# Revenge is a dish best served.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227 "2010-04-15T16:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/21 "2010-04-16T17:35:42Z")
Neurosis is a dish best served on a plate someone gave you for reasons that are suspect. Earthquakophobia is a dish best served on a tectonic plate. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/22 "2010-04-16T18:07:06Z")
Job resentment is a dish best served with at least 12 pieces of flair. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/23 "2010-04-16T18:19:34Z")
Impatience is a dish best served right out of the package. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/24 "2010-04-16T19:45:45Z")
Saudade is a dish best served once and then never again. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/25 "2010-04-16T19:50:36Z")
Gaudere is a dish you should check on again and again – and yet again – then serve it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/26 "2010-04-16T19:50:57Z")
Food Network is a dish best served on Dish Network. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/27 "2010-04-16T19:57:27Z")
A subpoena is a dish best served with papers. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/28 "2010-04-16T20:31:51Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Saudade is a dish best served once and then never again. But you are allowed to pine for it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/29 "2010-04-16T23:34:08Z")
Reverberation is a dish best served dish best served dish best served … ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/30 "2010-04-16T23:41:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Impatience is a dish best served right out of the package. Wait, never mind… I’ll eat it here. New Age is a dish that’s best served at the fringes of my consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/31 "2010-04-16T23:51:23Z")
The Internet is a dish best served with roflsauce. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/32 "2010-04-17T00:06:01Z")
And how do _you_ think Psychoanalysis should be served? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/33 "2010-04-17T00:49:37Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > And how do _you_ think Psychoanalysis should be served? Sometimes a plate is just a plate. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/34 "2010-04-17T01:47:14Z")
Gossip is a dish best served by dishing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/35 "2010-04-17T02:21:37Z")
Homeopathy is a dish best served divided up onto a hundred different plates. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/36 "2010-04-17T02:23:25Z")
Godwin’s Law is a dish best served on a plate - just like Hitler ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/37 "2010-04-17T02:25:18Z")
Literalness is an abstract concept that cannot be served in the manner of a meal. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/38 "2010-04-17T02:28:45Z")
Perfectionism is a dish that is never best served. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/39 "2010-04-17T02:43:45Z")
Humiliation is a dish best served in public. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served/536227/40 "2010-04-17T03:19:36Z")
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