# The rock in the box: I burning your dog **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808 "2003-08-08T12:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/21 "2003-08-08T14:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aries28 \* > \*\*“Chill them crackers out?” > > Is this thread going to be as good as your I am sick of women thread? \*\* Won’t somebody think of the Saltines?!? To the OP, we are laughing _at you_, not _with you_. You seem a bit confused about this point (among other things). ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/22 "2003-08-08T14:33:07Z")
These words…individually, they make sense… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/23 "2003-08-08T14:59:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DanielWithrow \* > **You no burning they dog. Everybody happy.** Monkey die, everybody cry. (obscure pop culture reference challenge) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/24 "2003-08-08T15:06:08Z")
I am completely and utterly confused. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/25 "2003-08-08T15:25:52Z")
A Google search for “Rock in the Box” turned up jack-in-the-box versions of various rock music personalities, and a site where you can purchase souvenir rocks from the Matterhorn. “Magic Rock” turned up a bunch of fantasy and Goth websites. Still no idea what this guy is ranting about. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/26 "2003-08-08T15:26:21Z")
Hey, **Thaidog** can’t help it if he’s not the somethingest rock in the box. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/27 "2003-08-08T15:31:59Z")
What I want to know is, what happened to the burning Golden Retriever? I mean, come on. You can’t leave a plot thread like that just hanging. (And what about the badgers, I ask you? The parade is in but half an hour.) ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/28 "2003-08-08T15:36:04Z")
Say, would anyone be interested in buying this Brooklyn Bridge-in-a-box? Two for a dollar on Fridays! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/29 "2003-08-08T15:38:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*(And what about the badgers, I ask you? The parade is in but half an hour.) \*\* Badgers? This thread don’t need no stinkin’ badgers! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/30 "2003-08-08T15:40:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > Monkey die, everybody cry. > > (obscure pop culture reference challenge) I cried at the monkey’s funeral in _Sunset Boulevard_, too. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/31 "2003-08-08T16:44:21Z")
:: snap snap snap :: I’m with this thread man. Totally. I’m slipping through the vanilla pudding of my consciousness as the razorblades tell me tales of years past…the rainbow is laughing, but more from sympathy than joy. I eat your dog. I EAT YOUR DOG…but I love your dog. You offer the orange and I accept. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/32 "2003-08-08T16:44:50Z")
Incidentally, according to [Googlefight](http://www.googlefight.com), Schrodinger was wrong about that cat. “cat is alive” : 804. “cat is dead” : 39,100. Pretty darn conclusive, it looks to me. The cat is dead. Stuff quantum mechanics. (And the cat, too.) ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/33 "2003-08-08T16:52:20Z")
I think the ‘chill them crackers out’ bit is a nod to _Pulp Fiction_, is it not? It’s the first thing I thought of when I read it and, quite frankly, I thought that part was funny as shit. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/34 "2003-08-08T16:59:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*:: snap snap snap :: > > I’m with this thread man. Totally. I’m slipping through the vanilla pudding of my consciousness as the razorblades tell me tales of years past…the rainbow is laughing, but more from sympathy than joy. I eat your dog. I EAT YOUR DOG…but I love your dog. You offer the orange and I accept. \*\* You know what? I can make more sense out of this post than the original one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/35 "2003-08-08T17:05:57Z")
This made me realize how bad grammer can sometimes be threatning in and of itself. If someone came up to me and said “I’m burning your dog”, I’d probably calmly reply “Yeah Pete, whatever you say.” But if the same guy came up and said “I burning your dog” I probably scream “Holy shit Fluffy, get the fuck outta there!” ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/36 "2003-08-08T17:06:17Z")
Dear ThaiWhore: Please. Stay. Out. Of. The. Liquor. Thanks much, Mikie ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/37 "2003-08-08T17:14:08Z")
Whoa…someone’s been indulging in some herbal refreshment, here! ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/38 "2003-08-08T17:24:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thaidog \* > \*\*…on and on, ta da! The MAGIC ROCK! > > I don’t like it… no sir, not one bit… \*\* This is not a good game," said our fish as he lit. “No, I do not like it, not one little bit!” ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/39 "2003-08-08T17:25:01Z")
Thaidog - Shuddup. Now come over here and sand mama’s heels. ---
**Author:** ![cabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@cabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808/40 "2003-08-08T17:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thaidog \* > \*\*If my thoughts scare you, you should quit reading my threads… then again, you could profit and make a killing off my psyc bills… \*\* “So there we were at 2:30 in the morning…I was beginning to wish I had never come to cadet training school. To the south lay water…there was no way we could cross that. To the east and west two armies squeezed us in a pincer. The only way was North. I had to go for it and pray the Gods were smiling on me. I picked up the dice and threw two sixes. Caldecott couldn’t believe it. My go again…ANOTHER TWO SIXES!” Thanks Rimmer! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rock-in-the-box-i-burning-your-dog/193808.md?page=3)