# Poll: Ice cube on the floor. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152 "2009-05-12T12:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/61 "2009-05-12T23:37:32Z")
A. I figure if you take a few seconds,the dirty outside will melt away leaving a pristine cube. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/62 "2009-05-13T00:41:37Z")
I guess I’m the only one that puts it in the plant, then? We have this hanging plant in the kitchen that’s hard to water, so I put ice cubes in it when I remember. Floor cubes always go in the hanging plant. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/63 "2009-05-13T02:21:22Z")
Dropped ice goes in the sink/trash can. For all you bad backs… what about squatting? You shouldn’t be bending anyway, really. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/64 "2009-05-13T03:09:31Z")
I’ll kick a floor cube over to a non-hardwood patch of floor to melt and evaporate. Sometimes I’ll try to pick it up with my toes and toss it in the trash. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/65 "2009-05-13T05:55:41Z")
Rinsing off an ice cube has NEVER even crossed my mind. It’s an ice cube. By rinsing it off I’m effectively accelerating its demise and rendering it half as useful. Not to mention I’ve never been so low on ice that one cube will make or break a drink. I throw it in the sink/kick it under the fridge almost equally. If I’m feeling tidy I’ll pick it up and toss it; if I’m feeling lazy it goes under the fridge. Linoleum is not going to be harmed by an ice cube. I’m genuinely surprised that anyone has ever rinsed off an ice cube and used it. I’m almost…mind-boggled… ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/66 "2009-05-13T06:22:06Z")
C. Two points if I get it right into the disposal! ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/67 "2009-05-13T07:35:37Z")
C. Pick it up and toss it in the sink to melt. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/68 "2009-05-13T07:41:24Z")
B. We don’t have an icemaker here (rented apartment in Japan), much to my irritation, and we use a lot of ice. The cubes are precious, and get rinsed. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/69 "2009-05-13T14:12:46Z")
wood floors, so C. Plus, all kinds of dog and cat hair on the floor, so no way I’m doing A ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/70 "2009-05-16T23:20:39Z")
Happened yesterday when the icetray fell out of the freezer, and C, but if I had have been preparing myself a cold drink at the time, probably B. ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/71 "2009-05-17T00:08:44Z")
C… ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/72 "2009-05-17T00:12:12Z")
Toss it in the sink or give it to the dog. I don’t recall ever doing any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/73 "2009-05-17T00:22:59Z")
A if the floor is clean (which is rare), C otherwise. It’s two flecks of dust; it ain’t hurtin’ no one. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/74 "2009-05-17T02:10:06Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > I go for the sink toss – usually a turn-around set shot. Underhanded, into the garbage disposal, nothing but rubber. 🙂 I was reading the posts to my Mom. She said : I would boil the ice cube. Only way to get the germs off. What? 😛 ---
**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:** [May 17, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/75 "2009-05-17T02:24:37Z")
If I can find it I either toss it in the sink or in the dog’s water dish. I don’t spend a whole lot of time looking for it though because the dogs will take care of it if I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/76 "2009-05-17T20:06:16Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > f) Put it in the cats’ water dish. another vote for F 😉 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/77 "2009-05-17T20:14:21Z")
If it lands near my feet, which nearly never happens, it’ll go in the sink or out the door if it’s open. If it requires searching - pretty much always - it stays where it is. I’ve been yelled at about this before. ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/78 "2009-05-17T23:48:25Z")
This is very funny. My teenage son got my wife some ice for an achy knee late last night. This AM I was the first one up and saw a small puddle in front of the refrigerator. I stared real hard at the ceiling looking for the source of the leak. Then (thanks to having read this thread) it hit me… ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/79 "2009-05-18T15:18:50Z")
Wow, I’m appalled at how few others would do as I would, which is to say “meh,” and toss it into my glass. I’m an “A.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152/80 "2009-05-18T15:57:28Z")
G. Pick it up with my foot and flick it into the sink. I have very long, flexible toes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-ice-cube-on-the-floor/496152.md?page=5)