# The snozzberries taste like WHAT? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650 "2013-11-24T00:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/1 "2013-11-24T00:56:27Z")
[The Filthiest Joke Ever Hidden in a Children’s Movie](http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-filthiest-joke-ever-hidden-in-childrens-movie/) > [@](#): > > One of the most beloved and oft-quoted moments in the ridiculously beloved and oft-quoted film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is the sequence in which the unbalanced candymaker displays his newest invention: lickable wallpaper. As the children and their guardians go to town on the wallpaper, Wonka declares: “Lick an orange. It tastes like an orange. The strawberries taste like strawberries! The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!” > > We laugh, because “snozzberries” is obviously a fanciful, fictional word… Apparently, ‘snozzberry’ is a euphemism for ‘penis’. ---
**Author:** ![YoungKusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@YoungKusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoungKusher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/2 "2013-11-24T01:39:37Z")
Snozzberries. A quote from super troopers. Wtf are u talkin about? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/3 "2013-11-24T01:41:33Z")
> [@YoungKusher](#): > > Wtf are u talkin about? See the video in the link. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/4 "2013-11-24T01:44:01Z")
Weak. Dahl had a wonderfully fucked up sense of humor, natch, but the likelihood that this was a joke hidden for fifteen years, rather than a gleefully profane callback reference (I need to have a silly word for dick–heh heh, what if I use “snozzberry”?) is miniscule. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/5 "2013-11-24T01:45:38Z")
[Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_&_the_Chocolate_Factory) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/6 "2013-11-24T02:48:14Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Weak. Dahl had a wonderfully fucked up sense of humor, natch, but the likelihood that this was a joke hidden for fifteen years, rather than a gleefully profane callback reference (I need to have a silly word for dick–heh heh, what if I use “snozzberry”?) is miniscule. Exactly. Is there any evidence, other than Dahl, that the word was ever used before **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**? The Cracked article gives no evidence of that. \*\* Left Hand of Dorkness\*\* is quite right in saying that Dahl probably reused the word when he wrote **My Uncle Oswald.** Besides, the person writing the article doesn’t seem to have read the novel, which was a sequel to Dahl’s stories “The Visitor” and “Bitch” and fails to mention that it’s primarily about an aphrodisiac. He also seems ignorant of the fact that Dahl wrote plenty of short stories for adults: he was a frequent contributor to **Playboy** and wrote horror and mystery, winning a couple of Edgar Awards. His children’s books made his fortune, but his short stories for adults are classic. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/7 "2013-11-24T03:31:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Weak. Dahl had a wonderfully fucked up sense of humor, natch, but the likelihood that this was a joke hidden for fifteen years, rather than a gleefully profane callback reference (I need to have a silly word for dick–heh heh, what if I use “snozzberry”?) is miniscule. “Weak” is being generous. The obvious reading of this in a Dahl universe is that snozzberrries exist as berries and then somewhere along the line became a euphemism for penis. Substitute “banana” and it works just as well. I’m starting to hate [cracked.com](http://cracked.com). I almost never find anything that isn’t either obvious or some kind of stretch. I like the idea behind the site, but in order to come up with content, they really end up with kind of lousy lists way too often. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/8 "2013-11-24T03:36:50Z")
Yeah, I saw that article, and was going to use “banana” as an example of why it’s stupid, but **Yookeroo** beat me to it. If I say I like the taste of casabas, because that’s also a euphemism for tits does that mean I could _only_ have meant I like the taste of tits? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/9 "2013-11-24T05:35:39Z")
> [@YoungKusher](#): > > Snozzberries. A quote from super troopers. Wtf are u talkin about? Lay off the syrup, would ya? ---
**Author:** ![YoungKusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@YoungKusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoungKusher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/10 "2013-11-24T05:54:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > See the video in the link. 😉 Sry, I’m new here. Totally missed the link lol. I always thought that line originated in Super troopers, cant believe I never noticed it in Charlie and the chocolate factory. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/11 "2013-11-24T12:01:30Z")
Is it possible the slang came from the movie and not the other way around? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/12 "2013-11-24T14:52:57Z")
I doubt it’s at all related, but a slang name for the semi-abused drug [\*\*Seroquel \*\*is _snooze_berries…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetiapine) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/13 "2013-11-24T15:08:21Z")
> [@YoungKusher](#): > > Snozzberries. A quote from super troopers. Wtf are u talkin about? We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/14 "2013-11-24T15:11:12Z")
Why would Dahl bother to hide a dick joke in his book…when there are [already](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=willy) [two](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wanker) in its main character’s name? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/15 "2013-11-24T15:56:27Z")
typical cracked nonsense reading too much into something that isn’t there ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/16 "2013-11-24T15:58:38Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Why would Dahl bother to hide a dick joke in his book…when there are [already](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=willy) [two](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wanker) in its main character’s name? And Willie Wonka spends all his time in the “chocolate factory” . . . ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/17 "2013-11-24T19:27:18Z")
Further penis-related stuff in WW&TCF: [www.foxywordsmith.com/2012/07/whangdoodles-hornswogglers-and.html](http://www.foxywordsmith.com/2012/07/whangdoodles-hornswogglers-and.html) He had a fertile and mucky mind, did old Roald… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/18 "2013-11-24T20:15:04Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I’m starting to hate [cracked.com](http://cracked.com). I almost never find anything that isn’t either obvious or some kind of stretch. I like the idea behind the site, but in order to come up with content, they really end up with kind of lousy lists way too often. Six Things You Probably Believes About Animals (that no one over the age of five actually things) Cracked moved on from being a comedy site to being wordier version of Buzzfeed a few years ago. Worst are the Photoplasties that went from being “make a humorus picture” to just “Find a random trivia bit on the net and plaster it on a semi-related picture”. And every now and then John Cheese lets you know what it was like in the ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/19 "2013-11-25T02:22:17Z")
Cracked publishes some terrible articles, and some excellent ones. John Cheese is especially insightful, but there are other lists that do bring up oddball history and handles it well. OTOH, some of the articles are very poorly researched. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650/20 "2013-11-25T04:02:40Z")
Am I crazy or did they take this scene out? For years I have been watching the coats come off and the fine print in the contract, but not seeing the schozzberry scene. Licking the wallpaper was one of my favorite parts (of the movie, not of growing up). Maybe I licked too much wallpaper as a child, because it’s straight up not there anymore and maybe it never was. Or is it?😕 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snozzberries-taste-like-what/674650.md?page=2)