Worst. Food Combo name. Ever.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So, I’m walking down the street in a major German city, on my way to a fine lunch, when I notice a sign for a chain called “Bagel Brothers” at a place across the street. I think I see something weird, but in a hurry, I just make a note to check it out on the way back.

This place has three morning combo offers -

The ‘JFK’ which is a bagel with butter or cheese and marmalade plus a coffee. Ok, JFK was popular in this country and that’s how most of us refer to one of the NYC airports.

The ‘Doris Day’ is the same as the ‘JFK’, but add on a glass of fresh squeezed OJ. Doris Day is associated with sunshine and purity, so I guess that makes some sense.

Then finally, the ‘Dick Mc Day’ is the same as the ‘Doris’, but you can have your choice of any of their bagel sandwiches.

First off, I don’t get the name. A ‘Dick’ is not what I want to put in my mouth first thing in the morning. Plus the picture on the sign looked somewhat like some of the McDonald’s offering, so if there’s a tie between the ‘Dick’ and the ‘Donald’, then I smell a McLawsuit.

I found a website, but it’s in German and didn’t seem to show those offers, so maybe they are just local.

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Surely “turducken” is worse - why start a food name with “turd”?

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That’s strange since, as we all know, in Germany JFK was a jelly donut.

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“Dick” means “thick/fat” in German… was it a supersize option or something?

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Would anyone care for a hot serving of Spotted Dick?

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Do you have to go to Kitchen Dick road to get it?

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I know that, but the rest of the stuff through my ‘this is in German radar’ off. And why the superfluous ‘Mc’. Are they getting all Celtic on us and saying it’s offspring of a Doris Day?

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Slightly off topic, but I nearly dropped my menu in London when I saw ‘SPOTTED DICK’…on the dessert menu! Ewwwwwww!! A diseased, grey, sugary SPOTTED male member comes to mind, unfortunately.

Even more slightly off topic, I always thougt “Blimpie” was a terrible choice for a food chain in a thin-body obsessed society…

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What, you need to floss first?

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Yeah! food should end with…nevermind…

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“spotted dick” is delicious…

The funniest I have seen while living in Germany was a chinese take-out with a sign that read “fungy fresh food” (In English so not in German translated by me into English)

Up to this day I still don’t know what they were trying to tell me

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My dad ate banana and onion sandwiches. Occasionally he added pickles. Sometimes with peanut butter.He cut sponge cake and then slathered butter on the sides.

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Skittlebrau…

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I’d rather have a banger in the mouth.

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There’s a chain selling pizza on TV they advertise as Hot and Crusty. Sounds like some sort of infection “down there”.

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I found Spotted Dick’s nemesis today!

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Would you eat anything under the name “Fowl” on the menu? :eek:

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That’s certainly no worse than the “What do you want on your Tombstone?” ad campaign from a few years ago.

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Hey, everyone has their own preferences.

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I once saw a desert in an Outback menu called the “chocolate thunder from down under”.

How is there anyway not to read that as a synonym for diarrhea?!