# PETA wanjts to buy OJ Simpson's house **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373 "2012-01-23T05:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/21 "2012-01-23T18:23:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My fervent wish is that every member of PETA be eaten by ravenous wombats. That works for me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/22 "2012-01-23T18:58:42Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It’s not much at all for a place in trendy Brentwood, because the house is about 3,000 miles away from trendy Brentwood. Also, [trendy Brentwood](http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=brentwood,+los+angeles&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x80c2a32a5a2254c1:0xaa6a3477bfa172cc,Brentwood,+Los+Angeles,+CA&gl=us&ei=dK0dT5HPKYb0ggfB8M37Dw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ8gEwAQ) is 400 miles from [Brentwood, California](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=brentwood,+ca&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x808ff999f087c8cd:0x7e19835b56d29a02,Brentwood,+CA&gl=us&ei=OK0dT7b8KNDaggfDu-HdCw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CEkQ8gEwAA). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/23 "2012-01-23T19:14:03Z")
What? Why would I want to buy a house that he _didn’t_ kill anyone in?\* - That we know of. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/24 "2012-01-23T19:27:58Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > What? Why would I want to buy a house that he _didn’t_ kill anyone in? Yes, the three most important things about buying a celeb’s house… vocation, vocation, vocation. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/25 "2012-01-27T22:24:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My fervent wish is that every member of PETA be eaten by ravenous wombats. I would, but PETA members taste funny. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/26 "2012-01-27T23:00:40Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:25, topic:610373”] I would, but PETA members taste funny. [/QUOTE] Did you just do a vanity search on “wombat”? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/27 "2012-01-27T23:24:47Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Did you just do a vanity search on “wombat”? Oddly enough, no. I was just perusing the boards and the title of this thread caught my eye. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373/28 "2012-01-27T23:53:14Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Rates right up there with a news article I saw about PETA a few weeks ago. > > [PETA Wants Roadside Memorial For Cows](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/20/peta-wants-roadside-memorial-for-cows/). We already have them; they’re called McDonalds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-wanjts-to-buy-oj-simpsons-house/610373.md?page=1)