# Making ice cubes AIN'T cooking! Die you bastard! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985 "2005-08-14T18:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/21 "2005-08-15T01:33:53Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Moderator…Moderator… Mr **StarvingButStrong** is proposing killing someone. I got a mod warning for just hoping someone (and their ilk) would die (which I appealed successfully via email to the mod), but why the double standard? Why has this dopper not given a warning? **StarvingButStrong** is a woman. The dolt she’s castigating is her husband. The “Burning Bed” reference is hyperbole. She’s indulging in a marital rant. I think you need to go change your diaper. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/22 "2005-08-15T02:32:28Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Invention idea: > > **The Crying Ice Tray** : > > The Crying Ice Tray wails whenever it is left out of the freezer for longer than 3 minutes. The Crying Ice tray screams a loud alarm whenever it is put back in the freezer without any ice in it. The Crying Ice Tray blathers whenever it is only partially filled up with water because the filler is in too much of a hurry to make sure that all compartments contain ample liquid. Batteries not included. $19.95 > > I’ll be rich! > > (Goes off to plan…) Suggested Ad Slogan: “There ain’t no way to hide your Crying Ice.” ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/23 "2005-08-15T02:34:44Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > **StarvingButStrong** is a woman. The dolt she’s castigating is her husband. The “Burning Bed” reference is hyperbole. She’s indulging in a marital rant. > > I think you need to go change your diaper. I have a feeling that he (she?) was joking. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/24 "2005-08-15T02:57:09Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Suggested Ad Slogan: “There ain’t no way to hide your Crying Ice.” Painful, **Tenar** , painful. That pun is something to really cry about. Arrrggghhh!! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/25 "2005-08-15T02:59:23Z")
> [@SlyFrog](#): > > This is part of the general, “Didn’t your mother teach you not to do that when you were 5,” line of personal problems. > > At work, we have a nice coffee maker. Incredibly easy; filters on top of the coffee pot, little foil bags that contain exactly the amount of coffee to make one pot. When the pot is empty, you dump the old filter and grounds straight into the trash that is literally right below the coffee machine, insert new filter, tear foil bag open to dump pre-ground coffee into new filter, and start the machine. > > Yet these self-centered, assholish, purportedly sophisticated and professional people I work with, most of whom are 30 or older, always leave a damn trickle in the bottom of the pot, and never start a new pot when they take a cup. I mean, you know there is something wrong when 2 out of 3 times you go to get a cup, you have to make a full pot. > > I hate humanity; let it never be doubted that we are lazy animals, and not the higher thinkers we consider ourselves. I think this is endemic to most offices. It freaking drives me nuts. Nearly every single time I went to get a cup of coffee, I was refilling it. I didn’t really care–it took me all of, oh, 30 seconds to do, but come on! I don’t want the burnt dregs left on the bottom of the pot. Has not everyone been taught the office mantra “if you kill it, please refill it”? And, yes, leaving half a centimeter of coffee counts as “killing it.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/26 "2005-08-15T03:19:25Z")
I know this wouldn’t solve the underlying problem, but is it an option to **buy** ice? (Seriously, is it? We’ve got no less than three bodegas within walking distance, but I realize that’s not the case with everyone. If the nearest anything is half an hour away by car, I retract my suggestion.) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/27 "2005-08-15T03:26:10Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Ooh, ooh, I’ve got it - by that logic, leave the ice cube trays out in the yard. Also, leave all the dirty dishes and dirty clothes out there, too. I was actually thinking some dirty clothes and some clean clothes. And a few personal items. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/28 "2005-08-15T03:27:51Z")
All in all, a fine confluence of thread title with poster name. A definite candidate for '05’s Top Ten List. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/29 "2005-08-15T03:42:26Z")
You know, many freezers can have an Icemaker added after the fact. I think it beats homicide and jail time, probably cheaper than a decent handgun. But it is good to vent, go for it and then shop for that icemaker. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/30 "2005-08-15T05:17:31Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > **StarvingButStrong** is a woman. The dolt she’s castigating is her husband. The “Burning Bed” reference is hyperbole. She’s indulging in a marital rant. Eep! Then having her own little fridge would be a weird suggestion. Probably too weird for her to spit in the ice cubes, as well. Though both _are_ more kind than setting him on fire. Decisions, decisions… ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/31 "2005-08-15T06:06:29Z")
Get a medium sized plastic container (enough to hold two full trays of ice) and fill it with ice cubes. Now you should have 2-4 trays of ice at all times. This should prevent future shortages. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/32 "2005-08-15T09:16:52Z")
I went to Wally World and purchased the fluid-filled cold cups to avoid this problem. Two teenage boys suck down the ice in seconds, so the cups have the freezer door all to themselves and I have a cold drink whenever I want. They were 88 cents apiece, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/33 "2005-08-15T11:55:53Z")
Two items in particular seem at odds here… > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > And what’s your excuse for this state of No Ice? “We agreed you’d do all the cooking if I do all the lawn work.” > > \ > > Sheesh! YOU were the one who insisted we didn’t need a fridge with an automatic ice maker. ‘How hard is it to fill ice trays’ YOU said. Well, evidently too hard for YOU. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: From now on, if he gets a say in what equipment YOU get in YOUR kitchen, then you get a say in what equipment HE gets in HIS shed. I have a feeling he won’t be happy when you tell him that he doesn’t need (lawn care product) “how hard is it to (manual lawn care task) anyway?” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/34 "2005-08-15T12:01:08Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Get a medium sized plastic container (enough to hold two full trays of ice) and fill it with ice cubes. Now you should have 2-4 trays of ice at all times. This should prevent future shortages. And who do you think is not going to bother to fill the container around the OP’s house? ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/35 "2005-08-15T12:10:07Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > And what’s your excuse for this state of No Ice? “We agreed you’d do all the cooking if I do all the lawn work.” Actually this comeback is quite funny if intended as a joke. Really moronic otherwise. Does doing all the cooking mean cleaning the kitchen too? If so then it’s the default “it’s kitchen related” arguement wich is also lame. My solution in cases like this is to teach by example. Figure out when about when roomie might want some ice and use it all leaving the trays out. “Oh\* that’s\* how it feels.” If it was my kids I would take the ice tray to them and tell them to refill it and put it back. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/36 "2005-08-15T12:15:54Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Oh, yeah. I know how that game works. You agree to do the cooking and somehow doing the cooking is interpreted as “you’re going to be my mommy and spoil me and I’m going to be a complete and total lazy slob and you’re going to follow me around the house cleaning up my messes, my dishes, and while I sit here on the couch you’re going to spend all your time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning and providing me with an endless supply of food, just like a baby bird just sits in the nest with its mouth open crying for food and mommy is totally devoted to doing nothing but shoveling food into its mouth and on those occasions I do wander into the kitchen, I’m going to totally ransack it and it’s your job to clean it up, because, you know, you’re my mommy now.” > > Ok, how about I start raising elephants in the backyard because, you know, it’s your job to “take care of the yard.” This idea has potential. Next time Moma’s boy leaves the ice tray empty go out and take a big steaming crap in the yard. “Yooo Hooo, Moma’s boy. There’s a mess in _your_ yard that needs attention” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/37 "2005-08-15T13:43:59Z")
Well, I’m glad at least SOME of you understood the magnitude of his crime. 😉 In rectrospect, once I’d cooled down, I think the “I don’t have to cook” excuse was an attempt at a joke. Dangerous thing to try when we’re in a heatwave and the AC has been off for more than 24 hours. I think I may have scared him – truly, I almost NEVER lose my temper, I’m always teased by my friends about how easy going I am – because he went right out and came back with not just a bag of ice (aaaaah!) but a quart of hand-packed peppermint fantasy ice cream plus a container of genuine hot fudge from our favorite ice cream place. (Triple aaaaaah!) Or maybe he just felt guilty. Whatever. So…he got to sleep in safety last night. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/38 "2005-08-15T13:46:46Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Get a medium sized plastic container (enough to hold two full trays of ice) and fill it with ice cubes. Now you should have 2-4 trays of ice at all times. This should prevent future shortages. Gotta echo **This Year’s Model** on this. Do you really think that someone who would fails to fill the ice trays and instead leaves them on the counter could actually be bothered to fill the bucket? Or to leave the bucket ice for the kitchen slave? Nuh uh. I speak from experience when I say **SBS** will come home to the bucket _and_ the trays empty and on the counter. Death ain’t good enough. He won’t learn nothin’ that-a way. No, torture. Long, slow torture. Torture that involves the scorching of the throat and sinus cavities. Perhaps involving a burning coal that has been soaked in Tabasco sauce. How long should it last? How long does it take to freeze ice? And at the end of the torture, get rid of the ice down the sink, and leave the empty trays on the counter next to his smoldering head. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! _cough cough_ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/39 "2005-08-15T14:06:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I think I may have scared him – truly, I almost NEVER lose my temper, I’m always teased by my friends about how easy going I am – because he went right out and came back with not just a bag of ice (aaaaah!) but a quart of hand-packed peppermint fantasy ice cream plus a container of genuine hot fudge from our favorite ice cream place. (Triple aaaaaah!) Excellent! Sounds like guilt is doing its nasty little job. Betcha it’s a long time before he forgets to refill the ice trays again. And when he does, you can use **Cheesesteak** ’s brilliant suggestion of getting veto power on future power lawn tools. Marriage. It’s a game of give and take. And the occasional use of a blunt instrument. Bwahahahahaha… ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-ice-cubes-aint-cooking-die-you-bastard/316985/40 "2005-08-15T14:16:28Z")
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