# "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard." Huh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768 "2004-01-10T02:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vortex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/fbc32d/32.png) [@Vortex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vortex)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/1 "2004-01-10T02:48:59Z")
I absolutely hate this song, but let’s put that aside for the moment. What exactly is the “artist” (Kelis) talking about here? Is it about young, school-age children having sex??? ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/2 "2004-01-10T03:24:31Z")
I love this song. Karaoke, here I come! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/3 "2004-01-10T03:29:53Z")
First of all - this song rocks. Let’s be clear on that - don’t know if it is the white-noise-just-about-Gary-Numan’s-_Cars_-hook line, or just that it is just a catchy riff, but it rocks. As for the lyric? Well, have you seen the video? With Kelis shakin’ her assets in a low-cut top, I don’t think you need to ask what Milkshake really means… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/4 "2004-01-10T03:39:27Z")
I looooove this song. I sing it loud at work and shake my lembas. Damn right it’s better than yours. I could teach you, but I’d have to charge. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/5 "2004-01-10T03:40:56Z")
Exactly what **WordMan** said. Milkshake, literally, is a shimmy. As in so many other facets of life, it’s all about the boobies. To hear Kelis tell it, it’s just about the feminine mystique and flaunting and marketing ones sexuality in an expressive, attractive way. But really, it’s about the boobies. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/6 "2004-01-10T04:22:07Z")
Shoot me. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/7 "2004-01-10T04:33:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Teelo \* > \*\*Shoot me. \*\* Hmmm. Lookin’ for a little more here, **Teelo**. And I am shooting you because…? ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/8 "2004-01-10T04:44:09Z")
Heh, I just really really hate that song **Wordman**. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/9 "2004-01-10T05:44:57Z")
What I found amazing was Kelis’ transformation. Anyone else remember a few years ago, when she had that really shitty single? It was something about how much she hated this guy. It’s been a while since I’ve heard it. But she came across as a rap/hip-hop Alanis Morrisette. ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/10 "2004-01-10T05:49:51Z")
My friend and I were discussing this tonight. He thought it referred to breasts as well while I thought it was about her, um…er…nether regions and oral sex. I can see the breast angle, but I think it’s the other. In my unqualified opinion, that explains the “warm it up” part. On a related note, my ten year old daughter loves that song, but she won’t believe me that it’s really about sexuality. She insists it’s about, well, a milkshake, duh. Somehow, that’s encouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/11 "2004-01-10T05:55:48Z")
I always thought it was about BJs too. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/12 "2004-01-10T05:55:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\*What I found amazing was Kelis’ transformation. Anyone else remember a few years ago, when she had that really shitty single? It was something about how much she hated this guy. It’s been a while since I’ve heard it. But she came across as a rap/hip-hop Alanis Morrisette. \*\* It was called “Caught Out There”, containing the shouted line “I hate you so much right now!” It wasn’t an awful single, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/13 "2004-01-10T06:07:14Z")
Kelis is also known for singing the hook in that Ol’ Dirty Bastard song: “Hey, Dirty! Baby I got cha money, don’t you worry!” ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/14 "2004-01-10T06:19:45Z")
She also sang sang some vocals and had a part in the Busta Rhymes song “What It Is Right Now?” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/15 "2004-01-10T07:39:37Z")
Before tonight I woulda had no idea what the heck you were talking about. But I heard it in a bar earlier. I hate it too. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/16 "2004-01-10T07:59:15Z")
I used to hate it, but then some chemical change swept through my brain and now it’s my dirty, guilty pleasure. I just assumed it wasn’t anything specific - she could say her poundcake is better than yours, or her fluffernutter. The point is the sexual connotation, not some specific secret meeting. “My raw sexuality brings all the boys to the yard.” Damn right. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/17 "2004-01-10T08:31:38Z")
eh, needs more cowbell ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/18 "2004-01-10T08:41:34Z")
Maybe it’s meant as a double entendre? Maybe it’s meant to conjure jiggling boobies AND soft pliant lips at the same time? I hate the arrogance of the song, the instrumental riffs, and vocalizations are solid. It does harken back to the days when females often (not always)had to display perfect skin, hair and form to get many mates (who were not necessarily aware of each other, naturally) have lots of children, and get the males to bring them food and furs to support what they think are their offspring. In other words, back to the times of the hunter/gatherer society. It implies that females who are less than perfect in form will cease to be in the presence of her jiggling assets. This is such a broad generalization, and so arrogant that it annoys me. I, at least, am more than jiggling assets, I have a mind, and a soul. I like when my husband notices those just as much, if not more than when he notices my boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/19 "2004-01-10T12:52:58Z")
As this hip-hop guy from Philadelphia I often chat with on soulseek explained to me some while ago, "milkshake means the confidence in which you carry the full package, and not just breasts, also hips, thighs, butt, etc. "I don’t know if it’s correct though, but it seems fitting with the teasing arrogance of the song. Which kicks ass, by the way. Those fuzzed out keyboards makes this one of the best mainstream singles of 2003. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768/20 "2004-01-10T13:11:19Z")
I love this song! There’s something about the riff that gets me, and I like her vocals over the top. Really unusual. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-milkshake-brings-all-the-boys-to-the-yard-huh/223768.md?page=2)