Choking the toaster Tossing the bishop Flogging the chicken [/QUOTE] Is “milking the chimp” okay? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/38 "2006-10-16T17:52:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Is “milking the chimp” okay? [/QUOTE] Only for White House Press Corps. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297/39 "2006-10-16T18:33:26Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Correct form: Choking the chicken Flogging the bishop Tossing the toaster Incorrect form: Choking the toaster Tossing the bishop Flogging the chicken [/QUOTE] According to NC State’s _Technician_, the correct form is “polishing the bishop.” (Of course you would know that their online archives don’t go back that far…so no link.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-likes-to-choke-the-toaster-in-the-morning/376297.md?page=1)