Well, I can help you out with the last one. It’s an extension of prior slang. A “dish” is not only the plate a meal is served on, but can also refer to the food itself. “That’s a unique lamb dish.”

“Dish” entered American slang in the method you describe as meaning “something favored or enjoyed.” “That new jazz is Jimmy’s dish!” meaning that Jimmy enjoys a good jazz tune like he’d enjoy his favorite meal.

By extension, a female “dish” is a woman that is considered very appealing, a “feast for the eyes,” as it were.

Oh, and as for the first, it’s really simple: Dish comes from Latin “discus” (plate) from Greek “diskos” (same) from Greek “dikein” (to throw, as in a disc).

Dude,

Rhetorical questions, man. Language is arbitrary. But, if you really want to go there, what fellow decided that a flat round-ish thing was “discus?” And, why is a fork and fork and a spoon a spoon? I mean, what if they were reversed? Would it be any stranger to come to a spoon in the road?

You guys have WAY TO MUCH time on your hands………Why do they say………..”time on your hands”??????……..now, will somebody get back to work!!!!

Speaking of time on your hands … Now, get to work!

WORK……….now that is a oximoron when it comes to me……….haven’t worked in 12 yrs and I plan on retiring next year……..65 you know………

“And, why is a fork and fork and a spoon a spoon? I mean, what if they were reversed?”

And dude, imagine if our solar system was, like, an atom in, like, a huge Twinkie or something, and that Twinkie is like, our entire universe. What happens if, like it’s God’s Twinkie, and like, he takes a big bite one day?

Be sure to tune in next week for the PBS continuing series: “Every Stoner Conversation Ever.”

Rob,

You ain’t right, you know that?

This would be news?