# Ragu- The spaghetti sauce for kids who have just watched their parents have sex **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960 "2012-08-09T14:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/41 "2012-08-09T17:54:37Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > It talks about the kid having a tough day. That combined with the look on his face means that only Ragu can sooth the pain he felt by seeing his parents go ass to ass with an 18" double-headed, ice blue, jelly dong. Original Recipe or Chunky Garden Basil & Oregano flavor? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/42 "2012-08-09T18:03:38Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Somewhere, an ad exec is crowing to his client that we all are discussing the shittiest pasta sauce this side of ketchup. Mission accomplished, I’d say. Well, it is giving me a craving for pasta sauce–but there’s no way I’m going to go out and buy Ragu. In fact, I find that most commercials wind up helping the competitors more, at least, for me. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/43 "2012-08-09T18:10:17Z")
I wouldn’t put it past them. [Jack in the Box](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5i0O2PNS4) has already done Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/44 "2012-08-09T18:12:28Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I notice that while the dad makes an appearance at the end of the commercial, mom is forever hidden from view in her sexual shame. Hussy. And the boy has already managed to completely block the memory. Otherwise, how could he look her in the face so innocently? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/45 "2012-08-09T18:45:20Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Only it wasn’t alfredo sauce…it was his spunk. He was _saving_ it. Sing along now! _Every sperm is sacred…_ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/46 "2012-08-09T20:10:50Z")
I thought the commercial was funny. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/47 "2012-08-09T20:23:02Z")
This isn’t a commercial. Its blackmail disguised as a commercial by that chunky little bastard. He KNEW his parents were into kinky stuff. He set up that camera and “accidentally” walked in on them while mom was dressed as a squirrel and dad as a racoon while “taking care of business”. All that shock on his face is just brilliant acting. He knows that shit won’t fly where they live in the bible belt. As long as everyone “pretends” it WAS a commercial he gets eat that crap known as Ragu every night. He quits getting his Ragu and its game over man. Why do you think he’s so damn happy to get Ragu? His monster parents had him eating salad, tofu, bean sprouts and other hippy shit for “his own good”. But his devious master plan worked and now its Ragu all the time baby. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/48 "2012-08-09T22:24:36Z")
I’ve been thinking…and it hurts. The kid cam home from school. Dad ain’t home yet. Perhaps he caught Mom with the Mailman, or the Meter Reader? :dubious: ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/49 "2012-08-09T23:01:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’ve been thinking…and it hurts. > The kid cam home from school. > Dad ain’t home yet. > Perhaps he caught Mom with the Mailman, or the Meter Reader? > :dubious: But the song says it’s eight o’clock. Confusion abounds. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/50 "2012-08-09T23:11:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > But the song says it’s eight o’clock. Confusion abounds. Ah. Mrs. Plant v.3.0 pointed that out. I go to great lengths not to listen to C&W. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/51 "2012-08-09T23:32:05Z")
I honestly can’t believe how fucking awesome this commercial (and this subsequent thread) is. I’ve watched it so many times now and I’m getting tears in my eyes. The look on the kid’s face is too genuine to be acting. You KNOW they got a kid who had seen this before and said, “just imagine that in your head and react naturally.” Or fuck… maybe they really had his parents and told him to go open the door and filmed the actual reaction. It’s just too perfect. And then the jingle on top of it is just unreal. This is something that, if SNL did, people would think they were being surreal or weird and hillarious. The fact this is a legit pasta sauce commercial is beyond unbelievable gold. Bravo Ragu! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/52 "2012-08-09T23:35:06Z")
I do have to say, the advertising is brilliant. I have no idea what the hell catching your parents screwing has to do with spaghetti sauce, but it gets people talking about your commercial and brand. I mean, I know I’m being a sucker when I share it on Facebook, but it’s just too good not to share. Well done, ad agency. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/53 "2012-08-09T23:36:37Z")
Oh come on, you think they’d pull out the Ragu, with its full flavors and rich texture, for boring old ass-to-ass jelly-donging between mom and dad? Hell naw! This kid saw a full blown Asian bukkake session, with dad in the middle. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/54 "2012-08-09T23:55:14Z")
“Mom? You washed your hands, right?” ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/55 "2012-08-10T00:29:38Z")
I’ve actually seen this commercial three times today on cable TV. Funny every time. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/56 "2012-08-10T00:33:02Z")
The other commercials are pretty good. The “evil kid”, “drilled chicken” (makes perfect sense to me), and “braided noodles”. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/57 "2012-08-10T01:46:46Z")
> [@fumster](#): > > Do people still break pasta in half? That is so 1950’s. Well of course people do! How else do you get it to all fit into the water at once so that one end doesn’t start cooking before the other end? I watched a couple of the other commercials in the series, where several kids are sitting at what could be considered a bar, being served bowls of spaghetti, and sliding one over to a kid who comes in after a particularly trying day (“Participation Award?” “Yeah, it means I lost”) And then there is the whole sliding jar of sauce being caught just like a beer mug scene. So I guess we are to infer that a comforting bowl of Ragu will give you the same kind of stress release as a cold brewski. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/58 "2012-08-10T01:52:44Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > That, sadly, is the correct interpretation. > > I can’t believe I’m actually agreeing with a YouTube commenter, but he was right when he mentioned the ad should have been for Prego. One wag I read said “So long as they don’t get Prego.” ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/59 "2012-08-10T01:55:35Z")
Dad: “Billy, want some cheese on that?” Kid: \*“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” \* _running away from table._ ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/60 "2012-08-10T04:02:13Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Well of course people do! How else do you get it to all fit into the water at once so that one end doesn’t start cooking before the other end? After about 10 seconds in boiling water, the pasta will be pliable enough to fit in the pot. Apparently, some Italians are very opposed to spaghetti breaking. I don’t like to do it because you end up with ten thousand tiny spaghetti shards since they always break into three pieces. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960.md?page=4)