# Rachael Ray - She's as cute as a speckled puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952 "2006-10-26T06:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/21 "2006-10-26T16:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Yep, that’s the one. I really can’t look at this. I’ll start giggling again. The one with the spoon, holy crap! Who’s brilliant idea was that? [/QUOTE] No kidding. Although those Nigella Lawson “English Muffin” tee shirt pictures (just google her name in google images and you’ll see it) is pretty dopey, as well. I mean, it’s hard enough as it is not staring at her ample bosom, but with that tee-shirt, there’s just no way around it. I guess in the privacy of my home on the internet, it doesn’t matter, but my Nigella is so much more than a nice rack. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/22 "2006-10-26T17:01:47Z")
And as annoying as a caffeinated chihuahua. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/23 "2006-10-26T17:14:37Z")
I’m sure RayRay is a lovely person, and a good enough cook, but I’d never want to send children over to her house to eat like Mario Batali did. Listening to her chirp on about “sammies” and “EVOO” (“that’s ‘extra-virgin olive oil’!”) and “stoups” (“it’s thicker than a soup, but thinner than a stew – it’s a stoup!”) would cause even kids to vomit all over the stuff. Ugh. Maybe they can cancel half of her fifty different shows and force her into rehab for whatever uppers she’s so obviously on. And, while Nigella is amazing to listen to, I have to give the edge to Giada de Laurentis and her little big head for viewing pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/24 "2006-10-26T17:18:31Z")
Rachael Ray doesn’t appeal to me at all. She’s built like a 12 year old boy and I can’t stand hearing her talk. And the tipping thing is also a nonstarter. I’m with Anthony Bourdain on that one. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/25 "2006-10-26T17:21:41Z")
Why do both men and women find members of the opposite sex who can cook to be extremely sexy?.. I know many of females who adore Alton, and even more guys who would wait in line for Racheal Ray… ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/26 "2006-10-26T17:23:36Z")
What? I don’t know what you’re seeing, but I see a pair of respectable B-cups there, and perfectly nice hips. Can’t fault the face for bone structure, nice hair, great, if occasionally maniacal, smile (see first post). She’s the perfect girl-next-door. She just needs to _shut the Hell up_. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/27 "2006-10-26T17:33:49Z")
Rachel Ray and her husband could probably pick up some extra bucks modeling ads for dentists and orthodontists. They have nearly identical smiles (which they both seem to flash incessantly). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/28 "2006-10-26T17:40:57Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] [Here’s Ray Ray’s FHM spread](http://www.torontopics.com/digital/ray.html). She doesn’t look bad, of course, but the images look horribly forced. A proper photo shoot would do her good. [/QUOTE] FHM, and its ilk, have an uncanny ability to take pretty women and make them look terrible. It’s an aesthetic I refer to as “aggressively vacuous”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/29 "2006-10-26T17:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue] Ray is perkier than Mary Tyler Moore in her Mr. Grant days. [/QUOTE] No, that doesn’t go far enough. Ray is perkier than Mary Tyler Moore after a cocktail of Red Bull and ecstasy. I don’t think I could spend more than five minutes in her prescence without slapping her. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/30 "2006-10-26T17:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Rachel Ray and her husband could probably pick up some extra bucks modeling ads for dentists and orthodontists. They have nearly identical smiles (which they both seem to flash incessantly). [/QUOTE] Agree. If I wanted to see perfect teeth, I’d watch Donnie & Marie reruns. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/31 "2006-10-26T17:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Ray is perkier than Mary Tyler Moore after a cocktail of Red Bull and ecstasy. [/QUOTE] I wonder if she’s that perky in the sack? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/32 "2006-10-26T17:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] Nothing a ball gag won’t fix. [/QUOTE] **Evil Captor** , is that you? From these steel hazels, both women are beauts in their own right… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/33 "2006-10-26T17:59:32Z")
Two questions: 1. “Sammies”?? 2. How does anyone here know what Rachael Ray leaves for tips? You guys been out to dinner with her lately? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/34 "2006-10-26T18:01:50Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Two questions: 1. “Sammies”?? 2. How does anyone here know what Rachael Ray leaves for tips? You guys been out to dinner with her lately? [/QUOTE] 3. Sandwiches 4. “$40 a Day with Rachel Ray” shows her spending habits when they add up her bill. I can’t fault her for being a cheap tipper when she has to stay under $40 for 3 meals. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/35 "2006-10-26T18:01:55Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Rachael Ray - She’s as cute as a speckled puppy! [Really!](http://kitchen.apartmenttherapy.com/food/news/rachael-ray-one-of-times-100-most-influential-people-008502) [/QUOTE] [ul] [li]Shouldn’t you have linked to a picture of a speckled puppy, for comparison purposes?[/li][li]I’m only vaguely aware of who Rachael Ray is and have only seen still photos of her.[/li][li]Judging by what I’ve seen of her, I’d do her.[/li][li]I wouldn’t do a speckled puppy. What do you think I am, some kind of pervert?[/li][li]Well, possibly I am. But not _that_ kind of pervert.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/36 "2006-10-26T18:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Two questions: 1. “Sammies”?? [/quote] Short for “sandwich.” > [@](#): > > 1. How does anyone here know what Rachael Ray leaves for tips? You guys been out to dinner with her lately? Her show $40 a Day depicts her visiting US and foreign tourist spots and showing how you can eat like royalty for the aforementioned amount. The secret: tip exactly 15%, even on a $7 meal. By the way, Giada de Laurentiis grinds both Ray and Lawson up into a fine powder, which she then allows me to snort off of her cleavage like a 1980s Wall Street baron and a high-end call girl. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/37 "2006-10-26T18:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Her show $40 a Day depicts her visiting US and foreign tourist spots and showing how you can eat like royalty for the aforementioned amount. The secret: tip exactly 15%, even on a $7 meal. [/QUOTE] 15% is not generous but it isn’t cheap. It’s the customary standard for decent service. I admit I usually tip more for a single-digit-dollar meal but if you think 15% is cheap, you don’t know what a cheap tipper really is. Most waitstaff would be overjoyed if they could expect 15% from every customer. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/38 "2006-10-26T18:46:07Z")
Nah, I agree with the Op she is cute. I agree with \*\*LavenderBlue \*\* even more as I immediately thought of the Pilot episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show when Mr. Grant tells her. “Your Perky” … “I don’t like Perky”. However, I like her just fine. Her show and Alton Brown are the only shows on the Food Network I can tolerate. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim_1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/39 "2006-10-26T18:47:49Z")
Thirty two posts and only one mention of Giada de Laurentis. What with the music, soft focus, low cut tops and that freshly tussled hair, why she’s the food porn queen. Rachell’s a perfectly atractive women but her on camara persona reminds me of a junior high school cheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952/40 "2006-10-26T19:17:31Z")
It’s really too bad. I think she’s mighty fine, and it is possible for her spunkyness to be endearing…but in _much smaller doses_. And can the goofy Rachaelisms, _please_. She’d be the greatest if she’d just do a retro-Emeril and take it down like 100 notches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachael-ray-shes-as-cute-as-a-speckled-puppy/377952.md?page=3)