# "Mr. Brain's Faggots" Leave Me . . . Speechless **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245 "2003-04-26T02:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/41 "2003-04-26T18:16:08Z")
. . . Oh, I’ll bet they get some _doozies_. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/42 "2003-04-26T18:19:31Z")
As a slight hijack from British culinary tastes, I’ve been looking for the right opportunity to link to [this photo](http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Aug-07-Mon-2000/photos/sports.jpg). The gentleman on the left’s first name is Ethan; I figure he must have a mostly unfabulous social life. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/43 "2003-04-26T18:37:39Z")
The first time I saw “Mr. Brain’s Pork Faggots” in the freezer aisle I nearly went into hysterics (compounded by the legend on the box “Now With Mushy Peas!”). Even my first encounter with a bag of “Monkey Nuts” (which in the UK apparently refers to unshelled peanuts) didn’t make me laugh that hard. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/44 "2003-04-26T18:51:44Z")
I saw this product on the _Norton Graham_ show recently. Very funny! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/45 "2003-04-26T19:33:32Z")
_Mmmmm…Pork Faggots._ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/46 "2003-04-26T22:44:09Z")
I really wish I could get a clipping from a British newspaper advertising these things. The reason being I would send it in to “The Tonight Show” so that Jay Leno could include it in his “Headlines” bit on Monday nights. I read the rules for submissions and it said emails and faxes are not acceptable, it has to be an original clipping, so I guess a computer printout would not be allowed either. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/47 "2003-04-27T00:01:27Z")
If a British Doper could be so kind to send a newspaper clipping, the address is: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ATTN: Headlines 3000 W. Alameda Ave. Burbank, CA 91523 USA ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/48 "2003-04-27T00:20:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Violet \* > \*\*I saw this product on the _Norton Graham_ show recently. Very funny! 🆒 \*\* FTR, it’s _Graham Norton_. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/49 "2003-04-27T01:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > I remember seeing, many years ago, I believe it was in National Lampoon’s weird photos section (though I’m not sure), but it was a magazine ad with the slogan “Faggots? What a saucy idea!” > [@](#): > > I really wish I could get a clipping from a British newspaper advertising these things. The reason being I would send it in to “The Tonight Show” so that Jay Leno could include it in his “Headlines” bit on Monday nights. I read the rules for submissions and it said emails and faxes are not acceptable, it has to be an original clipping, so I guess a computer printout would not be allowed either. David Letterman, when he had the **Late Night** show on NBC in the 80’s, already did something similar to this. In a “Supermarket Finds” segment, he displayed a can of “Faggots and Peas” (not Mr. Brain’s, by the way) to a greatly amused audience. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/50 "2003-04-27T01:09:11Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Cavalier_ > I’ve been told they’re just like round sausages with low quality meat, but I’ve never actually come across one. Oh my God, it’s catching… ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/51 "2003-04-27T02:30:58Z")
Here I thought “Mr Brain’s Faggots” was an updated-for-the-21st-centurty-and-oh-so-edgy sequil to Charlies Angels. I can hear the voice from the speakerphone now: “Well, Faggots, I’ve got a hard one for you today. You can expect stiff resistance as you penetrate the oponent’s citadel” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/52 "2003-04-27T04:34:42Z")
That is an _excellent_ idea. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/53 "2003-04-27T07:23:48Z")
That character from SNL who had his balls and wieners and such ought to market his own version. Schweddy Faggots.[sub] **matt** , you still breathing over ther?:D[/sub] Oh, the possibilities… ---
**Author:** ![bifar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bifar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bifar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/54 "2003-04-27T09:36:59Z")
Mmmm, faggots. We had them when I was little. I can confirm they are _delicious_, very hot and spicy in a lovely gravy. Nothing nicer with carrots and mash. BTW, I shouldn’t ascribe too much happy naivety to the Faggots website. Most people in the UK are aware what the word means in the US. I get the impression that the website creators are sniggering into their sleeves. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/55 "2003-04-27T09:59:42Z")
When I was in the Boy Scouts in England, the scoutmaster always had a supply of plump faggots for us to chow down on. Nothing nicer than enjoying a faggot al fresco by a campfire. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > **[Mr. Brain’s Faggots](http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/), apparently an _actual Irish food company_.** They’re English, not Irish. Though I think the name “Brain” may be Welsh - the local brew in Cardiff is Brains Beer (as an aside: their most popular brew, [Brains SA](http://www.sabrain.co.uk/the-beer/beers/beersa.html) - which I think stands for “Special Alcohol” - is known locally and appropriately as “skull attack”). ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/56 "2003-04-27T10:33:38Z")
I’ve read that faggots originated in the Midlands, before spreading to the Southwest and Wales. There was a documentary on BBC2 about this ad campaign. The show is called “Trouble at the top”, you can read about the campaign’s background [here.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/programmes/trouble_top/current.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/57 "2003-04-27T10:55:02Z")
From **Kal’s** link: "In return for a week in a posh London hotel, a family holiday to Disneyland Florida, a TV and a video, the winning ‘Faggot Family’ will be expected to represent the brand for a year, taking part in media interviews and promotional events. “We are looking for genuine faggot fanatics. People who will preach the gospel,” says Wilfred. " Indeed. Apply early to avoid disappointment. btw, my old local laundrery used to be called ‘Go Gay’ – two branches in Fulham and I imagine others elsewhere. Great big flashing signs all over the place … very _diamante_, dahlinggg. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/58 "2003-04-27T14:28:55Z")
It seems the Doodys have bitten off more than they can chew: “Some business has probably been lost,” says Janet. “We don’t want to close our little business on a Saturday to do faggots, because then faggots will begin to take over our life.” I know, how you feel, Janet, I know how you feel . . . ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/59 "2003-04-27T14:30:24Z")
P.S. **London\_Calling** , I’ll bet the Go Gay laundry was expert at getting that hot, rich faggot sauce out of your clothing . . . ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/60 "2003-04-27T15:45:58Z")
I wonder if the clothes washed at _Go Gay_ were purchased at _Gaywear_, the Irish clothing store chain\*? \*For some reason, a few years ago they changed their name to A-Wear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245.md?page=4)