You are what you eat

[Angela]

Hello,

Someone sent me an expansion for DAVID: Delicious And Very Interesting Dessert. Considering our propensity for expanding things as though they're food, I thought perhaps we could have a subcategory of Names called 'You are what you eat' for expanding names like this. Perhaps the expansions would describe that person's favourite food, or to really go with the heading, somehow punnily describe a personality at the same time as the food.

I don't have any examples of my own yet, I'm just putting forward the idea.

[Tony]

Angela wrote:

Someone sent me an expansion for DAVID: Delicious And Very Interesting Dessert. Considering our propensity for expanding things as though they're food, I thought perhaps we could have a subcategory of Names called 'You are what you eat' for expanding names like this. Perhaps the expansions would describe that person's favourite food, or to really go with the heading, somehow punnily describe a personality at the same time as the food.

TONY
Tubs Of Natural Yoghurt

[Tony]

I wrote:

> TONY
> Tubs Of Natural Yoghurt

apparently 'sweetbreads' are considered a delicacy..... so if one was dining in Outer Mongolia one might be offered

TONY (2)
Testicles Of Neutered Yak!

ANGELA
A Nasty Gourmet Eats Lamb's Appendix

[Tony]

JOHN
Joint Of Ham's Nice

MARY
Mine's A Raspberry Yoghurt

EDWIN
Eat Dinner With Instant Noodles

ADAM
Apples, Damsons And Melons

[Tony]

PATTI
Potatoes And Turnips Taste Incredible

[Patti]

>>> On 06 August 2002 20:58:15 UTC, Tony wrote:

PATTI
Potatoes And Turnips Taste Incredible

Thank you, Tony, for sending me here! This one may awaken my acronymical urges.

PATRICIA
Pansies Are Tasteless, Really Intended (to) Create Instant Atmosphere

I am, of course, referring to the pansies which pretentious restaurants-in-hotels put on your plate along with your scanty serving of hors d'oeuvres to justify the inflated price.

Pansies are edible and I often add them to potato salad to make it look pretty and impress people at a pot-luck supper.

TONY
Tasted One Nut Yesterday

ROB
Revolts Over Beans

[Angela]

MEET PATTY

My Escort Enjoys Takeaways... Purchases Anything That Tastes Yummy.

STEVE
Served Tepid, Everyday Vegetable Ensemble
(this describes Steve Keate's taste in vegetables, but not his personality! Well, perhaps he can be vegetative but not tepid)

ANGELA
Ain't No Garnish... Entire Lunch Actually!

On the subject of food (but not people) I'd better mention this one before I forget it...

KFC: Known For Calories

This is like answering one of those cliched questions... 'If you were a X, what would you be?' (X="food")

[Tony]

RICHARD
Roast Irish Cow & Ham - A "Real" Dinner

DAVE
Desires A Veal Entrecote

FLORENCE
Fish Lover Often Relishes Eating Nouvelle Cuisine Entrees

FLORENCE(2)
Fridge 'Left Overs' Recipe's Evidently Not Considered Exciting

ERIC
Eats Ripple Ice-Cream

[Kimberly]

Here's a couple:

Kimberly:  Kippers in mushy, buttered eggs really look yummy.

Blake: Buttered limas are keen eating

[Tony]

Kimberly wrote:

> Kimberly:  Kippers in mushy, buttered eggs really look yummy.
> Blake: Buttered limas are keen eating

All that butter is bad for you ;-)

[Tony]

Kimberly wrote:

> ... buttered eggs.
> ... Buttered limas

Please don't take these acronyms personally, Kimberly, but I am struck by the butter idea...


BLUBBER
Butter Lovers Usually Bloat, By Eating Relentlessly

ALFRED
A Low Fat Recipe Ensures Delight

HEATHCLIFF
He Eats A Terrible High-Cholesterol Lunch - It's Fried Fish

[Angela]

AMBER: Another Major Butter Eater Revealed!

Though I think a lot of people are way too paranoid about eating harmless things like butter, I couldn't help thinking of this pun:

BIG BUTTER
Butter Increases Glutton's Buttock, Unless They Take up Exercising Regularly

I like melted butter on potatoes or toast, the latter perhaps with a thin coating of vegemite or marmite. It's always mystified me why people feel compelled to put butter underneath every other spread. Butter doesn't even go with most spreads, and the spreads are perfectly nice on their own... it seems to be just a habit.

Perhaps this habit is simply so that the butter won't go off. I don't go through much butter on potatoes or toast, so I don't buy any butter since I know I won't eat it all.

Anyway, according to babynames.com, WINDA means chasing for food, so:

Woman Into Non-Dairy Alternatives

Welcome aboard, Kimberly!

[toasty]

SPREAD
Slimline Products Reflect Everyone's Avoirdupois Desires

I'm a butter lover too, but I am aware of the alleged health problems. Try putting a thin smear of marmite/vegemite on buttered toast and topping it with generous slices of mature Cheddar cheese.

DAIRY PRODUCE
Diets Are Intolerably Restrictive. Your Poundage Reduces Only Decimal-pointedly Under Controlled Eating

[Angela]

>>> On 12 September 2002 07:47:52 UTC, toasty wrote:

Try putting a thin smear of marmite/vegemite on buttered toast and topping it with generous slices of mature Cheddar cheese.


Mm... cheese is another thing I like melted... but not just on toast with marmite/vegemite - melted cheese is delicious almost anywhere.

DAIRY PRODUCE
Diets Are Intolerably Restrictive. Your Poundage Reduces Only Decimal-pointedly Under Controlled Eating

Decimal-pointedly! That one had me laughing. :^)

So, are you Toasty Moki O'Gravy?

[Toasty]

Angela wrote:

> So, are you Toasty Moki O'Gravy?

What, or who, is "Moki'?

I imagine that if one tried to eat gravy on toast one would become Toasty Mucky O'Gravy.