# Potato Salad! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349 "2000-10-10T01:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/21 "2000-10-12T01:24:17Z")
I think I’ll grab a bottle of that champagne (you can help yourself from the rest of the case), and maybe some potato salad, and spread out my blanket behind that clump of bushes over there … Wonder who might wander back there to visit … ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/22 "2000-10-12T01:40:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjk \* > \*\*French bread and champagne! > \*\* If we’re having that, we should also have cold roast chicken, some apples and grapes and maybe a nice brie… rjk - I’d love to have some of that champagne. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/23 "2000-10-12T01:42:18Z")
Did you bring glasses - or will we have to improvise 😉 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/24 "2000-10-12T01:59:07Z")
\< giggle \> I am not sure of what the scoop is but I have my suspicions. \< giggle \> ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/25 "2000-10-12T02:57:39Z")
Um, I like German potato salad better. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/26 "2000-10-12T04:26:18Z")
I’ve got glasses … no, just one! We’ll have to share! \<\<\<_chases Zyada behind the bushes, waving glasses and a champagne bottle_\>\>\> ---
**Author:** ![BrothaTJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@BrothaTJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrothaTJ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/27 "2000-10-12T05:15:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricepad \* > \*\* > Isn’t anybody the least bit concerned that chickens now have _fingers_?? \*\* They can have all the fingers they want as far as I’m concerned, but I’ll be DAMNED if I’m gonna let them get away with opposable thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/28 "2000-10-12T05:18:46Z")
Count me in for the baked beans and cucumber salad. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/29 "2000-10-12T08:11:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > **You forget that there are men in this world. They scratch something else in bewilderment.** That’s not bewilderment; it’s _contentment_. 😃 Pasties. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/30 "2000-10-12T08:20:01Z")
Dijon, I don’t know if I have ever said this to you but I absolutly love your name! I crack up every time I see it! Oh and are you part of that potato salad with mustard? \< giggle \> I can’t help it, I LOVE YOUR NAME! ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/31 "2000-10-12T08:28:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*Dijon, > > I don’t know if I have ever said this to you but I absolutly love your name! I crack up every time I see it! > > Oh and are you part of that potato salad with mustard? > > \< giggle \> > > I can’t help it, I LOVE YOUR NAME! \*\* You haven’t, but it gives me those nifty little shivers to know I can get a giggle out of you. Insofar as the potato salad question goes, there are _way_ too many “eating Dijon” jokes in that direction. I _know_ we don’t want to go there, now do we? [sub]Well, maybe just a little…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/32 "2000-10-12T21:38:28Z")
\<\<\<_comes out from behind the bushes, looking much more relaxed_\>\>\> I think I need more champagne! And techie, “scoop”, you say? Did you bring ice cream? Where’s the chocolate sauce? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/33 "2000-10-12T21:44:12Z")
I brought the ice sculptures, made out of frozen vodka. I’ll let you all think about that for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/34 "2000-10-12T23:28:47Z")
Hell, all I want in life is a woman who can make potato salad exactly like my mother’s. That plus big …some other qualities. I guess it takes more than potato salad. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/35 "2000-10-13T23:23:10Z")
Isn’t anyone going to fire up the barbecue? I have some all-beef Kosher franks here, and nice soft buns. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/36 "2000-10-14T00:46:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edwardina \* > \*\*Isn’t anyone going to fire up the barbecue? > > I have some all-beef Kosher franks here, and nice soft buns. \*\* Yes, you do have nice buns, but shall we eat first? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349/37 "2000-10-14T01:40:08Z")
I brought GardenBurgers if Edwardina will share the buns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad/36349.md?page=1)