# June, What's Bugging You Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241 "2018-06-01T05:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/181 "2018-06-11T06:41:39Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But, here, just try a little. You’ll love it! Really. Okay, I’m going to eat the piece I was giving you… Mmm, that is SO good… just so I can get you a fresh piece. Here, look. See the color? That means it’s fresh, even with a little green on the edges. Here, I’ll just put it on your plate. Well, you might change your mind. Try a tiny bite with a sip of red wine, here, do what I do, take a bite first, appreciate it on its own THEN take a sip of wine and let it dissolve in your mouth. Isn’t that… oh, you haven’t tried it yet. Well, when you do, it’ll be incredible. So… it’s there on your plate. If you want it. No big deal if you don’t. But don’t forget. Yes. It’s exactly this. I realise most people love food, and have this desire to see others also enjoy good food. But a few of us don’t care about eating, and would not eat at all if that was a realistic option. Just trust us when we say we know we won’t like it, and are perfectly happy with just bread and cheese. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/182 "2018-06-11T07:09:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > free-range eggs “Free-range eggs” always makes me think of Humpty-Dumpty going for a walk with a friend. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/183 "2018-06-11T07:39:46Z")
> [@Space\_Vegetable](#): > > No, but the mobile versions of both Chrome and Firefox have a Find In Page command that does the same thing. Click the the More Options icon (three dots). Other mobile web browsers probably have this too. Thank you for the tip. 🙂 I had supposed that I wasn’t interested in learning how to do new things on my phone, but recently I stumbled across a C&P routine even fat- fingered me could use (thus falsifying the hypothesis), so I’ll probably be checking this out. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/184 "2018-06-11T08:58:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But my phone doesn’t have a Ctrl key, so I need you to place your deathless prose AFTER the recipe. > [@Space\_Vegetable](#): > > No, but the mobile versions of both Chrome and Firefox have a Find In Page command that does the same thing. Click the the More Options icon (three dots). Other mobile web browsers probably have this too. They do. I have three browsers on my phone, two of them NOT Chrome or Firefox, and they all have a Find In Page command. As do most iPhone browsers, too. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/185 "2018-06-11T17:22:20Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > ‘GMO free baking soda’ would be epic face palm material, since baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and could not be genetically modified. 😃 > > My recent favorite is labeling pop corn as ‘whole grain’. I sure hope it is! > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I have a bottle of shampoo that claims to be gluten free. My favorite is till from the late eighties, when the local grocery store labeled the chocolate chips “Low Sodium.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/186 "2018-06-11T19:51:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And another thing: Prep time 5 minutes?.. Similarly, chopping 6 items and precooking 3 of them in different ways is NOT 1 step. Cooking light magazine is guilty of this to make a dish look simple. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/187 "2018-06-11T19:59:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Similarly, chopping 6 items and precooking 3 of them in different ways is NOT 1 step. > > Cooking light magazine is guilty of this to make a dish look simple. Or where they assume you have a stock of prepared items in your fridge. “Serve over risotto”… ummm, that’s another half hour there, bub. And, no, it’s not something you can just make a pot of, or even prepare a day ahead. Unless you’re Gordon Ramsey, and are satisfied with making half of it ahead of time and stirring cream into it right before dinner… and serving a gooey mess. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/188 "2018-06-12T12:39:23Z")
Broken dishwashers that are only 6 years old that require new circuit boards that cost $300 and take 3 visits from the repair guy, making the hand washing of dishes saga that makes Mr. Jynsters grumpy, that take 3+ weeks to resolve are bugging me! Friday. The guy promised Friday it will be fixed. Thats what he promised me yesterday but come to find out the part that they ordered was not the part that was a problem. He was hoping because it was cheaper that that would fix it. He didn’t tell me that there was a possibility that that wouldn’t fix it and there could be some other problem. The only thing that is saving him right now is he will only be charging us for the part that fixes the problem. If nothing fixes the problem then we are only out the $80 service call. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/189 "2018-06-12T12:42:42Z")
48 hours. I have slept about 3 of those. Uggghhh. I have a new project I am working on, it has my head spinning and churning. I will be worthless today. Hello chair, tired eyes and pissed off pets. It’s gonna be one _those_ days. ETA. I just realized it’s Tuesdsy. Mr.Wrekker is due home today. Extra ugh. He won’t be happy I’m not sleeping. Oh, shit, Tues. means it’s longer than 48 hours. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/190 "2018-06-12T12:46:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You left out: > > “Oh, don’t worry; you don’t really have a shellfish allergy.” Or, better yet, “Don’t worry about it; put the shrimp in it; he won’t notice.” “Have some homemade fudge! Oh, you want to know if those are walnuts? I don’t know. It’s whatever we had in the house, so they’re probably pecans. They do look like walnuts though…but I’m pretty sure they’re pecans.” Yeah…pass. (And I don’t even have a real allergy – walnuts just make me feel like throwing up for some reason.) ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/191 "2018-06-12T12:47:23Z")
Hoping this doesnt double post… Broken dishwashers that are only 6 years old that require new circuit boards that cost $300 and take 3 visits from the repair guy, making the hand washing of dishes saga that makes Mr. Jynsters grumpy, that take 3+ weeks to resolve are bugging me! Friday. The guy promised Friday it will be fixed. Thats what he promised me yesterday but come to find out the part that they ordered was not the part that was a problem. He was hoping because it was cheaper that that would fix it. He didn’t tell me that there was a possibility that that wouldn’t fix it and there could be some other problem. The only thing that is saving him right now is he will only be charging us for the part that fixes the problem. If nothing fixes the problem then we are only out the $80 service call. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/192 "2018-06-12T13:24:26Z")
Double post for double the aggravation. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/193 "2018-06-12T13:35:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Curious to know how the gluten gets into shampoo that _isn’t_ labeled gluten-free. Considering that ‘wheat germ oil’ has been a popular ingredient in shampoo for as long as I have been aware, it wouldn’t surprise me to have any number of wheat or other grain derivatives in any given shampoo. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/194 "2018-06-13T03:09:07Z")
Last Thursday was the anniversary of my wife’s death and I’ve been physically ill all month. Depression sucks. ---
**Author:** ![sabernode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@sabernode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sabernode)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/195 "2018-06-13T04:03:55Z")
Well, what’s bugging me now is the improvements and repairs that I need to do at our vacation house. That would mean a lot of money to spend. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/196 "2018-06-13T04:14:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Last Thursday was the anniversary of my wife’s death and I’ve been physically ill all month. Depression sucks. Sorry to hear that, **dropzone**. I know it’s been tough on you. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/197 "2018-06-13T05:19:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Last Thursday was the anniversary of my wife’s death and I’ve been physically ill all month. Depression sucks. Here’s to brighter days. Feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/198 "2018-06-13T06:30:10Z")
This morning I bet that the rain would stay mostly at a drizzle, got on my bike, and rode to work. This was a really bad bet. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/199 "2018-06-13T07:15:07Z")
So, my school decided to move the graduation ceremony from Thursday afternoon to this evening (we were informed a week ago, so it wasn’t a surprise). Reason for moving it: severe weather forecast for Thursday. So, it’s Wednesday and it’s raining while we’re waiting for the evening outdoor ceremony to begin. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241/200 "2018-06-13T12:38:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I walk to shopping a lot, so I use a backpack. A store I frequent wants me to leave my backpack at the counter now. I do not want to do this. My backpack is my purse - to start with, they don’t ask women to leave their purses at the counter, and some purses are as big as my backpack, and it has all my personal, sensitive stuff in it - I’m not inclined to either leave all that stuff with strangers, or walk around the store with all this stuff in my hands. I assume they are making this demand because of shoplifting, but I don’t have to like it, and I don’t have to participate in it. Tell them “No thanks, but if you’re worried about me shoplifting, you’re welcome to have an employee follow me around the store.” Then you can use said employee as your personal valet to hold all your stuff while you’re shopping. Win-win! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-whats-bugging-you-now/815241.md?page=11)