# Ross Sisters' "Solid Potato Salad." Must be seen to be believed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750 "2006-05-30T16:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/21 "2006-05-30T23:12:56Z")
[Here’s another good “where is her spine” video](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=841651212169523424&q=flexible+gymnast). Also plays immediately with sound. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/22 "2006-05-30T23:13:00Z")
Makes me want to finish my time machine, go back 62 years, take each one of them out to my Packard, bend them over the hood, and do them in the butt. Truly a beautiful experience awaits. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/23 "2006-05-30T23:27:58Z")
There is no Ross Sisters entry (as far as I can tell) at Wikipedia. Here is a chance for someone to fufil their lifelong dream and start one. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/24 "2006-05-30T23:31:47Z")
I wonder if it should be considered lucky that they were around at a time when their talents could lend to cutesy song and dance numbers, rather than the porn industry. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/25 "2006-05-31T00:53:39Z")
I like that last viewer comment: > [@](#): > > Holy crap! At the end! > > A perpertual lesbian motion machine! I can’t even imagine the incredible leg strength it would take to pull some of those stunts off. I bet those girls could crack walnuts with their thighs. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/26 "2006-05-31T00:55:46Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > You people act like you’ve never seen Cirque de Soleil. Or the Ed Sullivan Show. 🙂 My thoughts exactly. It was impressive, but Ed would have someone like this on at least once a season. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/27 "2006-05-31T01:22:28Z")
Somewhat off topic, but some of those old songs-who writes songs about _potato salad_, of all things, especially if it’s so dense it’s like concrete? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/28 "2006-05-31T01:59:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Somewhat off topic, but some of those old songs-who writes songs about _potato salad_, of all things, especially if it’s so dense it’s like concrete? “Solid” was (and I suppose is) slang for “really good,” of course. But, **Guin** … are you really so innocent? I mean, really. “Hit your mama with that solid potato salad?” Picnic-blanket shorts? Creamy spuds, mayo, and eggs? It’s probable that my mind just snapped when the young lady wrapped her ankles around her neck, but man, the whole thing seems pretty dirty to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/29 "2006-05-31T04:20:55Z")
My reaction to both videos? If someone forced my body to make those moves, there would be an explosion of titanic dimension, and I would be leaving in numerous body bags. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/30 "2006-05-31T04:40:03Z")
I noticed that the word “groovy” appeared in the lyrics of that song. I didn’t know it predated the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/31 "2006-05-31T05:07:45Z")
Somehow, someway there should be a _The Aristocrats_ joke in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/32 "2006-05-31T06:26:07Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > [Here’s another good “where is her spine” video](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=841651212169523424&q=flexible+gymnast). Also plays immediately with sound. Wow. For those who thought that wearing one’s ass for a hat was just a figure of speech; she does it quite literally several times in that clip. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/33 "2006-05-31T06:26:25Z")
Contortionist sisters, Great, now I have another fantasy that will never come true. What is amazing is that there only about 4 edits in the entire thing. The first edit is at 1:40. I’m pretty sure the bit on the wagon involved running the film backwards at the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/34 "2006-05-31T06:50:43Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > What would be really bizarre is if they popped out of the bathtubs in the California Dreaming video. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha! _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/35 "2006-05-31T08:12:55Z")
Ya know, I’m Gay and even I can understand the appeal of this, uh, “act”… Looking forward to the B side of the record, with their brothers singing and dancing to, “Asparagus Spears With Hollandaise Sauce”. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/36 "2006-05-31T09:19:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I wonder if it should be considered lucky that they were around at a time when their talents could lend to cutesy song and dance numbers, rather than the porn industry. Lucky for whom? Do you know how much money a trio of sisters (especially if they were triplets) who could do those kinds of stunts could make in the porn industry _today?_ They’d make Bill Gates look like a pauper in no time! **NCB** , I call “Shotgun!” and “Sloppy seconds!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/37 "2006-05-31T17:18:17Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Ya know, I’m Gay and even I can understand the appeal of this, uh, “act”… > > Looking forward to the B side of the record, with their brothers singing and dancing to, “Asparagus Spears With Hollandaise Sauce”. \*Be bop a reedle de ding fatoo Be bop a reedle de ding fatoo Asparagus spears with Hollandaise Sauce and a nice green salad to toss Pops, we got a righteous dinner for you It’s all jelly and it’s barrelhouse, too Be bop a reedle de ding fatoo Be bop a reedle de ding fatoo\* ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/38 "2006-05-31T17:41:52Z")
You know, before the contorting, I thought, “What’s the big deal, they’re kinda cute, besides, the sound’s off.” Then I saw them in action. I didn’t think they made material that flexible back in the day. Those shorts would NOT give! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/39 "2006-05-31T21:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > What is amazing is that there only about 4 edits in the entire thing. The first edit is at 1:40. I’m pretty sure the bit on the wagon involved running the film backwards at the end of it. I just watched it again; I counted five edits. And if the wagon scene had the film run backwards, then there was a very skilled splice in it somewhere: The rising was not just a repeat of the descending. Given the other things those ladies were doing, I think it’s more plausible that it was forwards, just as it appeared. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750/40 "2006-05-31T22:20:33Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > there would be an explosion of titanic dimension Well, Titanic didn’t explode, technically. The video is quite something. The sing-and-dance-part especially, it’s like they needed an excuse to put on their freakshow and felt a stick about food was _it_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-sisters-solid-potato-salad-must-be-seen-to-be-believed/358750.md?page=3)