# Foods you can't order with a straight face in the US. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153 "2010-06-22T19:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/21 "2010-06-23T01:32:05Z")
Bloke in front of me at KFC asking the server if she had breast and thighs. Titter. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/22 "2010-06-23T01:33:52Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This thread is a bit different than I was expecting from the title. I was going to put in a vote for the “Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity” platter at International House of Pancakes. Yeah, me too. I stepped in to mention Denny’s Moon Over My Hammy. mmm ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/23 "2010-06-23T01:37:03Z")
Bimbo cakes? ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/24 "2010-06-23T02:52:54Z")
Fish taco. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/25 "2010-06-23T03:07:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > There is a Japanese brand of (sort-of) soft drink called Calpis, or as we ex-pats charmingly called it, Cow Piss. > > When they marketed it in the US they were smart enough to change the name to Calpico. > Roddy Were they? I’ve seen/bought it for years as Calpis, although that might be non-official importation, and they only changed it when the company itself sent it over. A related Japanese drink is Pocari Sweat. I guess they meant it as a sports drink, but it comes across as a misspelling of “sweet.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/26 "2010-06-23T03:25:16Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This thread is a bit different than I was expecting from the title. I was going to put in a vote for the “Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity” platter at International House of Pancakes. Dang it. Too many people here think alike. And now I’m craving pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/27 "2010-06-23T03:55:57Z")
Pulled pork Jerk chicken ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/28 "2010-06-23T03:58:10Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Pulled pork > > Jerk chicken Beef strokin’ off? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/29 "2010-06-23T05:13:32Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Half the list doesn’t make sense. Cockburns is pronounced “Co’burns” and I’ve still to work out what’s wrong with Horlicks exactly. Perhaps they’re thinking it’s pronounced “whore licks”, or something (in which case, it isn’t)? How _is_ Horlicks pronounced, then? My “I don’t want to say that” is just because it’s silly, a fish sandwich at a local chain is called the “A Whale of Cod Sandwich.” I won’t say that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/30 "2010-06-23T05:59:11Z")
Head cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/31 "2010-06-23T06:11:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Beef strokin’ off? I pronounce it like that every time. Eventually, my wife will beat me to death because of it. Joe ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/32 "2010-06-23T06:23:13Z")
A Thai restaurant near my house has a dish called “morning glory.” ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/33 "2010-06-23T06:58:15Z")
I bought these in a shop recently: [Boobees!](http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/VeebleFetzer_photo/Boobees.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/34 "2010-06-23T10:50:53Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > How _is_ Horlicks pronounced, then? I second your confusion. I’m from England and have always pronounced it whorelicks. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/35 "2010-06-23T11:33:56Z")
Yet another plea to the Cap’n as to how anyone could pronounce it any way BUT “whore licks”. A mild example – English speakers who are just starting to learn Spanish feel funny ordering soup in Spanish, because to them it sounds more like they’re ordering “soap” – yuck! ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/36 "2010-06-23T11:47:31Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > How about a [toad in the hole](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_in_the_hole)? That’s what I came here to say. The first time I heard my husband mention it, I just about lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/37 "2010-06-23T12:51:52Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > How _is_ Horlicks pronounced, then? I think the issue is not how “Horlicks” is pronounced, but how “whore” is pronounced. Some people pronounce whore with a long o (like the first syllable in Horlicks) and some pronounce it as though it was spelled hoor. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/38 "2010-06-23T16:05:22Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > How about a [toad in the hole](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_in_the_hole)? I hear it’s popular with chimpanzees. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/39 "2010-06-23T16:11:52Z")
In the less puerile vein, I have trouble ordering at most fast food restaurants due to their gimmicky names. I eat at Whataburger way more often than I really should, but I still pull a face every time I ask them to “Whatasize” the order. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-cant-order-with-a-straight-face-in-the-us/544153/40 "2010-06-23T16:15:50Z")
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