# What could you NOT give up...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758 "2002-08-07T12:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/21 "2002-08-08T04:02:07Z")
OK, my keepers would be… Crisps (chips, right?): salt and vinegar chips, mmm… Beer: Bwahahaha! You even need to ask? Cheese: I could do without wine if I had to (although giving up real French Burgundy would be tough), but mmm…cheesy goodness… Cheese: Again, I like bread a lot, but a good Stilton or St. Andre can knock me to my knees. Plus, it seems to be the only thing (culinarily, anyway) that **alice\_in\_wonderland** and I have in common. 😉 Apples: Something about that autumny crispness. Plus, they make great pies. Pasta: Definitely. The main reason I couldn’t do a low-carb diet. Burgers: Especially lately, pizza seems to give me heartburn. But I _love_ a good burger. Cereal: Bagels are pretty good, but if I gave up cereal, I’d have to give up Froot Loops! Fruit: It’s weird; when I was a kid, the main attraction of being an adult was being able to eat as much candy as I wanted. Now I don’t really want it very much. Alcohol: My mother would be scandalized. 😉 Meat: Die-hard carnivore to the end. Another thing never to tell my mom. 🙂 My arteries are screaming even _reading_ this post. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/22 "2002-08-08T04:18:08Z")
Crisps Vs Chocolate? Chocolate (Of course) Wine Vs Beer? Beer Wine Vs Cheese? Cheese Bread Vs Cheese? Bread Apples Vs Oranges? Apples Rice Vs Pasta? Pasta Pizza Vs Burgers? Pizza Cereal Vs Bagels? Cereal Fruit Vs Candy? Fruit Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Alcohol Meat Vs Vegetables? Meat ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758/23 "2002-08-08T04:55:01Z")
**Keepers** Crisps Vs Chocolate? Chocolate. If I need potatos, I can just have chips. Wine Vs Beer? Take 'em both. I don’t drink. Wine Vs Cheese? Cheese. Mmm…64 slices of American cheese Bread Vs Cheese? Bread. I can’t live without it, as it makes up over half my diet. Apples Vs Oranges? Apples. Oranges are too seedy. Rice Vs Pasta? Pasta. I don’t really like rice that much. Pizza Vs Burgers? _gasps and tries to think of one or the other_ Um…um…I don’t know! I just don’t know! Cereal Vs Bagels? Cereal. Bagels are great, but I need cereal. Fruit Vs Candy? Candy. _nods_ Alcohol Vs Dairy Products? Dairy products. Milk good. Beer bad. Meat Vs Vegetables? Um…meat, I guess… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-you-not-give-up/122758.md?page=1)