# Think Geek ordered to cease and desist! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205 "2010-06-23T03:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/21 "2010-06-23T13:05:17Z")
What’s this thread doing in MPSIMS? Any thread about the National Pork Boark belongs in the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/22 "2010-06-23T14:30:50Z")
When I heard this, I said, “Babe, Wilbur be more Think Geek?” She gave me a glazed over look. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/23 "2010-06-23T14:53:11Z")
Well, that’s a horse of a different color. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/24 "2010-06-23T15:00:21Z")
Babe = Pig from movie of same name Wilbur = Pig from Charlotte’s Web Try to keep up – seriously. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/25 "2010-06-23T15:23:34Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Babe = Pig from movie of same name > Wilbur = Pig from Charlotte’s Web That much I got. It’s the rest of the joke that gave me a buzz cut. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/26 "2010-06-23T15:51:08Z")
Y’all are really hamming it up. Hoping to make threadspotting? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/27 "2010-06-23T15:51:42Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > … > > **Wilbur** = Pig from Charlotte’s Web > > … > _bolding mine_ and the owner of Mr. Ed, coimcidence? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/28 "2010-06-23T15:53:18Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > and the owner of Mr. Ed, coimcidence? I think not! Mr. Ed was a zebra, not a unicorn. Everyone knows that! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/29 "2010-06-23T15:54:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > \ the National Pork Boark belongs in the BBQ Pit. Okay, fess up - everyone who caught this typo went “bork bork bork,” right? And, mmmm, canned unicorn. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/30 "2010-06-23T16:26:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Okay, fess up - everyone who caught this typo went “bork bork bork,” right? Definitely! National Pork Boark of Sweden! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/31 "2010-06-23T16:31:10Z")
Don’t be a dork. Because that would make you a National Pork Boark Dork of Sweden! Use a fork. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/32 "2010-06-23T16:32:24Z")
There was an old lady from Cork Who liked to eat shit with a fork Her son said, 'You goon! 'You eat shit with a spoon! ‘It’s pork that you eat with a fork!’ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/33 "2010-06-23T16:32:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Mr. Ed was a zebra, not a unicorn. > > Everyone knows that! Of course, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/34 "2010-06-23T16:44:59Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > and the owner of Mr. Ed, coimcidence? I think not! I thought the owner of Mr. Ed was Willlllllllllllllllllbur. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/35 "2010-06-23T17:21:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Don’t be a dork. > > Because that would make you a National Pork Boark Dork of Sweden! > > Use a fork. Use the fork, Luke. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/36 "2010-06-23T17:30:23Z")
There was a young princeling from sdorking Whose cabinet members kept sborking With rue he did say Parliament would go “yea” If I weren’t a prince but a spork king. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/37 "2010-06-23T18:27:53Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I thought the owner of Mr. Ed was Willlllllllllllllllllbur. That’s the answer that I’ll endorse. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/38 "2010-06-23T18:33:22Z")
Unicorn meat makes me horny. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/39 "2010-06-23T18:53:36Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Use a fork. A [_spork_](http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/). Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205/40 "2010-06-24T01:40:47Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Don’t be a dork. Quit busting his chops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-geek-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/544205.md?page=3)