# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 159
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3162 "2024-08-28T22:06:57Z")
My wife and I use different shampoos. Hers are all fruity. Mine smells like bourbon (though it doesn’t actually make my hair smell like bourbon, which is probably a good thing). 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3163 "2024-08-28T22:09:26Z")
My husband is embarrassed by my choice of shampoo, and hides it when guests come over. (Suave Ocean Breeze, if anyone cares.) I doubt if he’s ever touched it other than to remove it from sight. I sometimes use his if I’m out of mine. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3164 "2024-08-28T22:12:02Z")
I normally buy the 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner, but I answered the poll for the odd situation where I do have separate bottles of shampoo and conditioner, like if I’m using those mini bottles from a hotel or something. And in that case I go through the shampoo way faster than the conditioner; I’ll go through at least three mini bottles of shampoo in the time it takes me to use up one mini bottle of conditioner. That’s because I found that if I’m using a separate conditioner just a tiny bit will do the job; any more and it becomes difficult to completely rinse out and makes my hair feel greasy. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3165 "2024-08-28T23:46:43Z")
Okay, now I’m confused by the 4 people who say they share these products with household members and use them in the same way with the zero who said they share. (That’s from when there were 15 answers. The numbers are different, but it’s still a weird relationship.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3166 "2024-08-29T01:22:38Z")
My wife and I both use shampoo bars- but we have separate bathrooms. She shampoos often using conditioner- she has longish hair. I dont have a lot of hair- I shampoo about once a week, and only rarely use the conditioner. We saw how much longer the bars laster for less $$. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3167 "2024-08-29T10:56:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > shampoo bars That sounds like a really bad - or really great - new business proposal. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3168 "2024-08-29T13:02:20Z")
**Mrs Magill** and I share a shower, but do not share shampoos. She uses a bar, and I’m using up the last of the Suave 2-in-1 we found in the closet. My sons share a shower and share shampoo. Next year, when there will only be one left, no one will share shampoos. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3169 "2024-08-29T17:48:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > How does that differ from a Bain-marie? No clue. I’ve never used a Bain-marie, and basically have a steam oven because the architect suggested it, and my neighbors also recommended it. I probably don’t use it enough to justify the initial cost, but it’s good for storage. I used it a lot more when we were working from home 100%. Which is actually what I grew up with, as my parents had two convential ovens in their kitchen and one of the ovens was normally used to storage cereal in boxes. I just store oven pans in my steam oven. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3170 "2024-08-29T18:25:28Z")
it’s irr-rack: irr like irrigate, and rack like dish rack. No e sound, no hard I. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3171 "2024-08-29T19:07:36Z")
You spelled it Iraq, I pronounce it eye-rack. If you want me to pronounce it any other way, then spell it right. Same to you, Er-doe-gan. “Air-doe-wahn” should have a “w” not a “g”. Hooked on Phonics works for me! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3172 "2024-08-29T19:41:35Z")
I’m reminded of an old joke I heard in middle school: “Iran and I tripped over Iraq”, which you would pronounce like “I ran and I tripped over a rock.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3173 "2024-08-29T20:41:48Z")
I missed it. Kenya do it again? mmm ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3174 "2024-08-29T21:02:44Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’m reminded of an old joke I heard in middle school: “Iran and I tripped over Iraq”, which you would pronounce like “I ran and I tripped over a rock.” And, of course, it’s pronounced ee-RON in some circles. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3175 "2024-08-29T21:22:59Z")
I cannot believe the presidents poll left out Dan Hedaya in _Dick_. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3176 "2024-08-29T23:42:28Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I’m surprised that literally no one else has read _The Third Policeman_. I thought it was reasonably popular. I can’t remember where I heard of it, but I read it within the last five years (probably closer to five years than one). I really enjoyed it (for certain definitions of enjoy), but I caught on to the twist fairly early on. There was one nagging question I had in my head about a particular incident. That question kept being confirmed by what I was reading. And then it turned out I was right. I don’t always keep books I’ve read, but I’ve kept that one. Around the same time, I read _Troubles_ by J. G. Farrell, also about and set in Ireland. I recommend it, as well. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3177 "2024-08-29T23:51:32Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I have been in an elevator that suddenly was stuck, and we hit the help button, but it got going in like three or four minutes…so not quite trapped except in the literal sense, but either way I picked “something else”. A woman I worked with was trapped in an elevator after working hours (she was working late), and she _was afraid to punch any of the buttons or use the phone._ She was in the elevator until the next morning. She wasn’t stupid, but she must have some kind of weird deal with elevators. > [@eschereal](#): > > I cannot believe the presidents poll left out Dan Hedaya in _Dick_. Seriously! He was perfect. I don’t use conditioner. My hair has always tended to be oily. I don’t need/want anything to glop it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3178 "2024-08-30T00:11:30Z")
I have always pronounced Iraq ih-rack and it seems pretty universal if the UK. Never heard of "Iran and I tripped over Iraq” probably for the same reason though the the pronounciation is close enough for to be “stuck between Iraq and A Hard Place” to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3179 "2024-08-30T01:09:22Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > it’s irr-rack: irr like irrigate, and rack like dish rack. No e sound, no hard I. This was my response, too. > [@Jegpeg](#): > > I have always pronounced Iraq ih-rack This is also acceptable. I was really confused by the choices in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3180 "2024-08-30T01:48:38Z")
A bain-marie is a double boiler, basically a pot on top of another pot. I use it to melt chocolate. Here’s info on a steam oven: [https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/what-is-a-steam-oven](https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/what-is-a-steam-oven) So, with a bain-marie, the water in the bottom pot is used to heat the top pot. A steam oven uses the water turned to steam to cook the food directly ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3181 "2024-08-30T10:49:37Z")
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