# "Please do not sit on the rice." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752 "2011-07-12T15:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/21 "2011-07-13T03:29:53Z")
“Please don’t squeeze the Charmin.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/22 "2011-07-13T08:11:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It never would have occurred to me to sit on something that looks so unstable. But now that we’re told not to… Once upon a time we were in the discovery store, and they had this gadget that projected an image into the air by swinging a bar with lights in it back and forth. When we noticed it, the message said “Touch Me” which was kind of strange, we thought, considering how fast the bar was whipping back and forth, but hey, it says to touch it… We reached out to, when all of the sudden the message changed to “Please Don’t.” Did it read our minds?? We pulled our hands back. “Please Don’t” cycle “Touch Me.” Oh! I guess whoever programed it didn’t realize how many people would see “Touch Me” before “Please Don’t”. Apparently it hurt if you followed through, at least judging from the yell we heard a short time later. Ah, the power of suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/23 "2011-07-14T11:14:31Z")
That could be a great idea for a comfortable seat… take a big bag, maybe fabric rather than plastic as it would be less sweaty. Then fill it up with rice, or maybe, I don’t know, maybe dried beans or something, and it would mould to the shape of your backside. You need to give it some kind of catchy name, though. Rice pouch? Lentil sack? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/24 "2011-07-14T12:06:10Z")
Pea pod! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/25 "2011-07-14T12:08:16Z")
It’s still OK to stand up on the rice though? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/26 "2011-07-14T14:41:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It’s still OK to stand up on the rice though? I think so. Getting freaky may be okay as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/27 "2011-07-14T15:03:14Z")
Many people don’t know that they can stand up to rice. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/28 "2011-07-14T15:14:05Z")
Or you could lie down on it. I’ve heard rice makes an excellent pillau. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/29 "2011-07-14T15:20:26Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > That could be a great idea for a comfortable seat… take a big bag, maybe fabric rather than plastic as it would be less sweaty. Then fill it up with rice, or maybe, I don’t know, maybe dried beans or something, and it would mould to the shape of your backside. You need to give it some kind of catchy name, though. Rice pouch? Lentil sack? Er, beanbag chair? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/30 "2011-07-14T15:20:28Z")
I imagine that another issue is that if you sit on the rice bag, you’ll break some of the grains of rice. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/31 "2011-07-14T15:33:36Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Er, beanbag chair? Ever hear the sound of a rice bag flying through the air? It goes… WHOOOOSH! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/32 "2011-07-14T15:42:14Z")
In Soviet Russia, rice sits on you! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/33 "2011-07-14T16:13:14Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Er, beanbag chair? You have killed the funny ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/34 "2011-07-14T17:28:53Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I think so. Getting freaky may be okay as well. Do NOT get freaky with the rice. You don’t want grains stuck _there_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/35 "2011-07-14T17:36:53Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Oh, that rice. Why, oh, why can’t I sit on it? [Whitman] Leaves of ass. [/Whitman] ---
**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:** [July 14, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/36 "2011-07-14T17:47:09Z")
Speaking of sequential threads, I love how the mouseover for this one ends with “Why, oh, why can’t I sit on it?” And the next thread title is “No Pants!” 😃 And I’m fixing it so it stays that way. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/37 "2011-07-14T23:58:22Z")
I was at the supermarket and they had sacks of rice piled up. There was no sign saying not to sit on the rice, and if I had my cellphone with me I would have sat on the rice and had someone take a picture of it. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/38 "2011-07-15T02:03:28Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Once upon a time we were in the discovery store, and they had this gadget that projected an image into the air by swinging a bar with lights in it back and forth. When we noticed it, the message said “Touch Me” which was kind of strange, we thought, considering how fast the bar was whipping back and forth, but hey, it says to touch it… We reached out to, when all of the sudden the message changed to “Please Don’t.” Did it read our minds?? We pulled our hands back. “Please Don’t” cycle “Touch Me.” Oh! I guess whoever programed it didn’t realize how many people would see “Touch Me” before “Please Don’t”. Apparently it hurt if you followed through, at least judging from the yell we heard a short time later. > > Ah, the power of suggestion. …wait a sec. If there was room for “Please Don’t”, they could have just written “Don’t Touch” and not had the ambiguous cycling text. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/39 "2011-07-15T03:51:21Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I imagine that another issue is that if you sit on the rice bag, you’ll break some of the grains of rice. Don’t be afraid to go against the grain. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752/40 "2011-07-15T11:38:24Z")
I doubt whether ttheir is a problem with hygiene. Sitting on bagged rice and afraid someone will fart on it? You have more faith in health standards than I have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-not-sit-on-the-rice/588752.md?page=3)