# Minor Irritation of the Day:  Mosquito Coils Are Meant to Be Green, Dammit!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870 "2016-08-15T02:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/1 "2016-08-15T02:46:54Z")

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Not these wishy-washy beige ones that Canadian Tire is hawking at the end of summer!

That is all.

Feel free to add your MIOTD.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/2 "2016-08-15T10:29:12Z")

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Beige, huh? I’ve never seen that, but somehow it sounds healthier to me.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/3 "2016-08-16T01:43:10Z")

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It’s the same citronella-y goodness, so I don’t get why they made it beige.

Beige sucks! Only major law firms think beige is an accent colour!

Vibrant hunter green! That tells you you’re getting that summer memory smell of burning anti-mosquito chemicals!

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/4 "2016-08-16T02:08:26Z")

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Everyone knows they’re meant to be a vibrant, non-natural yellow-green! :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/5 "2016-08-16T02:34:13Z")

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That sounds even worse than beige.

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/6 "2016-08-16T02:48:01Z")

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You just need to view it in the right lighting, like Kirk’s shirt.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/7 "2016-08-16T04:44:48Z")

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😃

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-irritation-of-the-day-mosquito-coils-are-meant-to-be-green-dammit/762870/8 "2016-08-16T12:28:04Z")

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My daily minor irritation?

Do not allow 8 year olds to extricate Pringles potato chips from the can unassisted. They will screw up the stacking, break chips, and create general potato chip mayhem if allowed to conduct this delicate operation unsupervised. The horror!