# Slippery prison blues **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942 "2006-03-18T23:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/21 "2006-03-19T03:51:23Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > I was responding to \*\*bonobo\_jones’s \*\* question, which was about people outside sending the prisoner lotion, with the idea that they’d probably have to send money for their friend/relative instead due to restrictions on what can come in from the outside. 😉 Sorry for the confusion. Most (all?) people who knew him from the outside do not wish him well. We have a number of folks in custody whose surviving friends and family most fervently wish that said inmates suffer and then die. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/22 "2006-03-19T03:53:19Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Can you do a song about toilet hooch? Two questions, possibly contradictory: 1. what is “toilet hooch”? 😕 2. do I really want to know? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/23 "2006-03-19T03:53:52Z")
Yeah, **QtM** , I saw your respone. An understandable, but sad (in a way)situation nevertheless. Then again, I don’t know what crimes he was successfully prosecuted for either. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/24 "2006-03-19T03:55:24Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > Two questions, possibly contradictory: > > 1. what is “toilet hooch”? 😕 > > 2. do I really want to know? :eek: Probably not, but “toilet hooch” is that intoxicating liquid produced by putting various fruit and starches along with a little yeast (bread lifted from the kitchen, actual yeast lifted from the bakery) and some water all together in a convenient receptacle (very commonly a toilet, also sometimes a foot soak basin) and waiting a bit for it to ferment. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/25 "2006-03-19T03:57:31Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Yeah, **QtM** , I saw your respone. An understandable, but sad (in a way)situation nevertheless. Then again, I don’t know what crimes he was successfully prosecuted for either. Frankly, I don’t know what he did either. For me, knowing tends to interfere with practicing good medicine, so I don’t tend to find out. I just know he’s in for a loooong time and nobody likes him, in or out. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/26 "2006-03-19T04:17:26Z")
**QtM** - What do they use as a toilet while they’re fermenting their _shudder_ strange brew? StG ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/27 "2006-03-19T04:23:05Z")
Toilet Hooch…hmmm. Catchy title, I think we might have a Broadway musical in the works. On preview, I see Zabali’s concerns, and it’s a sad situation. Dr Q, I remember from these boards when you made the career change to work as a prison physician. They’re lucky to have you there. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/28 "2006-03-19T04:31:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Nope. He’s kinda alienated pretty much the whole human race due to his behavior. He’s marginalized himself? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/29 "2006-03-19T04:34:29Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > He’s marginalized himself? Gorgeous twist, you’re evil! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/30 "2006-03-19T04:38:13Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > He’s marginalized himself? _snort_ Ow. _snort_ Ow. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/31 "2006-03-19T06:05:01Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > **Just For You, Dr Q** > > Slippery Prison Blues > (apologies to Johnny Cash) > I hear the pat a comin’ > It’s greasin’ 'round the bend, > And I ain’t seen the margarine, > Since, I don’t know when, > I’m stuck in Slippery Prison ::applauding madly:: ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/32 "2006-03-19T06:25:11Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Probably not, but “toilet hooch” is that intoxicating liquid produced by putting various fruit and starches along with a little yeast (bread lifted from the kitchen, actual yeast lifted from the bakery) and some water all together in a convenient receptacle (very commonly a toilet, also sometimes a foot soak basin) and waiting a bit for it to ferment. My gut instinct was right. I really didn’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/33 "2006-03-19T06:26:42Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > No shit. I’ll pre-order it now. I’ll take two copies, please. **Qadgop** , will you autograph mine? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/34 "2006-03-19T06:33:28Z")
“It rubs the butter on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” (And yeah, I’d like a copy of the _Qadgop the Mercotan Story_ as well.) ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/35 "2006-03-19T07:16:58Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > Dude, your autobiography is going to be the best book ever. I dunno. Perhaps familiarity with **Qadgop** ’s stories breeds contempt, but I think I’d have to give **Sampiro** the edge in this competition. Now, if only they could collaborate… hey, wait a minute! **Sampiro** , do you think you could convince any of your family members to start committing crimes in the state of Wisconsin? Please? ---
**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:** [March 19, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/36 "2006-03-19T07:57:45Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > Two questions, possibly contradictory: > > 1. what is “toilet hooch”? 😕 > > 2. do I really want to know? :eek: [Prison wine](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php) Just keep scrolling down until you find it. Hey, **Qadgop** , do you think your prison would allow a Dope field trip? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/37 "2006-03-19T14:59:04Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > Dude, your autobiography is going to be the best book ever. I have a suggestion for the tittle **You Can’t make This Shit Up!** Put me down for a copy. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/38 "2006-03-19T15:04:24Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > **You Can’t make This Shit Up!** > > Put me down for a copy. No kidding! Me too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/39 "2006-03-19T15:19:50Z")
I’d be willing to swap 10 cases of ginger beer for a signed First Edition, First Printing of “You Can’t Make This Shit Up!” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942/40 "2006-03-19T16:05:43Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [Prison wine](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php) > > Just keep scrolling down until you find it. > > Hey, **Qadgop** , do you think your prison would allow a Dope field trip? Great link! Thanks! Next time our institution holds an open house, I may put out a call for dopers. I could only take a handful, but I guarantee you an interesting experience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slippery-prison-blues/348942.md?page=3)