# What ever happened to, 30 minutes or it's free pizza? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201 "2011-01-19T15:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/21 "2011-01-19T17:33:12Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Why did you have to take off your pants to cut the pizza? I thought Chicago-style was where he puts one of yours in the hospital, and then you put one of his in the morgue. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/22 "2011-01-19T17:35:55Z")
> [@Spit](#): > > Pizza Place: [Hand over phone]Spit residence[/Hand over phone] Anything extra? > > Me: Nah. Oh wait…There’s a chick here. Bring napkins. Classy! ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/23 "2011-01-19T17:46:17Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Classy! I didn’t need her getting her greasy hands all over my air mattress. It was already hard enough to maintain a grip. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/24 "2011-01-19T17:47:30Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > But if a guy calls up and says ‘This is Torchwood’, do you know what the order is? Is he particularly serious about getting the pie in thirty minutes? 😃 I’d show up in five minutes hoping Doctor Who was there. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/25 "2011-01-19T18:25:22Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Why did you have to take off your pants to cut the pizza? I hate to ask what you’ve been doing “Chicago Style”. In case there was an actual question, Chicagoans like their pizza cut in squares, unless it’s sold by-the-slice. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/26 "2011-01-19T18:38:02Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > But if a guy calls up and says ‘This is Torchwood’, do you know what the order is? Is he particularly serious about getting the pie in thirty minutes? 😃 “Before we go any further, who the hell orders pizza under the name of ‘Torchwood’?” “Er, yeah, that would be me. Sorry, I’m a twat.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/27 "2011-01-19T18:38:03Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > But if a guy calls up and says ‘This is Torchwood’, do you know what the order is? Is he particularly serious about getting the pie in thirty minutes? 😃 One can rest assured that he owns a stopwatch, though he’s not necessarily using it to time his pizza… ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/28 "2011-01-19T19:35:59Z")
do they really call the crust “skin” gross ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/29 "2011-01-19T19:37:19Z")
So you’re saying it’s bad that my pizza delivery person carries treats specifically for my dogs? When we first moved here 3 or 4 years ago he was terrified of dogs but apparently the eyes got him. Dogs like pizza nights almost as much we do now 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 19, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/30 "2011-01-19T23:58:03Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > That guy would call up, and say “This is Blackwood” then hang up. If he was handsome enough, he wouldn’t even have to dial - he’d just pick up the phone. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/31 "2011-01-19T23:59:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If he was handsome enough, he wouldn’t even have to dial - he’d just pick up the phone. No, has to be interesting enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/32 "2011-01-20T01:18:47Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > do they really call the crust “skin” > > gross The big spatula they handle the pies with is a called a peel. How’s that work for you. I’'m getting seriously Whooshed but this whole Torchwood thing. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/33 "2011-01-20T01:30:10Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If he was handsome enough, he wouldn’t even have to dial - he’d just pick up the phone. Yay! This made me laugh even more than the Blackwood thing. I can’t believe how funny this thread turned out to be. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/34 "2011-01-20T01:39:06Z")
Great, now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/35 "2011-01-20T01:53:18Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > The big spatula they handle the pies with is a called a peel. How’s that work for you. > > I’'m getting seriously Whooshed but this whole Torchwood thing. As the person who brought it up, I guess I should explain. In the pilot of the British Doctor who spin-off ‘Torchwood’ (still the only episode of the show I’ve actually watched,) the main character is trying to track down the mysterious Torchwood three team. She finds out that they call for delivery with the local ‘Jubilee Pizza’, under the name of Torchwood, and ends up playing the part of the delivery person to get inside. (It turns out that they knew about her little ploy, but let her come in anyway.) There’s apparently some other references to the pizza later in the series, and the stopwatch thing is a dirty joke that I entirely didn’t plan to unleash, because I had no clue it was there - honest! ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/36 "2011-01-20T05:37:22Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > do they really call the crust “skin” > > gross Yup. Pizza skins - Until they’re assembled, then they become ‘pies.’ ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/37 "2011-01-20T05:38:25Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If he was handsome enough, he wouldn’t even have to dial - he’d just pick up the phone. Not even remotely. 😛 Crusty old dude. Kinda weathered and dried-out. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/38 "2011-01-20T07:43:15Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > As the person who brought it up, I guess I should explain. > > In the pilot of the British Doctor who spin-off ‘Torchwood’ (still the only episode of the show I’ve actually watched,) the main character is trying to track down the mysterious Torchwood three team. She finds out that they call for delivery with the local ‘Jubilee Pizza’, under the name of Torchwood, and ends up playing the part of the delivery person to get inside. (It turns out that they knew about her little ploy, but let her come in anyway.) > > There’s apparently some other references to the pizza later in the series, and the stopwatch thing is a dirty joke that I entirely didn’t plan to unleash, because I had no clue it was there - honest! And from the few episodes I’ve seen, part of the joke is that Torchwood appears to be the worst secret organization ever. As in, they order pizzas to their secret hideout under the name “Torchwood”, they travel around the city chasing down aliens and ghosts and what not in a big black van labeled “Torchwood”, at one point they even ask a bystander if she’d seen any aliens. I’m pretty sure the whole show is pretty much a very British satire on the Men In Black, with the Dr. Who setting just being a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/39 "2011-01-20T09:44:30Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > And from the few episodes I’ve seen, part of the joke is that Torchwood appears to be the worst secret organization ever. As in, they order pizzas to their secret hideout under the name “Torchwood”, they travel around the city chasing down aliens and ghosts and what not in a big black van labeled “Torchwood”, at one point they even ask a bystander if she’d seen any aliens. I’m pretty sure the whole show is pretty much a very British satire on the Men In Black, with the Dr. Who setting just being a bonus. …Torchwood pizza scene: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q1w17ChtJjg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Bonus: “Bloody Torchwood.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-M9fL9YsU6A/hqdefault.jpg "Torchwood -blowfish driving a sports car") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9fL9YsU6A) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-30-minutes-or-its-free-pizza/568201/40 "2011-01-20T12:23:52Z")
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