# 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\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/61 "2009-12-28T06:13:00Z")

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1. Vindaloo

2. Grain alcohol and rainwater.

3. A manhattan, shaken to foxtrot time.

4. Tacos (especially for breakfast).

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/62 "2009-12-28T06:20:41Z")

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1. For breakfast, he eats meat, a fried egg, coffee and a juiced blood orange.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/63 "2009-12-28T06:22:30Z")

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1. Lemon Chicken is the only good thing she can cook for him.

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> 1. Vindaloo

Dave Lister.

(I’ve often wondered if giving a man whose laundry basket has been feared sentient the same last name as a pioneer of medical sterility was deliberate…)

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/65 "2009-12-28T06:28:37Z")

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Man, what was Cheech’s recipe in Up in Smoke? or was it Nice Dreams? He made something culinary in those movies? … saw Cheech make a Raw Banana Flower Thai Salad most recently. It looked really delicious.

Cheech Marin is a major maker and mover in the California Culinary scene with his partnerships.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/66 "2009-12-28T06:32:34Z")

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1. He went and drowned his dinner in syrup, he poured it all over!  
(Two possible answers)

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/67 "2009-12-28T06:48:47Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> 1. For breakfast, he eats meat, a fried egg, coffee and a juiced blood orange.

Dexter

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/68 "2009-12-28T07:03:06Z")

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[Banana Blossom Salad](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/inside-dish/banana-blossom-salad-recipe/index.html).

Mojo Mango  
Smokin’ Chipotle  
Gnarly garlic

Guess I did that backwards… oh well, the front has a back.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/69 "2009-12-28T07:04:28Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> 1. “You know I need my Turtles!”

That sounds like the mom on Everybody Hates Chris, can’t think of the character’s name.

> [@needscoffee](#):
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> 1. Lemon Chicken is the only good thing she can cook for him.

That would br Ray’s wife, Debra, on Everybody Loves Raymond.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/70 "2009-12-28T07:05:03Z")

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46 - Superman?

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/71 "2009-12-28T07:06:24Z")

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Yes.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/72 "2009-12-28T07:10:28Z")

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1. Spicy Basil Beef on Mondays, but not Thurdays, because that’s pizza night.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/73 "2009-12-28T07:13:23Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> Dexter

Yes

> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> That sounds like the mom on Everybody Hates Chris, can’t think of the character’s name.
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> That would br Ray’s wife, Debra, on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Yes, and Yes

[quote=“Tengu, post:58, topic:522737”]

J Wellington Wimpy, who would gladly pay you Tuesday for it.

45 is Worf, Son of Mogh.quote]Yes

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/74 "2009-12-28T07:17:55Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> 1. A manhattan, shaken to foxtrot time.

The Thin Man

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/75 "2009-12-28T07:43:02Z")

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1. Vindaloo

> [@Tengu](#):
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> Dave Lister.

Correct.  
50. A manhattan, shaken to foxtrot time.

> [@needscoffee](#):
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> The Thin Man

Incorrect, on a technicality.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/76 "2009-12-28T07:54:28Z")

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> [@Small\_Hen](#):
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> 1. This character lives on diner food, gas station food, plenty of beer, and pretty much anything placed in front of him. His much larger brother prefers chicken salad, when he eats at all.

**Small Hen** , you know I’m here to get your _Supernatural_ references. That would be Dean and Sam Winchester. Poor Sammy never eats anything, it’s amazing he’s not wasting away.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/77 "2009-12-28T08:15:43Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> 1. A manhattan, shaken to foxtrot time.Incorrect, on a technicality.

Nick Charles?

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/78 "2009-12-28T12:12:21Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Myron Bolitar

Bingo!

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/79 "2009-12-28T12:33:48Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> 42:(that’s a nice round number) This hospital employee will eat any kind of muffins, as long as they are free. Heck, he’ll take 'em just to look at them, as long as they are free. 'cause he won, dangit!

Dr. Bob Kelso.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/80 "2009-12-28T12:56:49Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> 1. The inner organs of beasts and fowls.

Can’t believe no one got this one yet.

Leopold Bloom (from “Ulysses”)

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