# Orange opening **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692 "2009-03-16T23:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/21 "2009-03-18T05:11:48Z")
No problems here. If necessary, I use my teeth to get it started, and pursue with the hands. It may be messy, but that’s why we have soap and water. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/22 "2009-03-18T06:16:25Z")
I have decent finger nails so I can peel an orange without a tool, but I prefer to use the tool. It’s quicker, and your hands and nails stay cleaner. The smell of oranges lingers once you get peel under your finger nails, no matter how quick you are to wash your hands. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/23 "2009-03-18T06:37:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The smell of oranges lingers once you get peel under your finger nails, no matter how quick you are to wash your hands. …and this is a problem? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/24 "2009-03-18T07:45:08Z")
Heh, I never thought Pullet would be a great name for an orange peeling machine. I guess you could say that’s a pullet surprise\*. \*I’m sorry, we just bought baby chicks and I’ve been running that joke into the ground! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/25 "2009-03-18T14:13:23Z")
Orange, no. Tangerine or mandarin, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/26 "2009-03-18T19:37:20Z")
Yes, I can peel an orange with my bare hands. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/27 "2009-03-19T05:27:54Z")
> [@missred](#): > > I not only can peel an orange with my bare hands, most of the time, I can get the peel off in one piece. > I don’t leap tall buildings in a single bound, though, contrary to popular belief. Me too. I had lots of practice growing up in Florida, with orange trees in my backyard. I can leap over small buildings, provided they are on the slopes. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/28 "2009-03-20T13:45:33Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > I love how they come in a 4 pack…when would you ever need more than one of those things? > I spiral cut mine with a knife and then peel them so that the peel stays in one piece. They are suprisingly easy to lose, plus I give them away. When I worked for Tupperware I had hundreds of them. Now I’m down to one. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/29 "2009-03-21T00:49:07Z")
I eat clementines. You look at them funny and the skin peels off. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/30 "2009-03-21T01:12:20Z")
I used to use a tool to peel oranges, but then I broke up with him. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/31 "2009-03-21T01:46:24Z")
[Grandpa Simpson]Just eat the damn orange!![/Grandpa Simpson] I bite my nails, so I wind up poking a hole near the top with what little nub remains on my thumb and after that, I just take it apart. I try to peel the rind in the so that it’s in one big piece, because I don’t like cleaning up the orange splinters and juice and stuff. I love oranges too. The only fruit I love more than oranges are bananas, but oranges are better, because I can put them in my backpack with my textbooks, and they don’t get squished. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/32 "2009-03-22T00:46:27Z")
Sometimes I can use my thumbnail, but if I’ve cut them recently then I try to take a \*shallow \*bite to get it started. When I was a kid, getting the entire peel off in one piece earned one quite a bit of respect in the lunchroom. 🆒 Even today, I still try to get the whole thing in one piece. Brings back fun memories. 🙂 (Childish, yes, but it beats the adult world.) And, of course, you have to wash your hands afterwards. Oranges, I love 'em, but they are a bit juicy. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/33 "2009-03-22T05:23:29Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > Oranges, I love 'em, but they are a bit juicy. I weep for you and the suffering you have endured 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/34 "2009-03-22T05:54:13Z")
Dangit, now I want an orange, and there are none in the house. Should’ve stopped at the 2 bag 5 truck at Embarcadero and 5th, but I was on my bike. eta: I love the pampered chef orange peeler. You get a nice spiral every time, and if you’re clever, you can come up with some interesting peel art. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692/35 "2009-03-22T06:21:55Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > [Orange peeler](http://www.kitchendance.com/orpesetof4.html) - this is a cheapie version. Mine is curved a little on the flat end. They can also unpeel grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, limes…😃 I used to have one of those back in the US. The oranges we have in Thailand are easy to open by hand. Some sort of Chinese variety, I think. I just poke my finger through at the top and peel away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-opening/489692.md?page=1)