# The true root cause of all wars, pogroms, and inquisitions \[can be found in a fast-food restaurant\]. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359 "2011-01-20T18:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/1 "2011-01-20T18:30:10Z")
Answer most carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/2 "2011-01-20T19:24:34Z")
I reject the straitjacket of simplistic binary choices that you would force upon me. [sub]Burger.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/3 "2011-01-20T19:25:46Z")
An inability to get laid. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/4 "2011-01-20T19:33:34Z")
Obviously the only way to go is to eat your burger first, cuz if you eat all the fries, you might not eat the burger. Then your parents will not let you order fries anymore… Seriously, my folks totally ruined eating for me. It took 30 years before I could eat a little a bit of burger, have a couple fries, back to the burger. I still tend to eat my vegies first, then the meat, then the best thing…the taters! ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/5 "2011-01-20T19:36:38Z")
No one really argues whether place A or place B has the better burger. It’s usually clearly a tie or clearly one of them wins. But fries? That’s when the blood is spilled. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/6 "2011-01-20T20:13:35Z")
Fies, definately fies. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/7 "2011-01-20T20:14:10Z")
I never eat all of one thing and then all of another thing. Does anyone really do this? ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/8 "2011-01-20T20:17:14Z")
My husband does. He’s a little obsessive-compulsive. I’d alternate but start with fries because I love fries. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/9 "2011-01-20T20:19:18Z")
There’s no option for onion rings. ☹ I’ll eat most of the fries first. Fries are nasty when they get cold and the burger will stay hot longer. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/10 "2011-01-20T20:49:58Z")
Well, it depends on the type of fries. If you have the nasty mushy kind, they need to be hot, and should go at the same time as the burger. If you have the light golden-crisp kind of fries, they can wait till after the burger. I vastly prefer the light golden-crisp kind. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/11 "2011-01-20T21:41:25Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Fies, definately fies. Fie upon thee, wiseass! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/12 "2011-01-20T21:43:20Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/13 "2011-01-20T22:06:59Z")
Inferior Cola killed them all. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/14 "2011-01-20T22:14:45Z")
Fries first. Save the best for last. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/15 "2011-01-20T23:21:01Z")
Eggs should be cracked at the big end, and _only_ at the big end. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/16 "2011-01-20T23:30:37Z")
In regards to hamburgers and their more delicious cousin the cheeseburger, what someone needs to do is think up of a clever way to keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/17 "2011-01-21T00:23:01Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Fies, definately fies [/QUOTE] . > [@Ogre](#): > > Fie upon thee, wiseass! And fie upon these choices! I go back and forth if I’m eating them (i.e., a bite of burger, a few fries, a bite of burger, a few fries, etc.). The only way you’ll stop me from doing this is to pry the burger or fry out of my cold dead hand! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/18 "2011-01-21T00:26:06Z")
The obvious solution is to remove the top bun of your burger, stack the fries, replace bun and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/19 "2011-01-21T00:29:39Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > . > > And fie upon these choices! I go back and forth if I’m eating them (i.e., a bite of burger, a few fries, a bite of burger, a few fries, etc.). The only way you’ll stop me from doing this is to pry the burger or fry out of my cold dead hand! Quite easily arranged. Guards! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/20 "2011-01-21T00:32:33Z")
I never eat one and then the other, I go back and forth. But I always begin and end with fries. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359.md?page=2)