# This Da Vinci Code crap has gone to far. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963 "2006-05-23T21:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/61 "2006-05-24T17:05:34Z")
(stands by with a spoon to hold back all the convulsers tongues) ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/62 "2006-05-24T17:09:29Z")
Will some one please explain why this is happening only now? Why in hell wasn’t there a Da Vinci Craze when Hudson Hawke came out…and…oh wait, I think I just answered my own question. Continue your uncontrollable body movements [Shmmies][shakes] and [shuts down] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/63 "2006-05-24T17:35:38Z")
What sucks about this is that from now on, if you talk to someone about the golden mean or the Fibonacci series, they’ll think you learned about it from the movie. It’s going to be like being an expert on Lord of the Rings. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/64 "2006-05-24T18:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] What sucks about this is that from now on, if you talk to someone about the golden mean or the Fibonacci series, they’ll think you learned about it from the movie. It’s going to be like being an expert on Lord of the Rings. [/QUOTE] Forgive my ignorence but I have to ask for a cite for the Fibonacci series being mentioned in Lord of the Rings. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/65 "2006-05-24T18:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Forgive my ignorence but I have to ask for a cite for the Fibonacci series being mentioned in Lord of the Rings. [/QUOTE] I think he was talking about learning it from the movie “The DaVinci Code”. The LOTR reference was an analogy. (People assuming you know something just because of “the movie”). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/66 "2006-05-24T18:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Forgive my ignorence but I have to ask for a cite for the Fibonacci series being mentioned in Lord of the Rings. [/QUOTE] Three rings for the Elven kings under the sky Five rings for mortal men doomed to die Eight rings for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone Thirteen rings for the Dark Lord on his dark throne Twenty one rings to rule them all Thirty four rings to find them Fifty five rings to bring them all And in the darkness bind them Other than that, I didn’t mean the Fibonacci series. I just meant that if you know the LOTR story, people automatically assume that you mean the movie. It doesn’t occur to them that you could have read it decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/67 "2006-05-24T18:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] I think he was talking about learning it from the movie “The DaVinci Code”. The LOTR reference was an analogy. (People assuming you know something just because of “the movie”). [/QUOTE] Correct. Sort of like when my mother does wonderfuly creative things around the house, and people assume she got her ideas from Martha Stuart. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/68 "2006-05-24T18:41:15Z")
Whoooooooooooosh. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/69 "2006-05-24T18:46:10Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Not sure how phi is supposed to help my diet, though. Maybe if I adjust my portions to produce a Fibonacci series (imagine a cake, and each night you eat a golden rectangle, until it is gone) I’ll get thinner, I dunno… [/QUOTE] Are you sure it’s not supposed to be [Zeno’s paradox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno's_paradoxes)? You know, tonight you eat half the cake. Tomorrow, you eat half of what’s left, half of that the next night, and so on. _You never finish the cake!_ Or not. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/70 "2006-05-24T18:54:23Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Whoooooooooooosh. [/QUOTE] I was wondering. I took a chance on not whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/71 "2006-05-24T19:03:13Z")
[QUOTE=PoorYorick] Are you sure it’s not supposed to be [Zeno’s paradox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno's_paradoxes)? You know, tonight you eat half the cake. Tomorrow, you eat half of what’s left, half of that the next night, and so on. _You never finish the cake!_ Or not. [/QUOTE] Well that’s just it. Obviously, you can’t continue to slice cake into sections of arbitrarily small size, but if it’s sufficiently dense and moist, and you’ve got a good, sharp knife, I’ll bet you could hack away at the cake for weeks before you achieve that indivisible unit of cake, the tortatom, if you will. Your first couple of desserts will be pure gluttony, but eventually you’ll starve to death. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/72 "2006-05-24T19:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Well that’s just it. Obviously, you can’t continue to slice cake into sections of arbitrarily small size, but if it’s sufficiently dense and moist, and you’ve got a good, sharp knife, I’ll bet you could hack away at the cake for weeks before you achieve that indivisible unit of cake, the tortatom, if you will. Your first couple of desserts will be pure gluttony, but eventually you’ll starve to death. [/QUOTE] I think you’ll only eat cake for about 90 days, then you’ll have to start splitting atoms. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/73 "2006-05-24T19:16:37Z")
I bet you’ll be feeling pretty hungry before day 60! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/74 "2006-05-24T19:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] If the Da Vinci Code Diet is so great, why have I never seen Tom Hanks look heavier? [/QUOTE] What Would Leonardo Eat? Hey, if they got a What Would Jesus Eat diet I don’t see why not this one! :rolleyes: BTW, the creator of this “diet” is a “master baker, painter, and woodworker”? Well, that does it. Keep an eye peeled for my incoming book titled the Theory of Relativity and the Possibility of Time Travel. I mean, I’m just as qualified. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/75 "2006-05-24T20:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] Ever tried the **9 1/2 Weeks** diet? Hubba hubba. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but I can’t get Kim Basinger to hold still. “Let me go! Untie me! I’m calling the cops!” I swear, that diet should have come with earplugs. Oh, will someone please catch **EC** before he faints on something painful? Thanks. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/76 "2006-05-24T20:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=jali] I’m on the **Over The Hedge** diet this week. Next week I’ll try the \*\*X-Men III \*\* diet. [/QUOTE] I understand the _Over the Hedge_ diet (as much junk food as you can grab), but what does the _X-Men III_ diet entail? You can either choose to follow the diet or not, and if you don’t, you turn into a mutant? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/77 "2006-05-24T20:32:04Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I understand the _Over the Hedge_ diet (as much junk food as you can grab), but what does the _X-Men III_ diet entail? You can either choose to follow the diet or not, and if you don’t, you turn into a mutant? [/QUOTE] If you get too fat we take three adamantium blades and give you some old-fashioned liposuction. -j0e ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/78 "2006-05-24T20:42:56Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] _(convulses, attempts to grope other convulsers in the confusion)_ [/QUOTE] That had me laughing and laughing…thank you. (Not sure why perverted sexual groping opportunists should do that to me…I’d better go talk to my shrink) ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/79 "2006-05-24T20:50:08Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Still better than the _Pink Flamingos_ diet. Got any mouthwash? [/QUOTE] I think I’m so cool just to find out someone is just as filthy as I am, but quicker. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963/80 "2006-05-24T21:38:38Z")
The Leonardo Diet- It involves eating pizza with odd toppings, and a variety of ninjitsu exercises. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-da-vinci-code-crap-has-gone-to-far/357963.md?page=5)