# Sugar Level: Saturated (warning: short) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017 "2003-04-21T12:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/41 "2003-04-22T17:52:56Z")
No, no, no **Ex**. What I _meant_was that _my_response to _you_was lame. I couldn’t think of anything, so essentially you just got a mention with nothing good to go along with it. Whatever that was that you put in was fine. Just fine. Don’t ever think for even a minute that we, and I mean all of us- not just me, don’t appreciate you showing up. We, and again that’s everyone not just a Royal “We” from me, wouldn’t know what to do if we missed you. For even one week. You really make these threads. It’s all about you **Ex**. Hi **Leifsmama** , **Vanilla Toast** , and **Miss Magic8ball**. We’ll chat later. ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/42 "2003-04-22T18:24:46Z")
Yep, the 'dillo does carry the leperosy. Also, they nearly always give birth to identical quadruplets. [Cite](http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/twinnews/twin_1_3.htm). I can’t believe I just cited in a Rue thread. That can’t be allowed. I’m just gonna go out back and let the Shetland ponies work me over a little as penance. Okay? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/43 "2003-04-22T20:34:22Z")
Well, it seems the 'dillo decided he needed to snack on the OTHER section of my lawn… So I’ll be needing more 'dillo snack poison. Drat it all. ooooo - chocolates from **Rue**?? Make sure to package them in a 'dillo-proof container! Is it any wonder I adore you so!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/44 "2003-04-22T20:35:09Z")
What can be so cool about things that spit at you unmercilessly? Okay, so I guess my boys would find that very cool but llamas are just gross. That’s it. Gross. Gross. Gross. And **Swampbear** , I think alligators are cool. Not that I want to cuddle one or anything but they are cool from a distance. But not in my neighborhood. I’m glad you live several states away. I mean that in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/45 "2003-04-22T21:55:38Z")
I’m sorry I’m late. And new. Pardon me while I share my thoughts. It’ll be over soon. In fact, don’t even read this post. I don’t know why I bother sometimes… That being said: Butter: I like butter. Once, when I was younger, my mother was cutting up some butter for a cake. I thought is was cheese (what? It looked like cheese) and ate a big chunk. It was pretty gross, but not as bad as you think. Ponies: Ponies scare me. Turtles: My gf’s roommate had turtles back in the day. They smelled funny. Astronomy: [insert Uranus joke here] Moles: I have a mole on my arm, but I don’t think it’s burrowing Quilts: I like quilts. My gf made one. It’s nice. Pillow Shams: In my manliness, I can not admit to knowing what a pillow sham is. Compost: A friend of mine once mailed grass clippings to another friend who lived in a city to balance the ph (or something) of her compost. Weird, huh? Really short actors: What everybody else said. Wine in boxes: Well, if it wasn’t in a box, it wouldn’t be **wine** ing, now would it. Thus concludes my longest post ever. -tool ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/46 "2003-04-22T23:39:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lightingtool \* > **I’m sorry I’m late. And new.** Ain’t nothing wrong with being new. We were all new once. Late is bad, but I’m chronically late too, as it happens, so I’ve got no room to criticize. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lightingtool_ > **Ponies: Ponies scare me.** For me it’s horses. Widdle bitty ponies don’t bug me, but I can’t stand horses. I got kicked in the head as a kid. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lightingtool_ > **Pillow Shams: In my manliness, I can not admit to knowing what a pillow sham is.** I hear you. I can’t admit that I know what a “bed skirt” is. Playing dumb is the best policy in these situations. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lightingtool_ > **Compost: A friend of mine once mailed grass clippings to another friend who lived in a city to balance the ph (or something) of her compost. Weird, huh?** Not really. I once convinced a friend to spend over six bucks in shipping to send me a fifteen cent wingnut. He did it. That’s weird. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lightingtool_ > \*\*Thus concludes my longest post ever. > -tool \*\* Eh, they get longer, trust me on this. Welcome. And then there’s this: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by FairyChatMom_ > **ooooo - chocolates from Rue?? Make sure to package them in a 'dillo-proof container! Is it any wonder I adore you so!!** That was me. I offered first. Harumph. And the kicker: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Rue DeDay_ > **You really make these threads. It’s all about you Ex.** So _this_ is finally the sarcasm, right? There’s no good way to avoid a lot of hand coding, is there? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/47 "2003-04-23T00:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*That was me. I offered first. Harumph. \*\* Yeah, but you never asked for my address. **Rue** knows my address. And I know his. Because we’re special friends. And we send each other stuff sometimes. And I send stuff to his kids sometimes. I’m kinda like the crazy aunt that no one talks about and I expect **Rue** and the Little Woman take every package that comes from me to the hospital to be x-rayed because even tho he loves me more than he dare express, he still thinks I might be a crazy lady… Or not. I could be blowing it all out of proportion. Living with a teenager does that to a person. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/48 "2003-04-23T00:15:54Z")
I fail to see the problem. Just e-mail me a shipping address. I don’t care where, just so you get it. Work, home, hubby’s address in MD (if you can trust him not to eat it), whatever. I will have Krause’s ship you two full pounds of their unparalled chocolates. What do you like? Truffles? Geman fudge? Coated toffee? Vanilla cremes? It’s all up to you. This is not a difficult concept. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/49 "2003-04-23T00:28:35Z")
It’s weird. You see sarcasm where there is none **Ex** , and the boys wouldn’t “get” sarcasm if it was a 2x4 whanging upside their heads. Just plain weird. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > **I got kicked in the head as a kid.** Oh. Never mind. And **tool** , you should word on your conjunctioning. Just a tip from me to you. We will all ignore **bristlesage** for the next 15 minutes on account of that cite. (…bring actual facts into one of my threads… why I outta…) Well duh **Copper**! Of COURSE alligators are cool. They’re cold blooded. Sheesh! Hey everybody, look! **Swampy** ’s drinking again! (But not me…) Yeah, that’s enough for now. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/50 "2003-04-23T02:06:06Z")
Mmmm. I just finished my chocolate bunny. (Yes, I’ve been working on him since Sunday.) But underneath the sugar buzz, I’m a little sad. I don’t get another chocolate bunny for a whole year now. And I need more sugar now. Sigh. I’ve never seen an armadillo. I feel like I’m missing out on an important life experience. ---
**Author:** ![juji\_mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@juji\_mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juji_mojo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/51 "2003-04-23T07:22:27Z")
Magickly… You dont need to see an armadillo. Trust me, Almondillos are better. I saw an armadillo once in southern Mississippi. It didnt change my life. I didnt get close enough to find out anything about them except…“hey thats an armadillo” and my friend said “Yah, so?” Im thinking that was the best part of the trip. Oh except discovering boiled peanuts. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/52 "2003-04-23T10:14:38Z")
Boiled peanuts?!? Well, that’s just great. You went and ruined a perfectly good thread talking about that nasty so-called food item. And you’ve ruined my breakfast. A pox upon your armadillo!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/53 "2003-04-23T11:03:02Z")
I thought we established armadillos got leprousy not poxes. I think I’ve lost control of my own thread. How did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/54 "2003-04-23T11:30:50Z")
**Rue** I think the real question is “When doesn’t it happen?” ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/55 "2003-04-23T11:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*Hey **Icey** , what’s Easter like Down There? I mean it’s at the beginning od Fall instead of Spring where it obviously belongs. Or do you just put it off until Spring there so the whole Fertility Festival things works out? Or do you just eat your chocolate eggs and feel slightly angsty? I’d really like to know. > > \*\* My apologies, **Rue**. I’m sorry I’m late in replying, but I’ve only just had a chance to catch up with the boards. Easter in NZ is like Christmas here – it’s at th’ wrong time o’ the year, but we’d rather not wait. Angst? That ain’t in the vocab, mate. Most of my friends here have chowed down on the chocolatey goodness, and probably, in some out of the way backblocks bach, possibly down near Manapouri, there have been experiments with chocolate kiwifruit (hopefully, they peel 'em first). 😉 Aside from that, the weather was 50% glorious, and was just another long weekend in paradise. Cheers! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/56 "2003-04-23T14:35:13Z")
Boy I picked a rotten time to go on a diet. Or they put Easter at a very inopportune time of the year. I know, I know Christ arose and all that but why do chocolate easter bunnies have to show up at the time when you need to watch your figure if you gonna even think about getting into a bathng suit this summer? It’s a conspiracy I tell you. And notice I said “bathing suit” and not “bikini”. I’m pretty much resigned to my bikini days being over. I made a diet shake in the blender yesterday. I was palatable only after I added that chocolate bunny. It was small and hollow! Think of all the calories I’m “saving”. Sort of like saving money by spending it at a sale. Man, I’m never gonna lose weight if the Easter chocolate doesn’t quit calling my name. On another note, I think the south should come up with their own chocolate endeavors like . . . I dunno . . . maybe . . . chocolate armadillos. You could bite it’s ear off and pretend it lost it due to leprosy. Excuse me while I go surf the net for a site where I can get a patent. This is my million dollar idea, I just know it. The Chocodilla! I might have to tweak the name, it sounds a lot like a relative of the Chupacabra. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/57 "2003-04-23T14:53:00Z")
Heh - **lightnightool** ’s Longest Post Ever was funny. I would have said that sooner - like, right after he posted it - but I wasn’t here. Of note: I’m a _girl_, and I don’t know what a pillow sham is. As for armadillos, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them in zoos and stuff, but I’ve never seen a wild one. I KNOW I’ve seen them in pictures, which is admittedly not the same. And I still like them, even if they do carry leprosy, dig grubs, and get squished by cars. Here’s a question: If an armadillo and an [echidna](http://home.mira.net/~areadman/echidna.htm) had a baby (pretend it’s possible, okay?), wouldn’t that be neat? I think it would. A spiny, armored, egg-laying destroyer of lawns. If anyone would like to donate to the Armadillo/Echidna Crossbreeding Project Charitable Fund, you can send your contributions directly to me. Cash please. Unmarked bills. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/58 "2003-04-23T15:04:43Z")
:eek: We’d have to constantly replace our tires. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/59 "2003-04-23T15:37:07Z")
Either that or people’d be hitting each other trying to avoid having to buy new tires. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017/60 "2003-04-23T15:50:43Z")
Umm, I’m starting a fund to find **Kn\*ckers** a different, less _evil_ hobby. [sub]cross-breeding indeed…[/sub] I was thinking maybe knitting, but I don’t know if she should be allowed to have pointy things. Maybe finger painting? And when she’s done painting her fingers, she can start on her toes! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-level-saturated-warning-short/170017.md?page=4)