# The price of pork is eternal vigilance **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136 "2003-03-13T17:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/21 "2003-03-13T22:14:53Z")
_perk_ Famous Dave’s? Uptown? I’m in. And lno? I think you’re rounding the bend. Addictions are one thing, but geeze! ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/22 "2003-03-13T22:33:41Z")
Even _I_ know not to get between lno and his pork. On the other hand, I am secure in the knowledge that he will continue to bring home the bacon. Nothing says love quite as much as lno looking at me, longingly, and saying: “You know, Elly, I love you more than pork.” I… just… get misty-eyed every time. \_SQUEEEEEEEEE_ Oink oink oink! The sweet sound of pig loooooove… \ Elly (seems to have died in the posting the first time, so here goes) ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/23 "2003-03-13T22:35:30Z")
(Oh, and can you guys wait until April, huh huh huh? I will be there for a visit then! Please, oh pretty please, with pork on top?) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/24 "2003-03-13T23:13:35Z")
All I have to say is, if there is a gathering at Famous Dave’s, somebody better tell me about it! Either that, or make sure I never find out! ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/25 "2003-03-13T23:56:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*The other slogan that you may see is “One potato, two potato, three potato PORK”.On that, you have my full agreement. > \*\* A friend of mine tells me of a billboard he saw somewhere in Saskatchewan that reads “Pork. The one you love.” :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/26 "2003-03-14T00:37:07Z")
As a tribute to this thread, my girlfriend and I had dinner at a rib shack. I’d never been there. We were driving by on one of my usual expeditions and there, on the building, was a huge pig with the legend “RIBS, ETC.” Sign from god, man. Best ribs I’ve ever had, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/27 "2003-03-14T00:52:22Z")
Uptown would be fine. Friday nights are best for me (cause my hubby has daycare pickup duties), and Elenfair can set the date. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/28 "2003-03-14T01:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Moments later, a manager arrived. I handed her my discount card, and she re-scanned the card and the pork. “This is supposed to be discounted,” she noted. \*\* One would well-informedely assume that a diplomatic escalation up any organization’s chain of command would yield some form of a higher intellect and thus, a firmer grasp of situational awareness. Apparently, your situation **lno** , doesn’t fall into that category. My condolences. Tripler May you well quench your appetite. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/29 "2003-03-14T02:12:40Z")
That was only the _first_\* poster I encountered in Ames. Let’s see, there’s “Life is just a bowl of pork chops!”, “Hooray for pork!”, and my favorite, “Hoorar for the red, pork and blue!”. I remember what was happening when I left! It was the World Pork Expo. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/30 "2003-03-14T02:25:40Z")
I have a craving for pork chops now. Good thing I was planning on grocery shopping tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/31 "2003-03-14T03:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*One would well-informedely assume that a diplomatic escalation up any organization’s chain of command would yield some form of a higher intellect and thus, a firmer grasp of situational awareness. Apparently, your situation **lno** , doesn’t fall into that category. My condolences. \*\* In most of the lower-end retail jobs I’ve worked/know of, making manager is usually a matter of showing up on time and sticking around long enough to get promoted. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/32 "2003-03-14T03:26:40Z")
If you have a crockpot, a world of easy, delicious recipes will be opened before you. You will dine on tender, moist pork dishes and wonder what you did before crockpots were invented. You decide you don’t care as long as you can buy cheap pork and stick it in a crockpot. Okay, I’m leaving now. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/33 "2003-03-14T03:51:43Z")
If I believed in Satan, I’d say that Rainbow Foods and all other “you need a card” supermarkets were his minions. Here is your “Axis of Evil”, GWB! Remember that $.99/lb. rib special Cub Foods had last fall? Oh, yeah. Those were soooo good! No stupid card necessary, either. I love Famous Dave’s. I’m sure, though, that my husband would insist on accompanying me, saying that he needs to “protect me from those internet weirdos”. He’d be drooling as he said that, too. 😉 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/34 "2003-03-28T19:46:31Z")
Looks like it’s a Sam’s Club kind of weekend… thus officially semi-bumping the Famous Dave’s exploratory thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/35 "2003-03-28T20:19:18Z")
Oooh ooh! Include me, please! I _ **like** _ Twin Cities Dopers. When come back, bring pork. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/36 "2003-03-28T20:20:14Z")
Where’s Elenfair, when is she in town? I’m out of town the weekend of the 12th. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/37 "2003-03-28T22:31:25Z")
Elenfair will be here on April 30th-ish. I don’t think we can wait that long. (Elly, love, sweetie, I promise we’ll have another when you’re here.) What do people think about Fri Apr 4 or Sat Apr 5? I’m insanely jealous of everyone’s fun at today’s lunch and need to fix this soon. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/38 "2003-03-28T22:38:14Z")
Who’s gonna be the designated driver? 🙂 IOW, count me in! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/39 "2003-03-28T22:39:40Z")
Friday after work works best for me. But I could likely swing Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136/40 "2003-03-28T22:42:51Z")
Just a FYI: 04/04/03, Lamont Cranston 04/05/03, Jimmy Johnson Will be playing at FD’s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-pork-is-eternal-vigilance/161136.md?page=3)