# Raquel Welch is still built like a brick shithouse. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520 "2012-03-12T02:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/1 "2012-03-12T02:24:04Z")
She is guesting on _CSI: Miami_ tonight, and at age 71, she is still smokin’ hot. If she’s had work done, it is very good. Plays the evil matriarch pretty well, too. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/2 "2012-03-12T03:04:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > She is guesting on _CSI: Miami_ tonight, and at age 71, **she is still smokin’ hot**. If she’s had work done, it is very good. Plays the evil matriarch pretty well, too. My guess is that “brick shithouse” does not mean to you what it means to me. You’re “smokin’ hot” assessment is spot on. When I hear(or read) “brick shithouse” I picture someone built, well, like me. Pretty much the same thickness from the shoulders down. I don’t think Raquel was _ever_ built like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/3 "2012-03-12T03:12:29Z")
1. Raquel Welch is 71?! 2. And still hot? My ex-teenage brain just tried to turn itself inside-out. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/4 "2012-03-12T03:15:25Z")
Brick Shithouse means a very large and strong bruiser. At least that’s what it’s always meant to me. I sincerely hope she’s not built like that! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/5 "2012-03-12T03:21:01Z")
Moved IMHO --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/6 "2012-03-12T03:21:06Z")
She was a guest on Craig Ferguson the other night, [and indeed she is looking good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtrRYTGIBM). Good genes, taking good care of herself or having much better luck with choosing what to have tucked and by whom than anyone else in Hollywood. “Brick shithouse” to me has always meant a busty Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/7 "2012-03-12T03:23:08Z")
‘Built like a brick shithouse’ means ‘well built’. The context of ‘well built’ is obvious when it comes to Raquel Welch. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/8 "2012-03-12T03:31:07Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > She was a guest on Craig Ferguson the other night, [and indeed she is looking good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtrRYTGIBM). Good genes, taking good care of herself or having much better luck with choosing what to have tucked and by whom than anyone else in Hollywood. > > “Brick shithouse” to me has always meant a busty Amazon. Holy crap she’s not only still amazing looking, she’s also engaging and funny and hip! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/9 "2012-03-12T03:38:44Z")
[Cecil covered this](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2458/how-did-the-phrase-built-like-a-brick-shithouse-get-to-be-a-compliment) nine years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/10 "2012-03-12T03:42:12Z")
I’d still like to have her dropped on top of me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/11 "2012-03-12T04:04:26Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’d still like to have her dropped on top of me. I would (heroically) push you out of the way and (selflessly) take the hit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/12 "2012-03-12T04:07:49Z")
Playwright/comedian Del Shores tells a [slightly/possibly NSFW story](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1EFr0K1jwM) about his lunch with Raquel Welch in which she speaks to her cosmetic choices. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/13 "2012-03-12T04:16:03Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Playwright/comedian Del Shores tells a [slightly/possibly NSFW story](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1EFr0K1jwM) about his lunch with Raquel Welch in which she speaks to her cosmetic choices. Kathleen Turner said much the same thing: “After 40, you can either keep your face or your figure.” Trying to maintain the body of an 18 year old is possible, but the strain will show in your face (see: Fonda, Jane) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/14 "2012-03-12T04:19:18Z")
In that clip, she looks OK for a 40-something woman. Which is pretty damn good, at age 71. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/15 "2012-03-12T04:21:24Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’d still like to have her dropped on top of me. this x 2 The results may kill me, but what a way to go… She is indeed like a fine wine - seems to only get better with age ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/16 "2012-03-12T04:26:35Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I’d still like to have her dropped on top of me. She’s still got a big bottom… ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/17 "2012-03-12T04:29:12Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > My guess is that “brick shithouse” does not mean to you what it means to me. You’re “smokin’ hot” assessment is spot on. When I hear(or read) “brick shithouse” I picture someone built, well, like me. Pretty much the same thickness from the shoulders down. I don’t think Raquel was _ever_ built like that. Brick shithouses are rare, and well-built. Don’t you remember The Commodors hit (soon to lose lead singer Lionell Ritchie) “She’s A Brick…House?” ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/18 "2012-03-12T04:31:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I would (heroically) push you out of the way and (selflessly) take the hit. This made me tee-hee. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/19 "2012-03-12T04:47:08Z")
The Monty Python “It’s . . .” man (Michael Palin) pretty much sums up my POV: > [@](#): > > I would tax Raquel Welch. I’ve a feeling she’d tax me. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520/20 "2012-03-12T05:40:02Z")
A bit of literary trivia: Raquel Welch was Ayn Rand’s first choice to play Dagny Taggart in an \*Atlas Shrugged \*movie. She had the cheekbones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raquel-welch-is-still-built-like-a-brick-shithouse/615520.md?page=2)