# \*That\* word in popular culture **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 8, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539 "2000-08-08T06:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/21 "2000-08-08T17:16:48Z")
You better be careful there. You don’t want to say, “Honey, you look mighty felching tonight.” I have to admit, this is a pretty funny line: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > **all Strawberry-Shortcake-Care-Bear-Smurfy at people.** ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/22 "2000-08-08T18:19:10Z")
On _All in the Family_, the Bunkers’ preacher was Reverend Felcher. When Archie would pronounce it “Fletcher,” Edith would make a point to correct him, “Felcher.” I wonder if there really is anyone out there with that name or if Norman Lear was springing a naughty joke on a largely naive, unsuspecting public. I wonder if the Jeffersons were originally supposed to be called the Squickers. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/23 "2000-08-08T18:46:01Z")
I know Norman Lear and talk to him on the phone every once in awhile, but somehow I don’t think I should ask him. He would demand an explanation, and I would probably piss in my pants. MR ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/24 "2000-08-09T00:02:57Z")
To those who answered the OP, thanks. I only posted it to try to lighten up the pit which was starting to get depressing. I am sorry, though, that for reasons I can’t understand, it started to get ugly. I KNOW that this is the Pit, and that’s why I usually only lurk rather than writing, but sometimes abusing someone for something you could just as easily let slide is a sign of another type of ignorance. Basically, it’s not nice, and most importantly, it’s NOT FUNNY OR CLEVER. And, dare I say, we could do with some of the love from the new dtl thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33809) Darth, you did absolutely nothing wrong, so welcome aboard, and make sure you don’t _earn_ the abuse you had to deal with on your first day. HenrySpencer. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Dano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Darth\_Dano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Dano)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/25 "2000-08-09T00:45:39Z")
appreciate that henry, I really do. I was afraid that just because I said something that I “thought” at the time was helpful and I got abused that I was seeing the lesser forms of people in the world. However I saw later that several people recognized what I was trying to do and though I was in error forgave( for lack of a better word) me for my ignorance. again thank you. Dano ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/26 "2000-08-09T03:21:10Z")
Use the search engine here. Type in “felch”. Watch the numerous threads your search brings up. Those who have spent any amount of time lurking and/or posting here are well aware of the definition of the word :rolleyes: Why Riddles and Hammy took after you I do not know; it happens quite often, and is one of my pet peeves about this board. (If I had the guts I’d start a Pit thread about it, but I’m chicken 😃 ) When I first arrived I did it by posting a reply to one of Cecil’s columns without providing a link (what? huh? what the fuck is a link???), was chewed out by someone, and lurked for a long long long time before I posted again. And Coldy’s advice to stay out of the Pit is sound - go hang out in MPSIMS for a while - trust me, you’ll like it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539/27 "2000-08-09T03:26:45Z")
Hey, Henry, everything gets burned in the Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-word-in-popular-culture/28539.md?page=1)