# Threads that never address the OP **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316 "2017-08-11T05:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/61 "2017-08-12T02:45:32Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > **“Why are Granny Smith apples typically more expensive than Red Delicious?”** It’s not really an apple, per se, but _The Princess Bride_ is a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/62 "2017-08-12T03:24:10Z")
> [@aspenglow](#): > > yeah. Have i mentioned i’m going deaf? WRlTE LOUDER. I CAN’T HEAR YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/63 "2017-08-12T03:36:56Z")
People give Leonardo DiCaprio too much credit for his acting, and not enough credit for painting the Mona Lisa. Colin Powell was a great general, but he should likewise be credited for inventing the colinoscopy. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/64 "2017-08-12T03:43:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > WRlTE LOUDER. I CAN’T HEAR YOU. CAN YOU HEAR MEaNOW??? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/65 "2017-08-12T08:51:30Z")
> [@Trafalgar\_Laura](#): > > Thank you! 😃 I’ll definitely be giving this a try!. If you’re European, don’t: > [@cochrane](#): > > 1. Heat oven to 350º. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/66 "2017-08-12T11:45:05Z")
I definitely like Granny Smith more than Red Delicious. Really not sure what the latter are even good for. They aren’t good for eating or pies. Are they good for cider? My answer to the OP is actually embedded in my reply. I’ve always thought they called the Red Delicious by hoping the name would trick people’s tastebuds. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/67 "2017-08-12T15:53:57Z")
When life hands you apples, make applesauce. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/68 "2017-08-12T15:56:30Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Would it justify its place here if I’d call you an idiot or something ? > Just trying to be helpful. 🙂 If I had two dead rats, I’d give you one… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/69 "2017-08-12T16:15:43Z")
Could I have the other one? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/70 "2017-08-12T17:19:57Z")
You eat dead, ground up cows? That is gross! You know they were living creatures just like you. You know Jesus was a vegetarian. You know Robert Atkins died a young, horrible death from his meat based diet. You know there are plenty of good recipes that don’t involve dead animals. Why not just ground up some Dead Kennedys and put them in your pasta? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/71 "2017-08-12T17:39:01Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Why not just ground up some Dead Kennedys and put them in your pasta? I beleive they were big proponents of soup being the conerstone of a balanced diet. . ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/72 "2017-08-13T11:53:17Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Coqui frogs! They are almost everywhere on the Big Island. They sound like birds. They are loudest at dusk, but I can hear a random few even as I type. > > As an invasive species, they are a bad thing. But setting that aside, they are quite pretty to listen to. The night air at my house is filled with the sounds of frogs, insects, birds, the waterfall, and (sometimes) rain and wind.\*\* It’s a jungle out there!\*\* I love it. (Only 4 more nights to go, then I leave again for at least a few months. I haz a sad.) [I love Randy Newman.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9JRQnQO8c) And I like the TV show _Monk_. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/73 "2017-08-13T17:46:10Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > People give Leonardo DiCaprio too much credit for his acting, and not enough credit for painting the Mona Lisa. Convenient that he was dating a model who is used to having her picture does. Rafaeli, Raphael – coincidence?? Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles, now there was a good show. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/74 "2017-08-14T01:30:55Z")
One time, the symphony orchestra’s playing built up gradually to a thunderous crescendo and then suddenly came to a halt. Just than a woman’s voice yelled out, “I FRY MINE IN BUTTER!!!” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/75 "2017-08-14T15:41:25Z")
One of my parents’ favorite quotes was “I’ll never forgive you for applauding when the tenor fell into the orchestra pit”. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/76 "2017-08-14T20:27:10Z")
I prefer road apples. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/77 "2017-08-14T20:34:21Z")
I think it was John Oliver who said “Red Delicious: at least they got the ‘red’-part right.” > [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > One time, the symphony orchestra’s playing built up gradually to a thunderous crescendo and then suddenly came to a halt. Just than a woman’s voice yelled out, “I FRY MINE IN BUTTER!!!” Good Lord ! That sounds PAINFUL ! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/78 "2017-08-14T20:46:26Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Let me guess, you watch TV shows on YouTube… but that doesn’t count. Amirite? > 🙂 Watching shows when you want, as opposed to on a schedule strictly set by a network, _is_ different. It’s also proof of moral decline. Being unwilling to wait until the network says you can say something proves your inability to function in society, and has ever since the 1920s, when broadcast networks were invented. People before then didn’t exist, because the only people who matter were born starting in the 1940s, and people after then were superior for waiting. I have many other opinions and, for seventy-five cents, you can have them, too! Not valid in invalid zones, void where inalienable, and no delivery to Sector R. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316/79 "2017-08-14T20:51:07Z")
I thought it was “penny for your thoughts”. Inflation, amirite? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-never-address-the-op/793316.md?page=3)