# When Facing an Angry Mob Armed with Raspberries, What is Best to Do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768 "2018-12-07T23:01:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/21 "2018-12-08T12:52:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You lure the mob beneath the 16 ton weight. Page 97 in the Acme catalog. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/22 "2018-12-08T13:33:13Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Raspberry Spritzer? > > (Pause) > > Lemon Curry? Is that what they’re calling it now? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/23 "2018-12-08T13:58:00Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Is that what they’re calling it now? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qKhit2nsoq4/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - Lemon Curry??") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKhit2nsoq4) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/24 "2018-12-08T14:02:36Z")
I’ll need more specs. Are these Raspberries Pi Zeros? 3Bs? What OS version are they running? Do I have access to the GPIO headers? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/25 "2018-12-08T15:21:49Z")
And here I thought that what was best to do was to conquer your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/26 "2018-12-08T16:16:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Pointed stick, hell! Give me a loaded Webley .455! Yeah, you try that with a pineapple down your windpipe. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/27 "2018-12-08T16:22:17Z")
Huh. I misread it as me having the raspberries. Then the answer is to throw raspberries at the mob. Pokemon Go has taught me that wins them over to my side. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/28 "2018-12-08T16:49:09Z")
We did the raspberries. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/29 "2018-12-08T17:24:35Z")
STOP THAT! STOP THAT! Much too silly. Get some discipline into those men, Sergeant Major! ---
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/30 "2018-12-08T17:36:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > STOP THAT! STOP THAT! Much too silly. Get some discipline into those men, Sergeant Major! [Squaad! Camp it UP!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0dWo31hwpI) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/31 "2018-12-08T17:41:17Z")
…and a bit suspect, I think. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/32 "2018-12-08T18:28:15Z")
I remember this one. The answer is to pluck the _ **strawberry** _ and eat it. After all, it’s a koan. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/33 "2018-12-08T18:28:20Z")
Why is there always _someone_ who brings raspberries to a speech? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/34 "2018-12-08T19:18:49Z")
The only defense against a bad person with raspberries is a good person with raspberries. –Motto of the National Raspberry Association (NRA) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/35 "2018-12-08T19:22:45Z")
[del]poison[/del] I mean, BOYSEN them. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/36 "2018-12-08T20:46:28Z")
Get yourself a squad of Killer Tomatoes and let loose the fruits of war! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/37 "2018-12-08T20:51:24Z")
I would use The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/38 "2018-12-08T23:27:49Z")
Too bad Prince is dead, or you could call in the Raspberry Berets. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/39 "2018-12-08T23:48:47Z")
Go ahead, throw your raspberries. I will (clotted) cream them! No animals needed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768/40 "2018-12-09T01:52:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Pointed stick, hell! Give me a loaded Webley .455! Do not bring a gun to a raspberry fight! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-facing-an-angry-mob-armed-with-raspberries-what-is-best-to-do/825768.md?page=3)