# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/61 "2012-08-10T07:36:12Z")
It’s late, and the wife’s asleep, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to wake her up and ask if she wants to do it “Old World Style”. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/62 "2012-08-10T08:28:35Z")
Was this ad for regular or meat sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/63 "2012-08-10T08:43:31Z")
[Feed the evil kid first](http://youtu.be/E-cNqRseeFA) is pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/64 "2012-08-10T09:53:58Z")
But this one is pretty damn bad… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0pR-UGmZpI) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/65 "2012-08-10T10:33:11Z")
[Did somebody say surreal?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erh2ngRZxs0&feature=youtube_gdata_player) My gf is in advertising. We were discussing the Ragu ad, and she showed me Little Baby’s IceCream. Wow.😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/66 "2012-08-10T11:34:14Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > The other commercials are pretty good. The “evil kid”, “drilled chicken” (makes perfect sense to me), and “braided noodles”. Drilled chicken had me in tears. I also really like the one where the Dad buries the cellphone in the plate of noodles and the kid’s food is “talking” to him. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/67 "2012-08-10T13:37:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Did somebody say surreal?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erh2ngRZxs0&feature=youtube_gdata_player) > > My gf is in advertising. We were discussing the Ragu ad, and she showed me Little Baby’s IceCream. Wow.😃 Creeeeeeeeeeepy… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/68 "2012-08-10T17:11:45Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > 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. You don’t hold the spaghetti by the ends to break the strands. You put your fingers next to each other in the middle and bend. Two pieces, not three. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/69 "2012-08-10T17:24:25Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > You don’t hold the spaghetti by the ends to break the strands. You put your fingers next to each other in the middle and bend. Two pieces, not three. I’m asking for “aha’s sake”…but is this where the not-so-polite term “Spaghetti Bender” came from? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/70 "2012-08-10T17:37:50Z")
[Spaghetti bender](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spaghetti+Bender) 1. maybe. 2. no. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/71 "2012-08-10T17:41:46Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > 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. That or use a bigger pot. Alton Brown advocates (IIRC) a full gallon of water for a pound of pasta. More room to move around in, so less sticking and such. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/72 "2012-08-10T17:48:54Z")
what difference does it make whether you break the spaghetti or not, you’re just going to cut it all up with a knife and fork before eating it anyway ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/73 "2012-08-10T17:50:05Z")
I don’t know anyone over age 7 who cuts spaghetti before eating it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/74 "2012-08-10T18:06:32Z")
Can we get off the dried pasta and get back to sex and spaghetti sauce please? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/75 "2012-08-10T19:34:14Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Can we get off the dried pasta and get back to sex and spaghetti sauce please? That’s what she said. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/76 "2012-08-10T19:38:46Z")
If merely hearing your parents going at it counts as much as walking in on them, then I definitely deserved Ragu many many nights of my childhood. The horror… the horror! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/77 "2012-08-10T23:10:21Z")
_It’s eight o’clock and this is why you are supposed to knock!_ I think the jingle said something like that. I just saw the commercial on TV last night, for the first time. ---
**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 11, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/78 "2012-08-11T02:40:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think the jingle said something like that. I just saw the commercial on TV last night, for the first time. Were you gone? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/79 "2012-08-11T04:43:35Z")
> [@fumster](#): > > Do people still break pasta in half? That is so 1950’s. Girlfriend’s Italian-American ex-MIL does; I don’t. Because I know how to cook spaghetti. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960/80 "2012-08-11T05:38:39Z")
If I had walked in on my parents when I was a kid, they’d have had to give me ice cream for dinner, not that wood pulp and paint they call Ragu. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I once knew a kid named Max when I was 13 years old. One day at Max’s house, he decides to show me something. So he pulls out an unlabelled jar from under his bed, with what looks like fermented alfredo sauce filling close to half of the jar. Only it wasn’t alfredo sauce…it was his spunk. He was _saving_ it. > > Max and I never hung out after that. Maybe he planned on growing [sea monkeys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragu-the-spaghetti-sauce-for-kids-who-have-just-watched-their-parents-have-sex/630960.md?page=5)