# Suggestions for a "Raising Arizona" themed dinner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425 "2015-04-11T13:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/21 "2015-04-11T21:29:33Z")
> [@huitzilopochtli](#): > > Don’t forget the circular balloons. Only if ya think round is funneh. Put a box of Huggies in the middle of your street. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/22 "2015-04-11T21:34:25Z")
Be sure to make sure all of your guests have had their dip-tets. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/23 "2015-04-11T21:46:04Z")
Salad. Because those were the salad days. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/24 "2015-04-11T22:39:19Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Make sure everyone has pantyhose to wear on their heads. Have them go to thew supermarket to pick up their own foods, then chase them through it, shooting at them. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/25 "2015-04-11T22:50:08Z")
Maybe everyone come dressed in jammies with Yodas an’ shit on 'em? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/26 "2015-04-12T06:05:33Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > But also Raising Arizona. > TV trays. Yep, with cans of Budweiser. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/27 "2015-04-12T06:46:08Z")
This is such a cool idea! Such an easy party, because really, you should shop for it entirely in a convenience store. Slim Jims. Taco dip. Then tell everyone you robbed the place. Temporary tattoos. “Show the tattoo!” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/28 "2015-04-12T08:01:48Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > Maybe everyone come dressed in jammies with Yodas an’ shit on 'em? You might want to wash your hands now. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425/29 "2015-04-12T13:50:46Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > That was going to be my suggestion: > > Evelle: Mighty fine cereal flakes, Mrs. McDonough. > > You have a lot of choices here: > > Ear-Bending Cellmate: …and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand. > > H.I.: You ate what? > > Ear-Bending Cellmate: We ate sand. > > [pause] > > H.I.: You ate SAND? > > Ear-Bending Cellmate: That’s right! You have to do this. Have four non-descript looking dishes of beef, chicken, craw dads, and an actual plate of sand. Label them as meat, fowl, crawdads, sand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-raising-arizona-themed-dinner/717425.md?page=1)