# What's a "Gay BLT"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212 "2010-08-05T01:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/1 "2010-08-05T01:10:23Z")
There was a story on the news about vermin in a restaurant. As part of the story, the film loop showed the menu of the place, which had listed “Soylent Green Omelet” (okay, harharhar) and then a “GBLT”. I only caught a quick glimpse of the dish description underneath, which clearly said “. . .gay bacon lettuce tomato. . .” I’ve wracked my brain, but can’t even come up with a decent joke about it, unless we’re talking condiments. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/2 "2010-08-05T01:16:43Z")
Seems to just be a basic pun. GLBT becomes GBLT just by transposing two letters. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/3 "2010-08-05T01:21:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > There was a story on the news about vermin in a restaurant. As part of the story, the film loop showed the menu of the place, which had listed “Soylent Green Omelet” (okay, harharhar) and then a “GBLT”. I only caught a quick glimpse of the dish description underneath, which clearly said “. . .gay bacon lettuce tomato. . .” > > I’ve wracked my brain, but can’t even come up with a decent joke about it, unless we’re talking condiments. GLBT is a common initialism for gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender. So switch two of the letters and you get a sammich that throws like a girl. ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/4 "2010-08-05T01:24:12Z")
I was hoping for a BLT with guacamole on it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/5 "2010-08-05T01:28:33Z")
If I was running that restaurant, my Gay BLT would be a sandwich made out of lettuce, tomato, and bologna. Customer: What the fuck, there’s no bacon in this sandwich! Me: Yep, I know. Customer: Is this bologna? Why the hell is there bologna in a BLT? Bologna tastes nothing like bacon! Me: Exactly. Customer: So why do you call it a BLT? Me: See the menu? It says: Gay BLT. Customer: So what? Me: Doesn’t it feel like you just got f-ed in the a-? Customer: Well… Me: …prison style… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/6 "2010-08-05T01:45:29Z")
More “meat”, no “tomatoes”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/7 "2010-08-05T02:17:39Z")
Double mayo? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/8 "2010-08-05T02:20:20Z")
I was thinking that it’s got at least four nuts… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/9 "2010-08-05T02:40:45Z")
Shouldn’t there be a tossed salad in here somewhere? Peanut butter? Jelly? Syrup? All of these are fine condiments on certain sammiches. Especially when dusted with magical fairy anal nodules. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/10 "2010-08-05T03:10:59Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > There was a story on the news about vermin in a restaurant. As part of the story, the film loop showed the menu of the place, which had listed “Soylent Green Omelet” (okay, harharhar) and then a “GBLT”. I only caught a quick glimpse of the dish description underneath, which clearly said “. . .gay bacon lettuce tomato. . .” > > > > I’ve wracked my brain, but can’t even come up with a decent joke about it, unless we’re talking condiments. > > GLBT is a common initialism for gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender. So switch two of the letters and you get a sammich that throws like a girl. Geez, I’m completely out of touch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/11 "2010-08-05T03:22:35Z")
Everyone says their bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwiches are _fabulous_. ---
**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 5, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/12 "2010-08-05T04:05:08Z")
I’ve always wondered why the G and L have suddenly become transposed. I was always taught it was LGBT. Are there not some overzealous women’s rights groups that are upset? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/13 "2010-08-05T04:05:33Z")
I always use aioli on mine. Maybe they use gaioli. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/14 "2010-08-05T04:14:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve always wondered why the G and L have suddenly become transposed. I was always taught it was LGBT. Are there not some overzealous women’s rights groups that are upset? I’ve only seen it written this way. It sounds wrong in my head to pronounce it GLBT. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/15 "2010-08-05T05:04:17Z")
> [@conurepete](#): > > I was hoping for a BLT with guacamole on it. ☹ My mom used to make BLATs: Bacon, Lettuce, Avacado, and Tomato. Mostly the same. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/16 "2010-08-05T05:22:04Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > > [@conurepete](#): > > > > I was hoping for a BLT with guacamole on it. ☹ > > My mom used to make BLATs: Bacon, Lettuce, Avacado, and Tomato. Mostly the same. My first thought was that a gay BLT would have avocado on it. I don’t know why I thought of avocado, maybe because it’s a big fruit. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/17 "2010-08-05T06:15:04Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve always wondered why the G and L have suddenly become transposed. I was always taught it was LGBT. Are there not some overzealous women’s rights groups that are upset? I spell it both ways, pretty much interchangeably. And to me, it’s obvious that a GBLT contains a big, over-ripe banana. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/18 "2010-08-05T06:21:49Z")
Bacon, lettuce, tomato and a gay. Don’t get the Nathan Lane. It’s very high fat. I get the Rob Halford myself. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/19 "2010-08-05T08:50:49Z")
Can I have mine with the gay on the side? I’m trying to cut down. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212/20 "2010-08-05T09:00:53Z")
You still want the man-mayo? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-gay-blt/549212.md?page=2)