# Michele Bachmann and the corndog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238 "2011-08-18T22:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/21 "2011-08-20T15:02:36Z")
I think it was Marsha Warfield who said, “There is no ladylike way to eat a hotdog.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/22 "2011-08-20T15:16:47Z")
Place corndog (A) into cornhole (B). ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/23 "2011-08-20T15:57:50Z")
Sadly, not mine, but the best caption I saw said: “Is that George Hamilton?” ---
**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:** [August 20, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/24 "2011-08-20T18:06:52Z")
It would only have been better if it had bitch-slapped her like the food in the antacid commercials. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/25 "2011-08-20T18:40:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It would only have been better if it had bitch-slapped her like the food in the antacid commercials. I have to say those commercials make me laugh. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/26 "2011-08-20T18:51:08Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > I have to say those commercials make me laugh. Me too. I give full props to the actors who manage to keep straight faces, but you have to wonder how many takes there are per commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/27 "2011-08-20T19:56:21Z")
Our board etymologists (of whom I am not one, since I had to look to be sure entomologist is the one who studies bugs) may confirm this, but to “shoot ones wad” comes from artillerymen firing off thei charge of gun cotton in haste without loading the projectile itself, and was only later used to describe ejaculation. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/28 "2011-08-20T20:11:54Z")
Why am I thinking of\*\* [Bachmann Turner Overdrive](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIUf8eYPqA&feature=related)\*\*? ([NSFW Version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9-R9S1m4dA&feature=related)) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/29 "2011-08-20T20:12:26Z")
This picture is my Facebook profile pic now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/30 "2011-08-20T20:31:41Z")
And no link to [Marcus eating a corndog](http://underthemountainbunker.com/2011/08/16/marcus-bachmanns-corndog-moment/)? Feel the repression and self-loathing! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/31 "2011-08-20T20:59:28Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > And no link to [Marcus eating a corndog](http://underthemountainbunker.com/2011/08/16/marcus-bachmanns-corndog-moment/)? Feel the repression and self-loathing! “Come on honey, pretend it’s my strap-on!” ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/32 "2011-08-20T21:34:06Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I should have dipped this one in mayo before eating. If you would put mayo on a corn dog, there is no limit to your depravity. Mayo on a corn dog is a stench in the nostrils of God. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/33 "2011-08-20T21:43:09Z")
You don’t suppose… that Michele is trying to appeal to a certain kind of male voter, do you? :eek: ---
**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:** [August 20, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/34 "2011-08-20T22:18:06Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > You don’t suppose… that Michele is trying to appeal to a certain kind of male voter, do you? :eek: You mean her husband? He may have been turned on by it, but not for the reasons you may think. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/35 "2011-08-20T22:55:36Z")
bowm bowm OOOOOH YEEEEAAAAHH bowm bowm UUUUUHHHH HHUUUUHHH ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238/36 "2011-08-20T23:02:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > You don’t suppose… that Michele is trying to appeal to a certain kind of male voter, do you? :eek: If she is, she’s doing it all wrong. Look closely at the picture. Notice the teeth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-and-the-corndog/593238.md?page=1)