# Rand Rover's a non-tipping, SUV-driving, Republican, picky-eater fatty who hovers over toilet seats **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259 "2010-03-12T17:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/41 "2010-03-13T00:24:52Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Christ almighty. People pit me, with my brilliant ideas that would be make the world a better place if all were to adopt them, and leave people like TDG, who has no clue about Mexican food, to post their gibberish unmolested. Someone please molest TDG, FFS. Thank you. What? In my experience, tacos _don’t_ have rice and beans and burritos generally do. What’s so weird about that? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/42 "2010-03-13T00:25:24Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > You’re both wrong about Mexican food, and should be pitted accordingly! Nope. I worked for 3 years in a Mexican restaurant (in high school), and I have been a frequent partaker of the cuisine since then, so I know Mexican food. All I did was express incredulity at the idea of an enchilada so large you couldn’t eat it all. I think that’s reasonable. Every enchilada I’ve ever seen was roughly the length of my outstretched hand and the width of my two little fingers. I had no way of knowing that you apparently went to some place that will put your picture on the wall if you can manage to shovel one of their beastiladas down your gaping maw in one sitting. To recap: I win, you lose, game over (and TDG doesn’t know shit about Mexican food). ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/43 "2010-03-13T00:30:44Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > > [@Smeghead](#): > > > > I predict this thread will make it to page 15, and by page 10, it will be reduced to no more than a half-dozen people endlessly bickering. > > Probably about the Iraq War or Health Care reform. Probably about the Iraq War or Health Care reform. Or possibly Mexican food. If one can call a discussion of the way Chipotle fixes their tacos and burritos talking about Mexican food. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/44 "2010-03-13T00:36:32Z")
> [@dre2xl](#): > > Since that thread was mentioned, let me ask you a question: do you believe Americans are inherently more lacking in personal responsibility & self-discipline than Canadians, Europeans, and other first-world countries? The issue of Fatties in America can be looked at from a public health perspective or a personal perspective. From a public health perspective, you can talk about more and better fast food, and advertising, and blah blah blah. But when you have a fatty in your face whining about being fat and telling you they’ve tried everything and nothing, not even eating 100 calories a day while burning 5000, will cause them to lose weight, then the fatty doesn’t have any sense of personal responsibility. > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > What? In my experience, tacos _don’t_ have rice and beans and burritos generally do. What’s so weird about that? Nothing’s weird about that. It’s just not the distinguishing factor between burritos and tacos. A burrito involves a tortilla that is wrapped up such that it is closed on both ends, and a taco invovles an open tortilla (which may be fried until crispy or soft) that has been folded over (either before being fried or by the maker/eater). The contents of each don’t enter into it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/45 "2010-03-13T01:00:22Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Nope. I worked for 3 years in a Mexican restaurant (in high school), and I have been a frequent partaker of the cuisine since then, so I know Mexican food. I’m not going to get into an Mexican-cred-off with you, because you’ll lose. > [@](#): > > All I did was express incredulity at the idea of an enchilada so large you couldn’t eat it all. I think that’s reasonable. Every enchilada I’ve ever seen was roughly the length of my outstretched hand and the width of my two little fingers. I had no way of knowing that you apparently went to some place that will put your picture on the wall if you can manage to shovel one of their beastiladas down your gaping maw in one sitting. Most enchiladas I’ve come across have been small, but as I said, there’s no size limitation so I’m unsure of why instead of thinking that I ate a really large enchilada (which is what I said), you thought that I did not know what an enchilada is. You didn’t merely express incredulity; you said there was “no way” I had an enchilada so big that it was painful to eat in one sitting. > [@](#): > > To recap: I win, you lose, game over (and TDG doesn’t know shit about Mexican food). To recap, I said I was going to stay in tonight, read some and clean up, but am currently in a bottle of Cruzan, and am probably going to put my shoes back on and head down to the local. And yes, the contents are not what distinguish a taco from a burrito. Frothingly angry pit thread forthcoming. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/46 "2010-03-13T01:10:07Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Most enchiladas I’ve come across have been small, but as I said, there’s no size limitation so I’m unsure of why instead of thinking that I ate a really large enchilada (which is what I said), you thought that I did not know what an enchilada is. You didn’t merely express incredulity; you said there was “no way” I had an enchilada so big that it was painful to eat in one sitting. Agreed that there’s no size limitation. But there is a more-or-less standard size. Combine that with the fact that lots of people don’t know shit about Mexican food, and my incredulity was perfectly warranted. But you know you’re wrong, I don’t need to keep telling you. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to have a slice of this apple pie I’ve been working on for about a year (I baked it in the hot tub in my backyard). ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/47 "2010-03-13T01:15:51Z")
> [@shodan](#): > > not from the sky, from the government. > Regards, > shodan woo hoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/48 "2010-03-13T01:50:05Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Agreed that there’s no size limitation. But there is a more-or-less standard size. Combine that with the fact that lots of people don’t know shit about Mexican food, and my incredulity was perfectly warranted. But you know you’re wrong, I don’t need to keep telling you. Don’t make me put on my lollerskates. You conveniently failed to address this: “You didn’t merely express incredulity; you said there was “no way” I had an enchilada so big that it was painful to eat in one sitting.” If your post only said “You probably had yourself a burrito or chimichanga” that would be one thing, but you said there was no way I was talking about an enchilada. But I’m tired of talking about this now. Hey everybody, did you know that Rand Rover thinks poor people should be gassed? It’s true. I read it on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/49 "2010-03-13T02:01:52Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > But I’m tired of talking about this now. Hey everybody, did you know that Rand Rover thinks poor people should be gassed? It’s true. I read it on the internet. I’d like to make a modest proposal 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/50 "2010-03-13T02:19:23Z")
The notion of grinding up **Rand Rover** to make enchiladas is…unacceptable. If there is no Pit rule against it, I suggest we make one up right now. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/51 "2010-03-13T02:20:43Z")
This thread is made of win. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/52 "2010-03-13T05:07:46Z")
Rand Rover’s a non-tipping, SUV-driving, Republican, picky-eater fatty who hovers over toilet seats. 'bout time we got a new mini-rants thread going. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/53 "2010-03-13T13:08:57Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Well, yeah if you go acting like the way billionaires act before they become billionares. Inventing shit, creating multi-billion dollar businesses and investing wisely and whatnot. … You are something else. For every Bill Gates, I can show you 100 who produced nothing but a good fucking for the world. You know who I mean, the guys who who arm the world, stir up a little religious/political strife and make out no matter who wins. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/54 "2010-03-13T13:32:24Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But does he take his shoes off in the house? I hear he does - just so he can throw them at the house’s cats. And then he lights a big cigar without asking for the host’s permission. Lights it with a concealed [del]handgun[/del]assault weapon, too. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/55 "2010-03-13T15:35:20Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Nope. I worked for 3 years in a Mexican restaurant (in high school), and I have been a frequent partaker of the cuisine since then, so I know Mexican food. > > All I did was express incredulity at the idea of an enchilada so large you couldn’t eat it all. I think that’s reasonable. Every enchilada I’ve ever seen was roughly the length of my outstretched hand and the width of my two little fingers. I had no way of knowing that you apparently went to some place that will put your picture on the wall if you can manage to shovel one of their beastiladas down your gaping maw in one sitting. > > To recap: I win, you lose, game over (and TDG doesn’t know shit about Mexican food). Every steak I had seen before I went to I can’t remember the fuck where weighed about 8 uncooked ounces. Then I went to a steakhouse and polished off a 24 ounce porterhouse. I was incredulous as to its size, but it met all of the formal properties of steakdom and was thus a steak. I don’t doubt that you spent three years cleaning out the soda fountain at Chipotle, but the Real Academia Espanola is the single authority in the world capable of defining Spanish words. According to the RAE, an enchilada is the following: > [@](#): > > f. El Salv., Guat., Hond., Méx. y Nic. Tortilla de maíz enrollada rellena de carne y cubierta de salsa de jitomate con chile. Rolled corn tortilla filled with meat, covered with a tomato chili sauce. I am so glad we settled this burning issue of our time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/56 "2010-03-13T15:40:20Z")
How come you trust the opinions of people who can’t even speak English? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/57 "2010-03-13T15:42:12Z")
I have a confession to make; I don’t know enchiladas from burritos from tacos from whatever else is on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. I just look at the descriptions and order what sounds good - something rolled in something covered with something. If there’s cheese anywhere in the description, chances are I’ll order it. Mmm, Mexican food - I think it’s time to have that for supper again. And before anyone starts questioning whether or not we make authentic Mexican food in Calgary, how the hell should I know? It tastes good, I eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/58 "2010-03-13T15:46:14Z")
The RAE can suck it: 1. An enchilada can be made with a flour tortilla. 2. An enchilada can be filled with cheese only. 3. An enchilada can be covered with sausces other than a tomato chili sauce (cheese sauce and sour cream sause and green tomatillo sauces come to mind). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/59 "2010-03-13T15:49:08Z")
No fair asking the maid for help! ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/60 "2010-03-13T15:50:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > And before anyone starts questioning whether or not we make authentic Mexican food in Calgary I don’t think there’s really any question about that . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259.md?page=4)