Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How tough are ya?

About

‘Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How tough are ya?’ is an exploitable scene from the TV show, Spongebob Squarepants, featuring a character attempting to enter a bar named the Salty Spitoon, a club renowned for its toughness, by proving his toughness with a personal anecdote.

Usual variations feature the character telling the club’s bouncer, Reg, part of story proving his toughness after being asked ‘How tough are ya?’. Following this, Reg asks ‘Yeah, so?’ due to it alone not being considered tough. Then an additional detail is provided that makes the story seem much more strenuous, often ironically with a detail that is considered not tough, and Reg allows access.

Origin

Reg: Welcome to the Salty Spittoon. How tough are ya?
Fish: How tough am I? How tough am I?! I had a bowl of nails for breakfast this morning!
Reg: Yeah, so?
Fish: Without any milk.
Reg: Uh, right this way, sorry to keep you waiting.

The scene originates from the first half of Spongebob Squarepants’ forty eighth episode titled ‘No Weenies Allowed’ ^[1].

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