# Fool Me Twice: April Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109 "2022-04-01T14:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/141 "2022-05-01T04:04:07Z")
Make your own. Seriously, it isn’t at all difficult, especially if you have good water to start with. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/142 "2022-05-01T10:06:23Z")
How the hell am I supposed to make my own lime? I live in Michigan - it’s not like the damn things just grow on trees! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/143 "2022-05-01T13:46:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/144 "2022-05-01T15:37:30Z")
I suggest you do a web search on “indoor lime trees”. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > How the hell am I supposed to make my own lime? I live in Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/145 "2022-05-01T15:45:00Z")
The accepted way is get some pots, compost, fertiliser, maybe some grow lights if you don’t have enough windowsills, and a small tree. In about 5 years- if you’re lucky, and the plant doesn’t randomly die, drop all the flowers, abort the fruit or get eaten by caterpillars- you may get a single feeble undersized lime that’s mostly peel and tastes a bit bitter that you can then smugly tell everyone you got for free as it’s home grown. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/146 "2022-05-01T15:45:35Z")
The limes I buy at the grocery store are pretty pathetic. The size of a golf ball and just a few drops of juice. The limes we get at the grocery store in St Martin are the size of small oranges and are very juicy. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/147 "2022-05-01T19:57:21Z")
Oops, I was actually replying to @Morgyn about the distilled water. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109/148 "2022-05-01T21:25:19Z")
Ah-hah-hah thats what we do 'round here. Here’s my next WIP (work in progress) I am _so_ excited about the rainbow spiral. I might just keep/frame it for myself. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/fUzvz5k.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Ym8hB5Q) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fool-me-twice-april-mini-rants/962109.md?page=7)