# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 115
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2281 "2026-07-10T14:00:42Z")
The hit at Starbucks is apparently their microwaved micro-frittatas called Egg Bites. They’re not bad, but certainly not what anybody would call a meal. I suspect all of the food there is prepared off-site (except for the microwave part). ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2282 "2026-07-10T14:03:14Z")
Mildly related anecdote. There are only 2 fast food places in my town: Taco Bell and Burger King. Last night on the way home I stopped for some Taco Bell because no one was home and I didn’t feel like cooking a meal for myself. Sitting at the large corner table was a group of about 6 people, all of whom were wearing Burger King shirts. Kind of demonstrates why I’ll never darken the door of a Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2283 "2026-07-10T15:14:51Z")
When I’m traveling and lazy, i sometimes buy breakfast in the Starbucks in the hotel lobby. (There usually a Starbucks in the lobby.) It always makes me sad, because the choices are sad. A mediocre breakfast sandwich, instant oatmeal, or sometimes a yogurt parfait made with overly sweet, chalky yogurt. (Yes, I’ve tried them all. They have not-very-good pastries, too.) But I’m never happy about it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2284 "2026-07-10T16:04:58Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ll only eat at McD if they have the fish sandwich. I kinda like the fish sandwich, even though it’s very 'fast food". But i won’t eat any of the burgers. Me, too. I think McD’s burgers are inedible – not matter how cheap I won’t eat them. The fish sandwich was ok when I last ate it decades ago, and when I worked with a youth group they often wanted to stop at McD’s for lunch. I’d sometimes get the nuggets, but even they were pretty crappy. Again, it’s been nearly 40 years since I’ve eaten at McD’s. I’m spoiled for choice, so why would I? I voted for 4-6 slices of bacon, but if it’s thin and very crisp, I could be persuaded to eat more.🐷 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2285 "2026-07-10T16:17:25Z")
Yeah, I’ve eaten more than that, too. Especially if I’m hungry, and i plan to dance or otherwise do something energetic that day. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2286 "2026-07-10T16:42:23Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Yeah, I’ve eaten more than that, too. Especially if I’m hungry So, something like this… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GxTFF1FCro8/maxresdefault.jpg "Give Me All the Bacon and Eggs You Have! #ronswanson #comedy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxTFF1FCro8) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2287 "2026-07-10T16:44:36Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > Sitting at the large corner table was a group of about 6 people, all of whom were wearing Burger King shirts. Kind of demonstrates why I’ll never darken the door of a Burger King. I’m no BK fan, only going as a desperate resort, but I wouldn’t want to eat filet every day, either; especially if my job is cooking filet all day. Probably an impromptu “lets go out after work”, all the moreso not unusual if they need to leave BK as soon as their closing tasks are done after the restaurant closes for the night; they’d get in trouble if they cooked themselves a meal at 9:01pm, & if they need to clean the grill before they leave then they can’t cook anything on it once they clean it ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2288 "2026-07-10T16:46:44Z")
This was about 5 pm - before the evening rush. I assumed they were on the way to work. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2289 "2026-07-10T17:00:23Z")
I can’t even imagine eating Taco Bell sober. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2290 "2026-07-10T18:00:25Z")
I can eat anything with enough Diablo sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2291 "2026-07-10T18:05:52Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I can’t even imagine eating Taco Bell sober. Their Doritos tacos are a guilty pleasure of mine. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2292 "2026-07-12T17:45:08Z")
F 451 really isnt a very good book- IMHO, and arguably it isnt Science Fiction. But Highschoolers are nearly always subjected to it. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2293 "2026-07-12T18:13:53Z")
“Fahrenheit Cuatro cinco uno” 🙂 pronouncing Fahrenheit as in English but saying the numbers in Spanish. I guess if I ever talked about the book in a work context (which is the only place I speak English out loud generally), I would try to say Fahrenheit Four Five One, or Four hundred and fifty 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:** [July 12, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2294 "2026-07-12T18:39:17Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > In this case it’s part of the title, and thus treated as a proper noun. I agree, your teacher was dead wrong. I’m curious how they would have reacted to a book report on _Pet Sematary_ by Stephen King. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2295 "2026-07-12T19:01:50Z")
FYI Ray always pronounced it “four fifty one.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2296 "2026-07-12T19:34:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m curious how they would have reacted to a book report on _Pet Sematary_ by Stephen King. I wonder if they listened to Deaf Leopard while grading papers. mmm ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2297 "2026-07-12T20:09:07Z")
Starbucks has reasonable breakfast sandwiches. The soy latte provides my lovely wife with enough protein to make it to her destination, and the marshmallow bars are GF DF EF. I usually get the packaged protein plate, which has some vegetables, hardboiled eggs, and the like. A hell of a lot better than a Mc-anything. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2298 "2026-07-12T20:32:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I wonder if they listened to Deaf Leopard while grading papers. They were more of a Motley Crew fan. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2299 "2026-07-12T20:44:38Z")
For Bacon, I answered more than 30. But that’s what I _could_ eat. Not what I would, for many reasons. And, per the poll, that was assuming peak conditions - appetite, perfectly cooked and seasoned, etc. I would normally stop far short of that - sodium/fat worries, wanting to have it **with** something else, salt fatigue/burn, any number of factors. But if I was in peak appetite, and it’s all I had, combined with the perfect combinations to my preferences, I could probably finish in the very low thirties of medium-thick bacon. I’d _certainly_ regret it later that day though! [the answer would be lower for beef bakken, and possibly higher for duck bacon (smaller pieces if nothing else), as two of the other variants I would eat. Sizzlelean, turkey bacon, and other options I’ve had in the past get a hard pass] ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2300 "2026-07-12T22:29:01Z")
I was going to post exactly the same, more or less, to nobody’s surprise at this point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=116)