# Things there isn't really a fancy version of **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137 "2020-05-19T19:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/61 "2020-05-21T18:46:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Excuse me, do you have any Red Poupon? Only if one of the partners is named Red. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/62 "2020-05-21T19:51:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps there’s no fancy version of ketchup because sophisticated types don’t eat it? Surely there are fancier sauces one would eat, possibly something based on one of the mother sauces. Or one’s chef could prepare ketchup from scratch. Well, actually, there _is_ an official USDA designation for “fancy ketchup”, but it’s not all that different from the stuff the proles consume: > **[What Makes "Fancy Ketchup" So Fancy?](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29274/what-makes-fancy-ketchup-so-fancy)** > > Consider the following ingredient lists:McDonald's Fancy Ketchup: Tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, salt, natural flavors (vegetable source).Heinz: Tomato concentrate from red... “…fewer specks and particles and less separation of the liquid/solid contents” than lesser ketchups, don’t you know. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/63 "2020-05-21T20:50:49Z")
That reminds me, there was an [historic diner](https://www.yelp.com/biz/jim-dennys-diner-sacramento) in Sacramento (it just closed back in January) that had been in business since the 1930s. Behind the counter there were old wooden signs advertising “Fancy Jumbo Hotdogs 10¢”, “Fancy Cheeseburgers 20¢”, and “Fancy Cube Steak Sandwich 25¢”. The sign says they’re fancy, so it must be true, right? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/64 "2020-05-21T21:20:41Z")
Toilet brush. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/65 "2020-05-21T22:39:50Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Toilet brush. :eek: [Wanna bet?](https://www.plumbtile.com/plumbing-tile-product/bw-1-320.html?_vsrefdom=Barber_Wilsons&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgvLe8oLG6QIVBonICh3TOw2eEAQYBCABEgLNcfD_BwE) 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 21, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/66 "2020-05-21T22:45:29Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Wanna bet?](https://www.plumbtile.com/plumbing-tile-product/bw-1-320.html?_vsrefdom=Barber_Wilsons&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgvLe8oLG6QIVBonICh3TOw2eEAQYBCABEgLNcfD_BwE) 🙂 > [@](#): > > Retail Price [del]$985.00[/del] > $1,220.00 > You Save 20% Love the math. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/67 "2020-05-21T23:12:58Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Ah, but Nepalese spices make the glop wonderful. And then they put the glop in nice little buns… Bullshit. No doubt Nepalese restaurants prettify their cuisines in restaurants in the US and elsewhere in the West, the same as other Asian cuisines do. But if you’re in Nepal, you’ll be eating Indian, Italian even (there was an excellent Italian restaurant in Kathmandu), anything but Nepalese. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/68 "2020-05-21T23:27:57Z")
My single experience with a Nepalese restaurant in the US was that the menu was essentially a mix of Indian and Chinese style dishes, which made sense to me at the time with me having no prior experience with Nepalese food and considering where Nepal is. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/69 "2020-05-21T23:47:33Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Mens Underwear [$3.20 a pair](https://www.hanes.com/hanes-mens-boxer-briefs-with-comfort-flex-reg-waistband-5-pack.html?country=US¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzPnbv5DG6QIVBeXICh2J_gz_EAQYASABEgIK-PD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds), common cotton [$24 a pair](https://mackweldon.com/collections/boxer-briefs/products/18-hour-jersey-boxer-briefs-solid?utm_source=rakuten&utm_medium=affiliate&ranMID=44780&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-_tuwskkrIx0fgSE7K.xcdg&creativeid=1&pubname=Skimlinks.com&pubsid=2116208), Modal blend [$48 a pair](https://www.smartwool.com/shop/mens-underwear/mens-merino-150-boxer-brief-sw016011?cm_mmc=LinkShare-_-Affiliate-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-678458&utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=TnL5HPStwNw&utm_content=10&utm_campaign=other&ranMID=38241&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-9YARjJDfUwVD5pkK0ekTAg), Merino wool ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/70 "2020-05-22T00:44:11Z")
[Here](https://www.amazon.com/Bresciani-Supremo-Egyptian-Cotton-Italian-Made/dp/B00I6K1SF2) are $84 Italian briefs made of Egyptian cotton. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/71 "2020-05-22T00:58:01Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > [$3.20 a pair](https://www.hanes.com/hanes-mens-boxer-briefs-with-comfort-flex-reg-waistband-5-pack.html?country=US¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzPnbv5DG6QIVBeXICh2J_gz_EAQYASABEgIK-PD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds), common cotton > [$24 a pair](https://mackweldon.com/collections/boxer-briefs/products/18-hour-jersey-boxer-briefs-solid?utm_source=rakuten&utm_medium=affiliate&ranMID=44780&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-_tuwskkrIx0fgSE7K.xcdg&creativeid=1&pubname=Skimlinks.com&pubsid=2116208), Modal blend > [$48 a pair](https://www.smartwool.com/shop/mens-underwear/mens-merino-150-boxer-brief-sw016011?cm_mmc=LinkShare-_-Affiliate-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-678458&utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=TnL5HPStwNw&utm_content=10&utm_campaign=other&ranMID=38241&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-9YARjJDfUwVD5pkK0ekTAg), Merino wool I hate to keep using my wife as an example, but she finally got tired of my $5 underwear. I think she’s spending over $50 per pair now. I must say, they are super comfortable. I would not be surprised if the top end men’s stores had underwear over $100/pr. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/72 "2020-05-22T01:04:30Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > \*\*SpoilerVirgin \*\*I want to know more about your breakfast cereal collection. Do you do a blog or have a site? I don’t have a site, I just like to try most of the new varieties. I usually have at least 30 available at any one time. I’m down to only 28 because of the shelter in place, since now I can’t get to Target (my prime source). I eat all of the cereal I buy, but I do save the front of every box for my collection. I have been known to spend a lot of time traveling in order to get hard-to-find cereals, and I have paid extra money to order particularly rare ones online (with cereal, paying $15 for a box is a serious commitment). I also have a friend in Canada who sends me Canada exclusives (like Timbits, the Tim Horton’s cereal). She actually works in the U.S., and just before the shutdown she bought a box of a new cereal and brought it to the office to mail to me, but didn’t have a chance. Now the border has been closed for another 30 days, so my cereal is being held prisoner in Canada. 😃 My favorite source for cereal news is [Cerealously](http://www.cerealously.net/) (“your most important blog of the day”). ---
**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:** [May 22, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/73 "2020-05-22T01:09:38Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > My favorite source for cereal news is [Cerealously](http://www.cerealously.net/) (“your most important blog of the day”). The fact something like that exists bowls me over. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/74 "2020-05-22T01:16:17Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > …Some foods, but not others. There is rich people beef, seafood and alcohol. Not so much chicken, pork and soft drinks. > [@bump](#): > > There are, but they’re more along the lines of small-time “artisanal” producers of chicken and pork, who often have heirloom breeds, etc… Yup, I wanted to chime in that I’ve seen high-end chicken (small farm, heritage breed, pastured) and I have friends who buy high-end pork (similar) which they grill/smoke/etc. > [@bump](#): > > That’s the catch- in lots of stuff, there are higher end options, but they’re not _that_ much higher end. For my vote on the OP’s question, I’m going to nominate laundry detergent and dishwasher detergents. Somehow I doubt that the super-rich (or their servants) are using some sort of laundry detergent made from organic coconuts, or that they have some kind of special dishwasher detergent. Their undies are getting washed in Tide or Gain just like everyone else. Er… I actually buy laundry detergent that makes fancy claims (although I notice their claims are less fancy than they used to be.) • EPA Safer Choice Certified • Leaping Bunny Certified • USDA Certified Biobased Product 96% • Contains no dyes or fragrances > **[Product Selector - Laundry | Seventh Generation](https://www.seventhgeneration.com/laundry?types=71#product--listing)** > > ©2026 On the other hand, I buy it at the supermarket, and it doesn’t cost much more than any other laundry detergent. (And no one in my family is allergic to it!) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/75 "2020-05-22T02:57:56Z")
Bagels. The best bagels are made in someone’s kitchen in New York. The second best ones at small bakeries, often devoted either just to bagels, or to bagels, and a few other Jewish traditional things: challah bread, chamantashen for Purim, brick-fried matzah, babka, marble rye, Passover desserts. The third best are made in Jewish kitchens around the world, and not quite as good as New York, but very, very good. All the rest are crap. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/76 "2020-05-22T14:02:26Z")
Crocs - even if they’re encrusted with diamonds and rubies, they’re still crocs. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/77 "2020-05-22T16:06:38Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > [$3.20 a pair](https://www.hanes.com/hanes-mens-boxer-briefs-with-comfort-flex-reg-waistband-5-pack.html?country=US¤cy=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzPnbv5DG6QIVBeXICh2J_gz_EAQYASABEgIK-PD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds), common cotton > [$24 a pair](https://mackweldon.com/collections/boxer-briefs/products/18-hour-jersey-boxer-briefs-solid?utm_source=rakuten&utm_medium=affiliate&ranMID=44780&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-_tuwskkrIx0fgSE7K.xcdg&creativeid=1&pubname=Skimlinks.com&pubsid=2116208), Modal blend > [$48 a pair](https://www.smartwool.com/shop/mens-underwear/mens-merino-150-boxer-brief-sw016011?cm_mmc=LinkShare-_-Affiliate-_-TnL5HPStwNw-_-678458&utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=TnL5HPStwNw&utm_content=10&utm_campaign=other&ranMID=38241&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-9YARjJDfUwVD5pkK0ekTAg), Merino wool Saxx’s Kinetic line or Tommy John’s Air line of men’s underwear are for me, unfortunately worth the money. Goodbye to groin irritation while running in the swamp called Houston in the summertime. Thankfully, they go on sale enough that I can find them for 8-10 or so, and therefore don’t have to spend the 45 bucks I’ve seen them for at Saks. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/78 "2020-05-22T16:15:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Love the math. Looks weird but it’s ultimately correct. $985 - 20% + the extra cost of the brass finish = $1220. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/79 "2020-05-22T16:31:57Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [Here](https://www.amazon.com/Bresciani-Supremo-Egyptian-Cotton-Italian-Made/dp/B00I6K1SF2) are $84 Italian briefs made of Egyptian cotton. Even more crazy expensive; [$295 silk boxer shorts from Tom Ford](https://www.tomford.com/zebra-silk-boxers/T4LE4-003.html?dwvar_T4LE4-003_color=668&cgid=men-underwear#start=80). As to the general question, there will always be things for those with more money than sense to spend their money on. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/80 "2020-05-22T16:40:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Tiffany & Co has a [whole line](https://www.tiffany.com/home-designs/shop/everyday-objects/) of normal stuff made expensive. Like a paper plate, except in sterling silver. Or a small set of LEGO-type building blocks in sterling silver and walnut. Yeah, but I’m pretty sure that stuff isn’t actually made to be used; I mean, they have a silver ball of string; that’s meant to be a knick-knack since it can’t actually be used. Same for the paper plate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137.md?page=5)