# If your board name was a food... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131 "2010-01-08T04:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/101 "2010-01-09T06:23:02Z")
My computer name would have to be spam. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/102 "2010-01-09T07:37:39Z")
I’d be a cocktail. Everclear and Mad Dog 20/20. I guess I just invented a new drink! > [@Tengu](#): > > [Well, uh…](http://www.bestbeefjerky.org/2008/10/tengu-clam-jerky.html) Clam Jerky? Wow, that’s a blast from the past. My uncle used to eat clam jerky when I was a kid. It was like clam flavored wood! > [@Lumpy](#): > > The breakfast special at a truck stop? I had you pegged as a [Fillipino spring roll.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpia) Yay, I finally figured out how to multiquote. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/103 "2010-01-09T17:14:32Z")
Since we’re talking about board names and not physiques, I’ll say I’m warm caramel sauce. Now, if we _ **were** _ talking body types, I’d be Mrs. Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/104 "2010-01-09T17:48:41Z")
Oh, no, **Chanteuse** , you’re a fine French wine! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/105 "2010-01-09T19:35:22Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Dunno. Could be anything. You could be a [Whatchamacallit](http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/watchamacallit.asp). I’m thinking I would be diminutive Cheerios. In the singular. – Here’s to hoping I wouldn’t be Raccoon Chow or Dead Disney Domesticated animal surprise. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/106 "2010-01-09T19:56:18Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > You could be a [Whatchamacallit](http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/watchamacallit.asp). Could be. But then again, maybe not. It’s hard to say. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/107 "2010-01-09T22:35:15Z")
I would be Tripe or Chitlins… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/108 "2010-01-09T22:46:21Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Clam Jerky? Wow, that’s a blast from the past. My uncle used to eat clam jerky when I was a kid. It was like clam flavored wood! Clearly, it wasn’t Tengu brand clam jerky, with its new soft texture! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/109 "2010-01-09T23:04:45Z")
Mine is too obvious to bother to mention. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/110 "2010-01-10T03:31:41Z")
North African/Middle Eastern… hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/111 "2010-01-10T04:12:19Z")
Mine would have to be a novelty ice cream treat on a stick served at hockey games for an exorbitant price. Probably monkey shaped. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/112 "2010-01-10T04:20:31Z")
I suppose I could be a delicious Cornish Game Hat. mmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/113 "2010-01-10T04:25:26Z")
Vodka and mango juice. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/114 "2010-01-10T04:34:12Z")
Ooh! I’d like a manila right now! Obviously, I can’t play, but **Lobsang** –I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/115 "2010-01-10T04:39:20Z")
Is it bad that I actually like Nectarines better than Apricots? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/116 "2010-01-10T05:05:28Z")
Hmmm Kiwi probably tastes like very gamey tough chicken. To calm it perhaps some mashed potato. ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/117 "2010-01-10T05:43:38Z")
I’d be a ball of greasy mystery meat on a stick being sold by a Bulgarian street vendor in Time Square. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/118 "2010-01-10T05:44:12Z")
Probably a cheap side dish from an Asian restaurant. I’m picturing noodles. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/119 "2010-01-10T06:02:35Z")
> [@Apricot](#): > > Is it bad that I actually like Nectarines better than Apricots? Is it bad that I like just about any vegetable better than green beans? ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-board-name-was-a-food/524131/120 "2010-01-10T06:17:06Z")
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