# Guess the character by the eating habits

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 27, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737 "2009-12-27T21:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 10

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/181 "2009-12-31T06:12:30Z")

</div>

> [@needscoffee](#):
>
> I feel like I should know this one, but I’ve got nothing…

The series ran for four seasons in the 2000s or whatever we’re calling this decade.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/182 "2009-12-31T06:48:31Z")

</div>

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
>
> 1. Tacos (especially for breakfast).

This one looks like a stumper, so I’ll give it away. Jim Rockford.  
87. Cheesy Poofs

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/183 "2009-12-31T07:03:42Z")

</div>

> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
>
> T  
> 87. Cheesy Poofs

Eric Cartman

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/184 "2009-12-31T07:29:29Z")

</div>

1. Cornflakes & beer
2. Hot cakes in cabbage juice
3. Butterscotch bean dip; Irish style chili
4. Mexican style Irish stew
5. Garlic nut-butter sandwich (Peanut butter, garlic extract, and cream cheese on a sandwich roll)
6. Hamburgers, hamburgers and more hamburgers
7. Abby’s cupcake
8. Butterfinger candy bars
9. New York style pretzel with mustard
10. Nolan Ryan baseball card
11. Chicago

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/185 "2009-12-31T08:46:08Z")

</div>

90 - I remember them eating cereal with beer in Revenge of the Nerds, but I can’t remember if it was cornflakes.  
97 - Bart Simpson? “Nobody better lay a finger on my butterfinger!”

new one:

1. A Snickers bar, with a knife and fork.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/186 "2009-12-31T10:04:50Z")

</div>

1. Hot Earl Grey Tea
2. Beer milkshakes
3. Hog Lumps

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/187 "2009-12-31T10:13:10Z")

</div>

> [@dougie\_monty](#):
>
> 1. Hamburgers, hamburgers and more hamburgers

I forget his name, but he’s from Popeye stories. Pinky? Either him, or Hamburglar.

1. Oreos, except when he is bluffing. When he is bluffing, he twists the cookies apart and throws them away.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/188 "2009-12-31T10:59:06Z")

</div>

> [@vivalostwages](#):
>
> This TV son and daughter often ended up eating pizza because their widower father was such a horrible cook.

The doctor’s kids on Everwood? I can’t even remember their names.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/189 "2009-12-31T11:01:32Z")

</div>

> [@Jennyrosity](#):
>
> 84: Can’t believe no-one got this the first time - Morse, innit?

yes:)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/190 "2009-12-31T11:47:07Z")

</div>

> [@Tangent](#):
>
> 1. A Snickers bar, with a knife and fork.

Mr Pitt (followed by many others).

1. Likes to touch his food to his chin before eating.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/191 "2009-12-31T12:20:03Z")

</div>

> [@Ponderoid](#):
>
> 1. cats

Also, Bubba from the Sookie Stackhouse books.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/192 "2009-12-31T14:45:54Z")

</div>

> [@ColdPhoenix](#):
>
> 1. Likes to touch his food to his chin before eating.

Robert Barone, from “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/193 "2009-12-31T15:10:22Z")

</div>

> [@Johnny\_Q](#):
>
> 1. Hot Earl Grey Tea

Capt. Jean-Luc Picard

1. 

This character has:  
no tea  
a thing his aunt gave him, he doesn’t know what it is

1. 

Wild boar, and magic potion, even though it doesn’t work on him

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/194 "2009-12-31T15:44:00Z")

</div>

> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
>
> 1. 
> 
> Wild boar, and magic potion, even though it doesn’t work on him

Obelix

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/195 "2009-12-31T15:52:26Z")

</div>

> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
>
> 1. 
> 
> Wild boar, and magic potion, even though it doesn’t work on him

> [@ColdPhoenix](#):
>
> Obelix

Correct.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/196 "2009-12-31T16:08:58Z")

</div>

> [@dougie\_monty](#):
>
> 1. Cornflakes & beer

Hawkeye Pierce?

Regards,  
Shodan

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/197 "2009-12-31T16:11:42Z")

</div>

> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
>
> 1. 
> 
> This character has:  
> no tea  
> a thing his aunt gave him, he doesn’t know what it is

Arthur Dent, ffrom the “Hitchhikers Guide” PC game.

1. Cheez Whiz

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/198 "2009-12-31T16:25:23Z")

</div>

> [@dougie\_monty](#):
>
> 1. Hamburgers, hamburgers and more hamburgers
> 
> > [@Mosier](#):
> >
> > I forget his name, but he’s from Popeye stories. Pinky? Either him, or Hamburglar.

Wimpy is his name. I wrongly guessed him earlier in the thread.

1. Planets.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sweet\_Raisin\_Danish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Sweet\_Raisin\_Danish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Raisin_Danish)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/199 "2009-12-31T16:41:03Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> 1. Oreos, except when he is bluffing. When he is bluffing, he twists the cookies apart and throws them away.

Teddy KGB from Rounders

1. Milk and Pepsi, Scooter Pies

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/200 "2009-12-31T17:05:33Z")

</div>

> [@Marley23](#):
>
> 1. Planets.

Galactus, Eater of Worlds. Just like it says on the box.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737.md?page=9)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737.md?page=11)
