# The day after Christmas and all I have are 4 buns and no ham. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737 "2008-12-26T16:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/161 "2008-12-31T19:05:14Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > or use Cheez Whiz. Perfect for a dog that left a circle of pee on your carpet… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/162 "2008-12-31T20:35:04Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I never bought one. The 19" for a $100 sold out the first day. I still don’t know if I will buy one since I haven’t found as good a deal again. Didja check online? [Tigerdirect](http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4312785&CatId=170) and [Geeks dot com](http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=540&sort=ASC) both take PayPal and the shipping is usually quite reasonable… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/163 "2008-12-31T20:43:35Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Didja check online? [Tigerdirect](http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4312785&CatId=170) and [Geeks dot com](http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=540&sort=ASC) both take PayPal and the shipping is usually quite reasonable… The stuff I was finding yesterday was at least $130 plus shipping. I’ll look more at what you linked to, but I’m waiting until tomorrow to decide on anything. Thanks for the links. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/164 "2008-12-31T20:53:53Z")
Apparently Geeks com thinks up to 8 bad pixels are acceptable defects and they’re not taking it back unless there are more. I think they get crossed off the list. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/165 "2009-01-01T02:22:16Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > On the subject of burning Cheese Whizz . . . > > Back in early high school while winter camping, one bright light put a jar of Cheese Whizz in the fire to thaw it out. Of course it exploded. The fragments hit one of the fellows who was standing with his back to the fire warming himself, causing him to lose his balance and fall backward into the fire. He rolled out of it quickly, but not before the back of his parka caught on fire, which he put out immediately by then rolling in the snow. The end result was a melted nylon burnt cheese mess of a parka. He should have entered it in the school art show the following spring… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/166 "2009-01-02T19:48:54Z")
To make sure you know I’ve refunded all PayPal gifts. Lets leave it at I’m done with PayPal and if you don’t have a bank account you will never see any of the money. Even the alternative address verification I dug up for use when you don’t have an account they can access, has listed a bank account as an alternative to having a bank account. I will never use my account again, even if things get better for me. I gave a different PayPal account email address with the refund message for somebody that has an actual usable account. They will make the purchase for me if I get money sent to that account. To those I refunded thanks for the effort you put into this. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/167 "2009-01-02T21:16:37Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Thanks for bringing your fucking piece of shit, cunt sniffing bitch to the dinner. This year’s 2 foot circle of pee on the carpet is wonderful. It’s a pleasure to deal with your fucking dog’s vomit and piss on the carpet every year every family gathering. This year she surpassed every other year’s shitiness in your bringing the bitch along. This year she fucking chewed on the 20 pound Christmas ham. Thanks so fucking much… Um, WHY do you hate dogs? And AMERICA?! 😉 😉 😉 - “Jack” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/168 "2009-01-02T21:39:47Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > Um, WHY do you hate dogs? > > And AMERICA?! > > 😉 😉 😉 > > - “Jack” One particular dog. I got a confession from somebody New Years Eve that they told ma they wouldn’t eat the ham and to send it with the dog owner. I guess one other person felt the same as me. At least I have family backing from one person. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/169 "2009-01-03T04:59:38Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > To make sure you know I’ve refunded all PayPal gifts. Lets leave it at I’m done with PayPal and if you don’t have a bank account you will never see any of the money. Even the alternative address verification I dug up for use when you don’t have an account they can access, has listed a bank account as an alternative to having a bank account. I will never use my account again, even if things get better for me. > > I gave a different PayPal account email address with the refund message for somebody that has an actual usable account. They will make the purchase for me if I get money sent to that account. > > To those I refunded thanks for the effort you put into this. No sweat. Let your friends know that there’s a new one there. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/170 "2009-01-03T05:20:07Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I got a confession from somebody New Years Eve that they told ma they wouldn’t eat the ham and to send it with the dog owner. I guess one other person felt the same as me. At least I have family backing from one person. _That’s_ a plus. At least something good came out of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/171 "2009-01-15T15:31:12Z")
An update: The ham has now been cooked for 22 days and it sits on the top fridge shelf in the roasting pan taking up needed fridge space. On Sunday she cleaned out any remaining food from Christmas that was forgotten, except the ham was not touched. This is hilarious now that I don’t get told to eat it. One of the dog owners has a birthday coming up. I wonder if that’s their birthday dinner. Easter isn’t to far away, only a few months. Can it last until Easter? the world may never know, but the dopers will. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/172 "2009-01-15T15:33:33Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > An update: > > The ham has now been cooked for 22 days and it sits on the top fridge shelf in the roasting pan taking up needed fridge space. On Sunday she cleaned out any remaining food from Christmas that was forgotten, except the ham was not touched. I’m sure you already know this, but your mom has issues. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/173 "2009-01-15T15:42:34Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > An update: > > The ham has now been cooked for 22 days and it sits on the top fridge shelf in the roasting pan taking up needed fridge space. On Sunday she cleaned out any remaining food from Christmas that was forgotten, except the ham was not touched. This is hilarious now that I don’t get told to eat it. One of the dog owners has a birthday coming up. I wonder if that’s their birthday dinner. Easter isn’t to far away, only a few months. Can it last until Easter? the world may never know, but the dopers will. It is kind of funny, in a disgusting way. If I start smelling something gross when the wind is coming from the northwest, I’ll assume it’s your mom’s fridge. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/174 "2009-01-15T15:58:22Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > No, no, no. why dig two holes when you only have to dig one? Shove the ham up the dog’s ass, beat him to death with the shovel then bury the hamdog. Goddam, you can piss me off sometime (thanks for the reassuring PM a couple of weeks ago) but this had me shiggling\* like a psychotic banshee.😃 - snickering/giggling/and-what-the-hell: chortling. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/175 "2009-01-15T16:13:22Z")
I actually changed the “h” to an “n” in “sniggling” but the “h” showed up again anyway. I blame that darn ham-stealing cahihe! **HD** , Paypal sucks. The non-profit (which has a bank account) I work for had a House Tour in October and about 20 participants paid through PayPal. They got their paper ticket but the organization hasn’t seen a dime of the $400 to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/176 "2009-01-15T17:21:42Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Can it last until Easter? the world may never know, but the dopers will. How very religious of her – a resurrection. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/177 "2009-01-15T17:41:27Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > How very religious of her – a resurrection. And on the third day the Hamdog rose again in accordance with the scriptures. It is seated at the right hand of Harmonius Discord. He will come again at Memorial Day and maybe even the 4th of July. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/178 "2009-01-15T17:46:06Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > An update: > > The ham has now been cooked for 22 days and it sits on the top fridge shelf in the roasting pan taking up needed fridge space. On Sunday she cleaned out any remaining food from Christmas that was forgotten, except the ham was not touched. This is hilarious now that I don’t get told to eat it. One of the dog owners has a birthday coming up. I wonder if that’s their birthday dinner. Easter isn’t to far away, only a few months. Can it last until Easter? the world may never know, but the dopers will. What about the four buns? Do you still have the four buns? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/179 "2009-01-15T17:53:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What about the four buns? Do you still have the four buns? The resurrected Hamdog and the four buns of the apocalypse? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737/180 "2009-01-15T18:20:26Z")
I ate the buns with butter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-christmas-and-all-i-have-are-4-buns-and-no-ham/478737.md?page=10)