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- How much do did your school lunches cost? - Straight Dope
My district sold elementary students two Jack-in-the Box styled beefy-sauced tacos for 85 cents in 1982 I remember my classmate exclaimed “yeah- tacos” with the most joyous sound I personally never bought lunch but packed my own lunch each day instead
- No nookie for Jack - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
There’s a new Jack In the Box commercial in which Jack’s wife owns him in a word game Jack plays the word “swavory” and his wife challenges him He then uses it to describe the sweet and savory taste of his new waffle sandwich His wife then plays the word “nonookie” Jack: What’s that supposed to-? Oh I was surprised they’d get away with that, but then I saw it on cable
- Cracker Jack: Offensive? Racist? - Straight Dope
Most people have heard of Cracker Jack® It’s sort of like caramel corn, it comes in a box with a prize, and it was immortalized in “Take me out to the Ballgame” But why does it have that name? The food is vaguely cracker-like, sharing more similarities with crackers than Grape Nuts® shares with either grapes or nuts Apparently, crackerjack was a late 19th century slang expression
- P. F. Changs MSG Question - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Straightforward enough: does anyone know whether or not P F Chang’s uses MSG in their food preparation? The last three times we’ve had lunch there, my wife has been feeling unwell by bedtime; we just noticed the pattern last night, when she got violently ill then felt better almost immediately afterwards We both ate from the same dishes but I didn’t get sick, so I guess that rules
- Do They Still Put Toys in Boxes of Cereal? - Straight Dope
I read an interview with someone who designed such toys for CRacker Jack They had a model of a child human throat on their desk Any toy or pieces of toys that could pass through were axed Until, finally, they simply axed the entire idea of prizes in the box I kinda miss them, though
- Help me decide on a sign for the No Kings protest
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share 39: 1378: March 20, 2003 Help me think of clever placards for the Peace Protests
- FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards
No jack-in-the-box links We’re tired of seeing that site with a picture that has a face jumping up with a scream, or similar If you’re going to post a link to that site, or another site that is intended to startle annoy by a sudden sound image, check with a staff member first
- tell this British person about them - Page 2 - Straight Dope
But if they can reliably provided exactly the same menu items, with exactly the same ingredients at exactly the same quality, then they do I should mention that when McDonald’s decided to open in Russia, everything was done locally They had their own beef and vegetable farms, bakeries, dairies, processing plants, the works
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