# "Chicken Noogie" and "Ministroke" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775 "2011-11-03T20:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/41 "2011-11-07T04:52:55Z")
A friend of mine once saw a signboard saying something along the lines of “Ask us about our infamous chicken sandwich!” She said “I do not think that means what you think it means.” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/42 "2011-11-08T06:58:32Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > My illiterate mexican prep cook mixes up t and f. its a bit confusing when he labels the “roast beet” for sandwiches, and the “pickled beefs” for salads. That reminds me of a friend we had from Honduras. His english was pretty good, but a few word were beyond him. If you asked where his roommate was at dinner time, he’d tell you Sam was in the chicken. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/43 "2011-11-09T19:21:50Z")
Cafeteria one place I worked served something with “Portable” mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/44 "2011-11-09T20:25:19Z")
One dinner at a Jerusalem hotel (the Inbal, maybe?) featured “duck with blubbery sauce”. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/45 "2011-11-10T03:11:55Z")
We ran a special of Split Pea Wham one day. A little punctuation would have clarified, but folks tended to like it regardless. Also used to run a stir fry special as “Seven Professors Crossing the Road” in the grand tradition of Happy Family and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/46 "2011-11-10T16:53:41Z")
Saw this gem on a van this morning: “You’re all-occasion DJ! Weddings! Anniversary’s! Party’s!” Wonder why they left the apostrophe out of weddings? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/47 "2011-11-10T18:22:47Z")
Maybe it didn’t look right. That is impressive though - three misspelled words out of seven, and that’s counting “DJ” as a word. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/48 "2011-11-10T18:41:34Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > We used to wait with bated breath for the cafeteria in our building to e-mail the daily menu. The two that stand out in my mind were the Chickens Frenchaze and Cord On Blue. No joke. Um- What is Chickens Frenchaze? I would really like it if it isn’t Chicken flavored French Toast, but that is all that I can picture. I did know a guy named Cord, once, and he was dating a girl named Blue for a very short time. Is that some sort of food named after him, or am I just seeing what I want to see? 😃 > [@Joey\_P](#): > > That would be a [Greengrocer’s Apostrophe.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grocer%27s_apostrophe#Greengrocers.27_apostrophes) :eek: > [@](#): > > Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, points out that before the 19th century, it was standard orthography to use the apostrophe to form a plural of a foreign-sounding word that ended in a vowel (e.g., banana’s, folio’s, logo’s, quarto’s, pasta’s, ouzo’s) to clarify pronunciation. Truss says this usage is no longer considered proper in formal writing.[51] Seriously?! > [@orderfire](#): > > We ran a special of Split Pea Wham one day. A little punctuation would have clarified, but folks tended to like it regardless. > > Also used to run a stir fry special as “Seven Professors Crossing the Road” in the grand tradition of Happy Family and the like. What are these? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/49 "2011-11-10T19:36:45Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Saw this gem on a van this morning: “You’re all-occasion DJ! Weddings! Anniversary’s! Party’s!” I am? Well, if Anniversary and Party want me to be the DJ at their weddings, I guess I better get some music together. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/50 "2011-11-10T19:48:36Z")
I’m guessing “Split Pea Wham” is split pea (soup) w/ ham “Cord On Blue” is [chicken cordon bleu](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/chicken-cordon-bleu-ii/detail.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/51 "2011-11-10T20:06:41Z")
> [@RedWood](#): > > OOOOOOOO yummy thought! squash blossom tortillas? Om Nom Nom! 😃 > > (¿cómo se dice ‘om nom nom’ en español?) El nomo. Or, la noma, if the speaker is female. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/52 "2011-11-10T20:58:35Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > A corner store near me proudly proclaims they have sandwishes. I saw several delis in New York with sandwishes. I saw another one with [Sandwhiches](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/Soileau/New%20York%202011/IMG_4495.jpg). Still waiting on that sandwitch, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/53 "2011-11-10T22:18:30Z")
> [@gurujulp](#): > > Um- What is Chickens Frenchaze? I would really like it if it isn’t Chicken flavored French Toast, but that is all that I can picture. My guess would be Chicken Française, i.e. “in the French style”. [Here is a recipe.](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chicken-Francaise-108667) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/54 "2011-11-11T20:45:30Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > A corner store near me proudly proclaims they have sandwishes. Silly. Everyone knows it is spelled samwishes. Geez. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [November 11, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/55 "2011-11-11T22:03:51Z")
Went to the local grade school to vote the other day. Saw a sign out front at the area for “Parent pickup and drop off.” Umm, where do you pickup and drop off the kids? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/56 "2011-11-14T03:56:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Saw a sign out front at the area for “Parent pickup and drop off.” > [@](#): > > No Entry > Authorised Personnel Only So where do they go in? > [@](#): > > This Door is Alarmed And yet not unhinged. > [@](#): > > Safety Helmets to be Worn on This Site Where do you go if you have a brand new one? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/57 "2011-11-14T06:14:53Z")
A few other good signs: [Good luck](http://media.photobucket.com/image/stupid%20signs/jobud/190d1196381112-funny-signs-good_luc.jpg) [Sharp edges](http://s9y.oltmanns.name/uploads/mediadata/this-sign-has-sharp-edges.jpg) (be sure to read the fine print) [Instant death and fine](http://ez37.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/stupid_sign_instant-death-fine.jpg) [Stop](http://ez37.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/stupid-sign-police-bandobast.jpg) [Animal safety](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8peC5F-u3mA/TciBZkXbH5I/AAAAAAAAAWc/gSsVfNTRTr0/s1600/stupid_sign_zoo.jpg) [Attention dogs](http://hahasigns.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/funny_sign_3.jpg) [Road surprises](http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/road_surprises.jpg) [No gorillas](http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/no_gorillas.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/58 "2011-11-14T18:21:38Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > My college cafeteria would re-use the signs that told you what each line was serving. I hated mexican nights because it meant I’d have to see that damn sign. > > Tacos > > Enchiladas > > Burrito’s > > What. The. Hell. How do you get through two thirds of the damn sign and then trip at the finish line? Stab. Stab. Stab. A local Mexican-style chain has had a couple on their marquee sign at various times: “Taco Buger” “Fajita Burrots” I don’t eat there. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/59 "2011-11-14T18:26:57Z")
One of the weirdest signs I ever saw was in Jacksonville, FL - a hand-lettered sign advertising “Sandwich,s” - yes, it had a comma. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775/60 "2011-11-14T20:26:23Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > My college cafeteria would re-use the signs that told you what each line was serving. I hated mexican nights because it meant I’d have to see that damn sign. > > Tacos > > Enchiladas > > Burrito’s > > What. The. Hell. How do you get through two thirds of the damn sign and then trip at the finish line? Stab. Stab. Stab. Well, now… Growing up in southern California, I’ve learned a _bandito_ is a little bandit, and San Dieguito is ‘little San Diego’ a smaller off-shoot town near San Diego. So the above would be correct – if Burro’s beget smaller off-shoots called… Oh, and obviously Mosques beget… –G!? Ole! Sangre! Mucho gusto! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-noogie-and-ministroke/601775.md?page=4)