# "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:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [July 28, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/101 "2003-07-28T02:42:44Z")
> [@](#): > > You will find wonderful home-made faggots in many local Black Country butchers. Oh, I don’t know about that. My favourite variety is unique to Bristol. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/102 "2003-07-28T03:03:43Z")
Could be worse. Could be Mr. Brain’s [maggots](http://www.snopes.com/photos/maggots.asp). Warning: **not** a play on words. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/103 "2003-07-28T03:12:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _ **Malacandra** said:_ > [Spotted dick is] extremely stodgy and needs lots of hot custard to get it down, but if you were brought up on it you’d never lose the taste… I’ll say. I’ve been trying to for years. ---
**Author:** ![bigcalm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bigcalm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigcalm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/104 "2003-07-30T12:21:20Z")
They’re actually quite nice - I eat them about once a month or so, though they’re a bit oniony for me. There was a “trouble at the top” episode on BBC2, which you can read here - [http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/programmes/trouble\_top/archive/faggots.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/programmes/trouble_top/archive/faggots.shtml) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/105 "2003-07-30T22:58:07Z")
Motivated in part by this discussion, I went out and bought a package of Mr. Brain’s Faggots. They were entirely edible, due in a large part to the high-fat, high-sodium yumminess of the “Rich West Country Sauce”, but were disturbingly squishy. I shan’t be adding them to my shopping list again any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/106 "2003-07-31T14:16:23Z")
And now our beloved Faggots have shown up on today’s [Bleat](http://lileks.com/bleats/index.html)! Is James Lileks indeed lurking hereabouts? ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/107 "2003-07-31T16:26:32Z")
“Mum! This one looks like Uncle Roy!” ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/108 "2003-07-31T17:50:05Z")
All this hilarity from a nation who eat Cheesy Puffs… ---
**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:** [July 31, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/109 "2003-07-31T22:45:45Z")
Hey! I love Cheesy Poofs! _You_ love Cheesy Poofs! If we didn’t eat Cheesy Poofs, We’d be lame! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/110 "2003-08-01T11:51:11Z")
never mind what they eat on the other side of the Atlantic (bad enough though that is) you should see what they sit on: [http://www.poofchairs.com/](http://www.poofchairs.com/) Oh the humanity! Mind you they watch football here: [http://www.indianablast.com/games/kuntz.htm](http://www.indianablast.com/games/kuntz.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/111 "2003-08-01T12:45:28Z")
The Wurzels (formerly “Adge Cutler and the Wurzels”, until the eponymous Mr Cutler died in a car accident) once made up a song which had the refrain: _You and me both agree Faggots make 'ee 'ealthy! Buy a gurt 'eap ‘cos they come quite cheap - No need to be wealthy! If you think that’s not enough Try a few peas and a pint of rough; \* If you’re thin or if you’re fat, You’ll ‘op about like an old tom cat; There’s no doubtin’, folks is shoutin’, Faggots is the stuff!_ \*Cider - the alcoholic kind that removes enamel from teeth ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/112 "2003-08-01T14:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aadenny \* > \*\*You will find . . . faggots in many local Black Country butchers. \*\* Hmm, yes. ---
**Author:** ![MattP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@MattP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattP)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/113 "2004-11-12T00:37:56Z")
Hi im from england and there really is a company called Mr.Brains Faggots, Faggots are bits of meat in a thick gravy, you can get them from your local Asda/WalMart for under £2 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/114 "2004-11-12T00:48:25Z")
Aiee, zombie thread! ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/115 "2004-11-12T00:58:50Z")
Damn it. I followed the links, and they took me to a hijack site. wtf? [http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/domain.cool](http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/domain.cool) is where I’m sent. l wanna see the faggots, damn it! ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245/116 "2004-11-12T01:01:21Z")
[This](http://www.porkfaggots.com/) is kind of amusing though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brains-faggots-leave-me-speechless/171245.md?page=5)