# Patch Adams says a Very Stupid Thing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917 "2002-05-20T07:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/61 "2002-05-21T18:14:25Z")
Quel fromage! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/62 "2002-05-21T18:14:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Hey, hey, HEY! > > We founded _Nieuw Amsterdam_, OK? It wasn’t until those crazy Limeys [sub]errrrrr[/sub] forced, yes, **brutally forced** [sub]yup, that’s the ticket![/sub] us to accept Suriname and twelve slightly aged geese as a fair trade for _Nieuw Amsterdam_, upon which the aforementioned cowardly Limeys renamed the fair city to _New York_, after some backward ugly town in Yorkshire. I mean, it’s not like it’s got the second biggest cathedral in Europe or something [sub]oh, fuck, it _does_![/sub], and besides, the English smell funny.\*\* They were mad that you couldn’t spell New right. You got your foreign little hands on the word and started throwing in I’s and U’s. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/63 "2002-05-21T18:39:27Z")
**Fenris** Stilton-o avail, you think that I won’t milk this? I can even change font-inas on you Havarati, and don’t make me go through this anymore. My buddy Ric- otta try and chime in here, too. (ok, so maybe that was a stretch, don’t throw a brick at me, ok?) I’ll hold down the Roquefort while you set up the cottage, but if you turn on the radio, don’t listen to that Limbruger, ok? or at least tilsit 's over, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/64 "2002-05-21T18:52:34Z")
Well, what I want to know is who invented the idea of fruit and cheese together? It had never occurred to me before, but I must admit that the idea sounds delightful. I will make it a point to try this new combination. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/65 "2002-05-21T19:04:17Z")
That’s easy. If it’s cheese-related, the Dutch invented it. Camen, bert with me here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/66 "2002-05-21T19:04:30Z")
A wheel of baked brie, thinly sliced Granny smith apples, and oasted almonds **IS** the shizznit. The rest of you are all talking out your ass 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/67 "2002-05-21T19:11:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Hey, hey, HEY! > > We founded _Nieuw Amsterdam_, OK? It wasn’t until those crazy Limeys [sub]errrrrr[/sub] forced, yes, **brutally forced** [sub]yup, that’s the ticket![/sub] us to accept Suriname and twelve slightly aged geese as a fair trade for _Nieuw Amsterdam_, upon which the aforementioned cowardly Limeys renamed the fair city to _New York_, after some backward ugly town in Yorkshire. I mean, it’s not like it’s got the second biggest cathedral in Europe or something [sub]oh, fuck, it _does_![/sub], and besides, the English smell funny.\*\* They were mad that you couldn’t spell New right. You got your foreign little hands on the word and started throwing in I’s and U’s. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/68 "2002-05-21T19:16:02Z")
Unlike American hands, which are so big they hit the submit button twice. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/69 "2002-05-21T22:40:27Z")
😃 **Wring** , I bow down and out to your superiority. I colby better in morning, but for now, I am clearly not the Cheez-Whiz… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/70 "2002-05-21T22:47:50Z")
ah,( **cheesey** German accent) you’re a **pro-; vel- onle** in this case. 😃 I won’t **string** you along any more. Butter luck next time, any way you \*\*slice it, it’s **As I a -go** I’ll stop **grilling** you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917.md?page=3)