# South Park tells the future (finger in chili) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278 "2005-04-07T19:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/1 "2005-04-07T19:21:02Z")
An episode of South Park from 2001 was run last night - “Scott Tenorman Must Die” or something to that effect was the title. In the last scene, the bully got his apparent come-uppance by finding that his parents had been killed and he was now eating them, in the form of chili. And indeed, he pulled a finger, still wearing a diamond ring, out of the bowl. Never mind Nostradamus, the creators of South Park seem to have a way at predicting the future. BTW - the new episode from last night was just meh - the kids are tired of playing baseball, they’re up agaist a series of other teams equally tired (the trash talk - “You’re gonna _win_” and Randy Marsh eventually solves their dilemma by fighting and disqualifying the team. They never did explain how his pants kept falling down in the fights. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/2 "2005-04-07T19:23:57Z")
I’ve seen the Scott Tenorman episode, but I’m confused. What exactly did they predict? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/3 "2005-04-07T19:25:48Z")
I think the OP is referring to the recent finger in the chili occurance at Wendy’s. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/4 "2005-04-07T20:02:39Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > I think the OP is referring to the recent finger in the chili occurance at Wendy’s. Yep. I probably should have made that more obvious, but since the Wendy’s incident is local news here, I forgot that it’s not tip-of-the-tongue (ewww!) to everyone, especially since this place is global. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/5 "2005-04-07T20:28:56Z")
Ah, gotcha ya. I’d forgotten about the finger in the chili at Wendy’s. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/6 "2005-04-07T23:13:44Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > BTW - the new episode from last night was just meh - the kids are tired of playing baseball, they’re up agaist a series of other teams equally tired (the trash talk - “You’re gonna _win_” and Randy Marsh eventually solves their dilemma by fighting and disqualifying the team. They never did explain how his pants kept falling down in the fights. I loved the fact that they were playing the song from “The Karate Kid” (the one that played over the final fight scenes) while the kids were trying so hard to lose. Yeah, I’m intimately familiar with the entire “Karate Kid” soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/7 "2005-04-08T00:21:27Z")
Is it just me, or did the new kid sound like Cary Grant, or maybe Joe E. Brown, who played the millionare in Some Like It Hot? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/8 "2005-04-08T02:45:26Z")
Slightly off subject, but I personally think that the Scott Tennerman episode is one of _South Park’s_ best. _"ERIC!_ Are you training that pony to please you?" ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/9 "2005-04-08T02:50:23Z")
I liked the Scott Tenorman episode too, but I hated the ending. I didn’t find it funny at all, and I ADORE Cartman. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/10 "2005-04-08T03:36:07Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > BTW - the new episode from last night was just meh - the kids are tired of playing baseball, they’re up agaist a series of other teams equally tired (the trash talk - “You’re gonna _win_” and Randy Marsh eventually solves their dilemma by fighting and disqualifying the team. They never did explain how his pants kept falling down in the fights. I liked it, although it seemed a little… thin. Like they had 10 minutes of plot and had to stretch it to 23-ish minutes. But Randy was cracking me up. I was singing that song from Karate Kid (I recognized it too, **Katriona** ) all day today. ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/11 "2005-04-08T06:30:19Z")
**gotpasswords** , that episode wasn’t foreshadowing anything. It was making fun of a highly unusual and gross shakesperean play… I think it was called _Titus Andronicus_. The fact that the finger was served in chili is just a coincidence as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/12 "2005-04-08T07:19:19Z")
> [@Jurhael](#): > > I liked the Scott Tenorman episode too, but I hated the ending. I didn’t find it funny at all, and I ADORE Cartman. You sir have no taste. By far, the best south park ending ever. Almost perfect. Almost, because of the looney tunes thing and also Stan and Kyle talking about pissing off cartman is distracting. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/13 "2005-04-08T12:06:56Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > I was singing that song from Karate Kid (I recognized it too, **Katriona** ) all day today. Bless you! I can now tell Mr. Kat that, in fact, no, I’m not the only person on the face of the earth that would know that was from Karate Kid! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/14 "2005-04-08T13:22:07Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Bless you! I can now tell Mr. Kat that, in fact, no, I’m not the only person on the face of the earth that would know that was from Karate Kid! Me too! I knew it was from an 80s movie, but I couldn’t remember which one. We watched it last night and I woke up this morning still trying to figure it out. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/15 "2005-04-08T13:56:20Z")
> [@Jurhael](#): > > I liked the Scott Tenorman episode too, but I hated the ending. I didn’t find it funny at all, and I ADORE Cartman. You’re kidding! It’s so funny! It’s just so over-the-top - kid steals $16 from Cartman, so Cartman has his parents murdered and feeds them to him. The funniest part was Radiohead (was that actually them?) at the end. “Let’s get out of here. This kid’s definitely _not cool._” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/16 "2005-04-08T14:06:20Z")
I caught the Karate Kid reference as well. Funny episode. Randy as Drunk Little League Dad was hilarious. I also loved that Kenny had no lines without his parka. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/17 "2005-04-08T16:03:34Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > I also loved that Kenny had no lines without his parka. Which one was Kenny? I thought he was still dead from last week. I didn’t even recognize Kyle and Stan until they started speaking. Kyle’s Jew-Fro[sup]TM[/sup] should have been my first clue. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/18 "2005-04-08T16:06:08Z")
Am I the only one who, when Randy was getting back up after getting his ass handed to him by Batdad, said “Yo, Batdad! I didn’t hear no bell!” ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/19 "2005-04-08T16:22:16Z")
No, you are not the only one, but now you must answer my questions three. > [@me](#): > > Is it just me, or did the new kid sound like Cary Grant From “North by Nortwest”, or maybe Joe E. Brown, who played the millionare in Some Like It Hot? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278/20 "2005-04-08T16:45:15Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Bless you! I can now tell Mr. Kat that, in fact, no, I’m not the only person on the face of the earth that would know that was from Karate Kid! “I’m not the only person on the face of the earth that would know that was from Karate Kid. Isn’t that right, Mr. Kat.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-tells-the-future-finger-in-chili/298278.md?page=2)