# Chili size **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 15, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769 "2005-12-15T18:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/21 "2005-12-31T12:55:23Z")
It’s not a “Left Coast” thing, it’s an L.A. thing. I’ve lived in San Diego since I was 11, eaten a few chili burgers in my time and never heard of the term till tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/22 "2005-12-31T14:23:24Z")
Regional phrasing is funny. When I moved to Cincinnati I found out what they called a three way and what a corn hole was. It’s not what I thought they were talking about, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/23 "2005-12-31T14:26:06Z")
> [@Bill Door](#): > > Regional phrasing is funny. When I moved to Cincinnati I found out what they called a three way and what a corn hole was. It’s not what I thought they were talking about, that’s for sure. OK, I have to know–what do those terms refer to, if not a sexual threesome and an anus, respectively? Were those what you thought they were, or do they mean something else up there? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/24 "2005-12-31T16:36:54Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > OK, I have to know–what do those terms refer to, if not a sexual threesome and an anus, respectively? Were those what you thought they were, or do they mean something else up there? I don’t know about “corn hole,” but “three way” would refer to spaghetti topped with Cincinnati-style chili and cheese. There are also “two-way” (spaghetti and chili), “four-way” (spaghetti, chili, cheese and kidney beans), and “five-way” (same plus onions) variations. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati\_chili](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili). ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/25 "2005-12-31T17:27:28Z")
The “cornhole” refers to a beanbag game, throwing them through a board with a hole cut in it. It’s called “cornholio” in Ohio. You can Google for a description. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/26 "2006-02-04T15:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > You guys ever heard of Google? “Google”? No – but I’d love to learn about it. Where can I look that up? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769/27 "2006-02-04T19:29:20Z")
You bumped a nearly 5-week-old thread about chili to make a joke about Google? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/335769.md?page=1)