# Milkgate question - a request for thread links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497 "2010-09-12T12:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/1 "2010-09-12T12:40:38Z")
Okay, so in the current [Controversial lifestyles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577915) thread **Shagnasty** mentions the infamous thread about ordering milk in a bar, and all the controversy it caused. I’ve been reading the Dope for aaaages, and have heard about this kerfuffle quite a few times, but if I’ve ever read the actual thread involved I’ve forgotten it. I searched with several different terms in different formations (milk, bar, order, ordering) but can’t seem to find it. Was it one thread or was there an original thread and a pitting to go with it? And my main question is, does anyone have a link to the thread(s) in question? Either my search skills are crap or there was no mention of ordering milk in a bar in the thread title. Thanks in advance, I hope to finally educate myself about Milkgate. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/2 "2010-09-12T14:23:25Z")
Okay. The _original_ thread is [Food Nazis Jess, calm kiwi, yosemite and even sven … front and center](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302338), a pit thread posted by **elmwood** about food pickiness. On page 13 of that 559-post thread(!), [**Shagnasty** posts the infamous milk anecdote](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5849422&postcount=495), recounting how his friend Suzie had the temerity to order milk in a bar and reveal her uncouthness for all to see, resulting in a (apparently justified, by his estimation) dumping by her date. Several Dopers disagree that Suzie’s milk-ordering was all that heinous an act, and say so. Vociferously. Finally, **Miller** pits **Shagnasty** in [Shagnasty and the Worst Anecdote in SDMB History](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302800). Good times. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/3 "2010-09-12T14:39:04Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Okay. The _original_ thread is [Food Nazis Jess, calm kiwi, yosemite and even sven … front and center](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302338), a pit thread posted by **elmwood** about food pickiness. > > On page 13 of that 559-post thread(!), [**Shagnasty** posts the infamous milk anecdote](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5849422&postcount=495), recounting how his friend Suzie had the temerity to order milk in a bar and reveal her uncouthness for all to see, resulting in a (apparently justified, by his estimation) dumping by her date. Several Dopers disagree that Suzie’s milk-ordering was all that heinous an act, and say so. Vociferously. > > Finally, **Miller** pits **Shagnasty** in [Shagnasty and the Worst Anecdote in SDMB History](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302800). > > Good times. Amazing. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/4 "2010-09-12T14:42:35Z")
> [@choie](#): > > On page 13 of that 559-post thread(!) Um, there _is_ no page 13. There is only page 12, and then done. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/5 "2010-09-12T14:53:11Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > > [@choie](#): > > > > On page 13 of that 559-post thread(!) > > Um, there _is_ no page 13. There is only page 12, and then done. There would be if you showed 40 posts per page. (It’s post 495.) This is why I prefer not to use page numbers. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/6 "2010-09-12T15:18:45Z")
Is this the kind of thing people point to when they talk about the “Golden Age of the BBQ Pit”? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milkgate-question-a-request-for-thread-links/553497/7 "2010-09-12T15:42:21Z")
No, they were referring to the Golden Age in the past tense by then, too.