# 7 items I ask myself during a weird time in my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392 "2024-10-03T00:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FrenchDunadan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frenchdunadan/32/5449_2.png) [@FrenchDunadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrenchDunadan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/41 "2024-10-05T11:34:21Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Well, your chair has at least 2 legs doesn’t it? So it needs arms for balance. Otherwise it would be a paraplegic chair. Well if it has four legs and two arms, technically your armchair is a centaur. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/42 "2024-10-05T11:48:04Z")
My favorite term for a baby animal is “porcupette”, for a baby porcupine. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/43 "2024-10-05T12:06:00Z")
I don’t want to pet(te) a porcupine. Owww! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/44 "2024-10-05T16:35:22Z")
I know why. But I find it funny that baby 'possums are _joeys_. Like kangaroos. I wants me a _joey_! 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/45 "2024-10-05T17:40:46Z")
Who the heck washes their bananas? Unless we’re speaking metaphorically here. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/46 "2024-10-05T20:38:18Z")
Ummm …me. They just sit out in the open at the store. Every idiot on earth can touch them, smell them, every kid can use their grubby hands picking them up. Dropping them on the floor. Then a filthy sweaty produce worker comes and grabs them up and tossing it back on the pile. Go Google up “what’s on my banana?” Bad bad bad ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/47 "2024-10-05T21:05:12Z")
That’s why I peel mine and discard the peel. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/48 "2024-10-05T22:09:25Z")
Exactly. Been not-washing my bananas for about 70 years now without issue. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/49 "2024-10-05T22:20:15Z")
Y’all gross…😉 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/50 "2024-10-05T23:16:20Z")
Do you wash everything that’s exposed to the environment before you open it and discard the container? Bread wrappers, cereal boxes, milk cartons, cans, etc? I don’t get what’s special about bananas. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392/51 "2024-10-06T01:08:04Z")
Umm. I ain’t telling that. Just know it all causes me consternation… (Excuse me, I’ll be in the pantry with gloves on.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392.md?page=2)