# Pimp oil **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755 "2000-01-31T03:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_V\_Club](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@A\_V\_Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_V_Club)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/1 "2000-01-31T03:18:00Z")
So what’s pimp oil? They’re selling it at the corner record store for $7.00. I don’t know if I want some or not. Is it made from real pimps? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/2 "2000-01-31T12:16:00Z")
Obviously, this is oil that only works in circa 1970’s pink Cadillacs. Although I imagine it would do ok in Tom Green’s “Slutmobile”. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/3 "2000-01-31T12:54:00Z")
Buy now, get free Ho Water. * * * The previous post was brought to you smiley-fee by Yer pal, ChiefScott ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/4 "2000-01-31T15:23:00Z")
If it’s like the stuff that used to be sold in the gas station I worked in back in the 70’s, it has a strong coconut oil base. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/5 "2000-01-31T17:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by A/V Club: > So what’s pimp oil?..Is it made from real pimps? Oh god…_baby oil!_ ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/6 "2000-01-31T21:56:00Z")
Oh shit…girl scout cookies ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/7 "2000-02-01T02:23:00Z")
And don’t forget the dog biscuits and Quaker oatmeal cereal. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/8 "2000-02-01T02:24:00Z")
Oh no…Lady Fingers. * * * Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you. -William Blake ---
**Author:** ![Hunsecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Hunsecker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunsecker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/9 "2000-02-01T02:37:00Z")
Oh crap… Soylent Green… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/10 "2000-02-01T08:58:00Z")
Soylent green is _pimps_?!?! ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/11 "2000-02-01T09:43:00Z")
Pimps are made out of people ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/12 "2000-02-01T12:27:00Z")
Oh, crap… French Toast! * * * Smilies, smilies, in a post Which one do I hate the most? Smirks and frowns and evil grins Rolling eyes that really spin They stick their tongues out if you please Who the hell first thought of these? Smilies, smilies, in a post Which one do I hate the most? – Neuro-trash grrrl ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/13 "2000-02-01T13:29:00Z")
…with a side of Canadian bacon? * * * If I was discussing Lucy Lawless but I wrote Lucy Topless, would that be a Freudian typo? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/14 "2000-02-01T14:53:00Z")
Pimp oil, for the uninitiated, is essentially “new car smell in a bottle” and is most often sold at urban gas stations, auto parts stores and the like. One sees it from time to time in record stores and head shops because it has a reputation (I don’t know whether it’s deserved) for being particularly effective at eliminating the odor of marijuana from the car. ## I mention this primarily to avoid thinking about the weinerschnitzel I had for dinner last night and the Belgian waffle this morning. Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/15 "2000-02-01T22:27:00Z")
How 'bout a manhattan? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/16 "2000-02-01T22:32:00Z")
up here in Canada, we love slices of American cheese. * * * and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/17 "2000-02-02T00:29:00Z")
Now, **Ivick** , I think you misunderstand the joke. You see, it’s kinda gross to think of pimp oil being made from real pimps or lady fingers from real ladies or whatnot. ## On the other hand, a real manhattan getting drunk is a very _good_ thing. 🙂 Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/18 "2000-02-02T09:11:00Z")
It depends on what part of you they make the drink out of… ``` .....perhaps it was you who misunderstood ``` piss off;p ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/19 "2000-02-02T09:14:00Z")
damn, my smilies didn’t work, you should be able to combine a wink and a razz 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755/20 "2000-02-03T01:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by lvick: > \*\*It depends on what part of you they make the drink out of… > \*\* Well, you’re right about that. I’ve found that a manhattan is best when he gets drunk all at once. * * * Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pimp-oil/6755.md?page=2)