# 10 Weird and Wonderful Experiences in the USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685 "2003-09-10T04:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685/21 "2003-09-12T03:12:44Z")
Great post! It’s always nice to hear from such an observant visitor! So glad you enjoyed it here and come on over to the Right Coast next time–it’s vastly different. OK guys, get the raw bacon and sourdough bread back out and fer gawdsakes remember we’re driving on the right again now! ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685/22 "2003-09-12T05:00:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Narrad \* > \*\* > > - An “entree” means a main course. This threw me at first…\*\* And the salads come as a separate course. This lead to an early experience of dining in a US restaurant with a fellow Kiwi where the salads arrived, and we waited for the main course… and waited… until the waitress cautiously enquired if there was something wrong with our (untouched) salads. :smack: > [@](#): > > **Sweet bread! We searched and searched supermarkets, but it was tough finding bread that didn’t taste nasty and sugary.** And it doesn’t go off either. Living in Iowa: buy bread, put bread in cupboard, forget bread, find it two weeks later all white and soft and fluffy. :eek: Now, that’s just not right… you leave local bread for two weeks and it’ll be well on it’s way to an advanced civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685/23 "2003-09-12T09:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > In America, men shuffle in meekly to huddle at individual porcelain urinals, isolated from each other by the Privacy Walls of Chipboard. Well, you didn’t go to Dodger Stadium. Nothing but the finest in stainless steel troughs. It’s class all the way, baby. ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685/24 "2003-09-12T16:37:02Z")
As a native Californian, I envy your experience of seeing those sights for the first time. I’ve driven the roads you were on dozens of times, and it’s hard not to become a little ho-hum about the scenery. As Duckster implied (I think), California doesn’t have a monopoly on scenery, or history, or culture, but it’s hard to beat for variety. I spent three weeks “down under” earlier this year, and had a marvelous time. As soon as I can afford it, I’m going back! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685/25 "2003-09-12T16:49:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cardinal \* > \*\*Well, you didn’t go to Dodger Stadium. Nothing but the finest in stainless steel troughs. It’s class all the way, baby. \*\* Any stadium or racetrack as well. God, the smell. . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-weird-and-wonderful-experiences-in-the-usa/200685.md?page=1)