# 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:** 4
**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, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/61 "2010-03-13T15:54:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > 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. (Shakes head) Canadiens… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/62 "2010-03-13T16:27:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > 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. Probably not. Good Mexican food may be the one thing that Canada truly lacks. Weirdly, I’ve had very good, very authentic Mexican food in the BC interior - A guy from Mazatlan who wound up in the Kootneys. I’d love to know what the locals thought when he first opened up. ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/63 "2010-03-13T16:37:17Z")
Mexican cooking, American ingredients. I once ate a street vendor tamale in Hermosillo, a decision I profoundly regretted for about three days. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/64 "2010-03-13T16:44:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I suppose **RR** is technically correct, in that somebody would end up at the bottom of any distribution of net wealth. So what? Yes, it’s inevitable that some individual person has to be on the bottom. Or that certain regions might be getting hard hit economically. But when it’s an entire group of people who have nothing in common except their race and gender, you don’t find that fishy in the least? You don’t find it odd that even when black people are a numeric minority in the country, they always seem to end up heavily represented in the statistical category of “people who are screwed”? This is not remarkable to you? ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/65 "2010-03-13T16:53:10Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#): > > Yes, it’s inevitable that some individual person has to be on the bottom. Or that certain regions might be getting hard hit economically. **But when it’s an entire group of people who have nothing in common except their race and gender,** you don’t find that fishy in the least? You don’t find it odd that even when black people are a numeric minority in the country, they always seem to end up heavily represented in the statistical category of “people who are screwed”? This is not remarkable to you? You didn’t pay close enough attention. The people at the bottom are “single black women aged 39 to 46” (age range may be slighlty off because I can’t be arsed to look back at the thread). So, your bolded statement above is incorrect and shows you don’t know whatyou are talking about. If you were to slice the data a different way, and see who was worst off among people from, say, 18 to 23, the answer very well may be white people (since white people go to college in higher rates than black people, and many college students have student loans and no assets to speak of). So, the authors of the study sliced and diced the data until they got a group of black folks with a median net worth of $5 and BAM–outrage!! ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/66 "2010-03-13T17:12:29Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > You didn’t pay close enough attention. The people at the bottom are “single black women aged 39 to 46” (age range may be slighlty off because I can’t be arsed to look back at the thread). So, your bolded statement above is incorrect and shows you don’t know whatyou are talking about. God, you’re a stupid douchebag. Read the article: > [@](#): > > Among the most startling revelations in the wealth data is that while single white women in the prime of their working years (ages 36 to 49) have a median wealth of $42,600 (still only 61 percent of their single white male counterparts), the median wealth for single black women is only $5. It’s an apples to applies comparison of single women in the prime of their earning years, when they’d be expected to have the most money. It doesn’t seem interesting that apparently your net worth can be 8000 times higher just by not being black? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/67 "2010-03-13T17:43:01Z")
This will blow your mind: In addition to the Mexico we’re all familiar with, there’s a whole “New Mexico” where they serve unrolled, stacked enchiladas. My favorite local example: [Chuy’s Southwestern Special](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OVtOM-JqUfA/SwC49L-CUqI/AAAAAAAALe0/XeaZ9gKOpLs/s800/Chuys_TexMex6.jpg), blue corn tortillas stacked with chicken, cheese, and green chile sauce, and topped with a fried egg. Once you’ve had stacked, you’ll never go back! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/68 "2010-03-13T17:47:17Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > This thread is made of win. Well sure, but is the tortilla in which it’s wrapped open or closed on the ends? ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/69 "2010-03-13T17:56:50Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > 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). In a standoff between the RAE and a corner Mexican joint in the OK Corral, my money’s on the RAE. As for number 3, well, one must recognize that the enchilada suiza, enchilada con mole, or whatever are but subsets that only participate somewhat in the enchilada-ness of the enchilada. I know all of this stuff because I once had a Mexican dude hang some drywall for me in my apartment. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/70 "2010-03-13T18:53:20Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > 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. Ok. [Here’s the list of all 937 billionares in the world.](http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html) Show me which ones. ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/71 "2010-03-13T19:33:46Z")
I just bought a Macbook Pro. Bring the hate, bitches. ---
**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, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/72 "2010-03-13T19:38:49Z")
Can I hate in an abstract, post-modernist sort of way, or do I have to give a shit? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/73 "2010-03-13T20:22:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **rand rover** : I just bought a Macbook Pro. Bring the hate, bitches. For a moment there I was impressed. And then I realized you weren’t talking about buying into that part of the company. **MeanOldLady** , you have a permanent invitation to Nashville! I think you would pass the test. Our favorite local Mexican restaurant and tortilla factory is listed in Fodor’s. But they do warn about our sleezy neighborhood! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/74 "2010-03-13T20:28:08Z")
**elucidator** , will your abstract, post-modernist hatred involve didacticism? I keep looking for another Jack Reed in all of this. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/75 "2010-03-13T20:32:31Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > This will blow your mind: In addition to the Mexico we’re all familiar with, there’s a whole “New Mexico” where they serve unrolled, stacked enchiladas. My favorite local example: [Chuy’s Southwestern Special](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_OVtOM-JqUfA/SwC49L-CUqI/AAAAAAAALe0/XeaZ9gKOpLs/s800/Chuys_TexMex6.jpg), blue corn tortillas stacked with chicken, cheese, and green chile sauce, and topped with a fried egg. Once you’ve had stacked, you’ll never go back! “New Mexico”? Sounds like a gimmick, like “New Coke” and we all know how that turned out. ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/76 "2010-03-13T20:44:03Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > .., Our favorite local Mexican restaurant and tortilla factory is listed in Fodor’s. But they do warn about our sleezy neighborhood! Truth in advertising for the consumer of everything but govt propaganda justifying greed in a world of diminishing resources and growing demand outstripping need in countries like our own. You could say it’s a start on the road to transparency but it looks more like the end of the road to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/77 "2010-03-13T21:15:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mexican cooking, American ingredients. I once ate a street vendor tamale in Hermosillo, a decision I profoundly regretted for about three days. I had a similar experience from a taco stand on the streets of Ensenada.\* Oh and fuck enchiladas. If you can eat a [Gordito’s Burrito Grande](http://gorditoshealthymexicanfood.com/index.html) in one sitting, then I’ll be impressed. They ain’t kidding when they say those things are the size of a small baby. And I have to throw in the obligatory “I love this place comment.” A pitting of a non-tipping, SUV-driving, Republican, picky-eater fatty who hovers over toilet seats turns into a discussion regarding enchiladas. Priceless. Could you beat someone to death with a two pound unfrozen enchilada? \*the several gallons of booze I consumed while on that cruise may have been a factor. ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/78 "2010-03-14T01:06:55Z")
Oh, and I’m deducting the Macbook Pro–so that’s about a couple hundred fewer of my dollars for Obama to use to try ruining this country! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/79 "2010-03-14T01:25:02Z")
If I rat out **RR** to the Feds, that’s turning in a freak to the Man. On the other hand, its ten Obamapoints, half way to the toaster oven. ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-rovers-a-non-tipping-suv-driving-republican-picky-eater-fatty-who-hovers-over-toilet-seats/532259/80 "2010-03-14T01:52:41Z")
Rat me out for what? I’m using this thing for business purposes–all perfectly legal. Except for right this second, of course–my first post from my new Mac!! Woot! [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=3) [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=5)