Satchel: Mmmmm! Love the graham cracker!
Bucky: Did you know that the guy who invented Graham crackers was a minister?
Satchel: ha ha ha ha ha.
Bucky: What's so funny?
Satchel: There was a guy named cracker? Ha ha!
Yeah, Trusted…and I bet you have the video, too. It’s probably on the tape of Moses getting the tablets, too. Good you have those. Without them you might believe anything.
Am I the only one who sees the joke horribly botched? Bucky didn’t say graham crackers were named after anybody. Satchel seems not dense but insane this time.
It’s actually true, Graham Crackers were invented by clergyman Sylvester Graham. Rev. Graham beleived that diet was linked closely to chastity, and that eating certain foods increased sex drive and masturbation. Rev. Graham advocated a recipe of homemade bread from unbolted wheat, with which his name was ultimately identified (Graham crackers) as a cure for masturbation. Also Dr Harvey Kellogg made a similar comparison and thus we have Corn Flakes.
True – John Harrington, an Elizabeth courtier and writer, invented the flush toilet, though it didn’t catch on. At the time, it was known as “Harrington’s jakes,” a “jakes” being the common slang for an outhouse. And Thomas Crapper manufactured toilets a few centuries later – there’s a great shot of one of his logos on Wikipedia, and so it’s no wonder people came to call a toilet a crapper.
zero almost 13 years ago
Most ministers are crackers…
rf_eq almost 13 years ago
interesting story. I doubt it ever worked.
killacowinWA almost 13 years ago
No jokes about Billy Graham? I’m disappointed.
tegm almost 13 years ago
lol, love bucky’s little head peeking out from the tabletop
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
And the Jefferson Airplane was named after President Airplane.
J Short almost 13 years ago
Bet he was white.
Luvsmesumdog almost 13 years ago
Nixon’s VP was a Johnson? I always thought it was an Agnew who wound up dating prison style?
doublepaw almost 13 years ago
And the monkey wrench was invented by a man with the last name of Monkee……….coincidence? I think not.
tigre1 almost 13 years ago
Yeah, Trusted…and I bet you have the video, too. It’s probably on the tape of Moses getting the tablets, too. Good you have those. Without them you might believe anything.
Stephen Gilberg almost 13 years ago
Am I the only one who sees the joke horribly botched? Bucky didn’t say graham crackers were named after anybody. Satchel seems not dense but insane this time.
Jazz Cat almost 13 years ago
Oy Vey, Satch. Smack him, Bucky.
rabidhunter almost 13 years ago
It’s actually true, Graham Crackers were invented by clergyman Sylvester Graham. Rev. Graham beleived that diet was linked closely to chastity, and that eating certain foods increased sex drive and masturbation. Rev. Graham advocated a recipe of homemade bread from unbolted wheat, with which his name was ultimately identified (Graham crackers) as a cure for masturbation. Also Dr Harvey Kellogg made a similar comparison and thus we have Corn Flakes.
SapphireSkies Premium Member almost 13 years ago
True – John Harrington, an Elizabeth courtier and writer, invented the flush toilet, though it didn’t catch on. At the time, it was known as “Harrington’s jakes,” a “jakes” being the common slang for an outhouse. And Thomas Crapper manufactured toilets a few centuries later – there’s a great shot of one of his logos on Wikipedia, and so it’s no wonder people came to call a toilet a crapper.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
It’s true, the graham cracker was inveted by a minister as an anti-aphrodisiac. The idea was to eat them to avoid feeling sexy. They actually work!
RayThomas101 almost 13 years ago
Who cares?