# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 178
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3837 "2025-02-08T19:38:52Z")
And now from an unexpected quarter we have a genuine “What were you THINKING” moment from a generally OK poster. Today in the Pit **DaveUnknown** started “I Pit ‘Café Society’ people”. Which is an incoherent rant about several kinda things. Which leads to some ribbing and sarcastic retorts from us. Along about post #22 **Dave** has finally explained what he’s ranting about: pretentious wanna-be foodies who live for TV cooking shows but don’t cook themselves. Which might be a fine rant, but is not at all the thread he started. And even then the guy still can’t form a coherent sentence to save his butt. In the 2 hours since I got home to post this, the thread has doubled in length, the heat has come off the thread a bit, but it’s still all over the place about food itself and not at all about faux foodie poseurs. Fail. Epic fail. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3838 "2025-02-08T19:41:38Z")
I read not much more than the OP, but I assumed **DaveUnknown** was drunk or stoned. Can happen to anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3839 "2025-02-08T19:42:57Z")
I got a little ways into the OP and muted the thread. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3840 "2025-02-08T19:48:38Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I read not much more than the OP, but I assumed **DaveUnknown** was drunk or stoned. Can happen to anybody. That was my take. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3841 "2025-02-08T19:55:48Z")
As I said in my initial reply, post 15: > I recommend either drink less or drink more before posting. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3842 "2025-02-08T20:02:13Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I got a little ways into the OP and muted the thread Oh, it’s a good thread once you skip over DaveUnknown’s posts. Nice discussion of Reuben sandwiches. In fact, I need to go out and buy one now. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3843 "2025-02-08T21:06:56Z")
As well as something called a “Rueben” sandwich. My guess is it’s the kind of stomach-boiling assemblage that one soon “rues” having been eaten. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3844 "2025-02-08T21:18:59Z")
I haven’t tried one. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3845 "2025-02-08T21:21:03Z")
Of course the funny thing about skipping Dave’s posts is that he was posting in reference to a thread (or sidetrack) about Reubens. So if you do read his thread ignoring his posts you’ll see we now have two threads running side by side debating the merits of various formulations of Reubens. One in CS, one in the Pit. And meanwhile **Dave** is getting a pitting both here and in his own thread. It’s sorta a weird three-cornered echo in here. If we can start an IMHO bicker about e.g. duck’s quacks echoing with a Pit thread about that too, maybe we’ll create a chain reaction, where each post in one thread triggers a flurry of quotes and responses in all the other threads. That 1 → 6 → 36 → … feedback loop might blow up Discourse after a few cycles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3846 "2025-02-08T21:34:26Z")
Do ducks quack when eating Reubens though? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3847 "2025-02-08T21:40:14Z")
Only at night when they’re not flying. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3848 "2025-02-08T21:53:22Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Do ducks quack when eating Reubens though? Depends. Do duck farts sound like quacks to humans? I can’t imagine a Reuben would deal well with a duck’s digestive system. Or vice versa. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3849 "2025-02-08T21:58:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Along about post #22 **Dave** has finally explained what he’s ranting about: pretentious wanna-be foodies who live for TV cooking shows but don’t cook themselves. So, like that guy in **The Menu**? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3850 "2025-02-08T22:01:50Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Do ducks quack when eating Reubens though? No but I bet when ordering one at a deli they say, “Put it on my bill.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3851 "2025-02-08T22:08:49Z")
I’ve never had a Reuben sandwich, mostly because I don’t like saeurkraut. But, every time I see it on a menu, or mentioned here, I always think of Reuben Kincaid, the group’s manager and father figure, on _The Partridge Family_, played by the excellent Dave Madden. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/02/d9/fb02d90cad471b392042ea86616b047d.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fb/02/d9/fb02d90cad471b392042ea86616b047d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3852 "2025-02-08T22:13:35Z")
That’s Dave Madden? Wow. I just saw that guy on a Barney Miller episode. Could not place him. Til just now. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3853 "2025-02-08T22:51:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If we can start an IMHO bicker about e.g. duck’s quacks echoing with a Pit thread about that too, maybe we’ll create a chain reaction, where each post in one thread triggers a flurry of quotes and responses in all the other threads. That 1 → 6 → 36 → … feedback loop might blow up Discourse after a few cycles. Look, we’ve already got people trying to destroy the government. We don’t need to also destroy the boards. ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3854 "2025-02-08T23:25:50Z")
Put it on my bill… no way I can let that go without expressing my gratitude 😂 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3855 "2025-02-09T03:51:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’ve never had a Reuben sandwich, mostly because I don’t like saeurkraut. I didn’t like sauerkraut until I had my first Reuben. I was young enough that I didn’t like anything sour. The first bite was…interesting… by the time I finished, I was hooked. The dressing had just enough sweetness to balance the sauerkraut (sort of). I’ve had Reubens made with coleslaw in place of the sauerkraut. Also delicious. My cousin says he hated sauerkraut until he discovered it’s supposed to be rinsed. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/3856 "2025-02-09T12:11:05Z")
Whereas i love “sour”. My mother told me that when i was a toddler they would give me the lemon slice to chew on. But I’ve never liked sauerkraut. Maybe i should try it again. But i also don’t like Russian dressing, and it really ruins an otherwise nice corned beef sandwich for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532.md?page=179)