# Practicle Advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813 "2016-07-24T23:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/41 "2016-07-26T19:10:38Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Yeah, I’m a little taken aback by this toy. The lesson appears to be: > _The only way to make stuff happen is by brute force; and even then, it’s ultimately futile._ Frustrating a child who holds a hammer. What could go wrong? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/42 "2016-07-26T19:50:35Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Don’t scratch your nuts after trundling through poison ivy looking for firewood…ask me how I know this. Practical testicle advice: you WILL be scratching them afterwards. Also, you can put the cart before the horse but you can’t make him drink tequila on a moonlit night in Miami. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/43 "2016-07-27T08:18:48Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > :::: snip ::::: > > Save space in the freezer by storing frozen peas in the holes in frozen waffles. Now this is genius. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/44 "2016-07-27T09:48:02Z")
Bring a spare sock when golfing in case you get a hole in one. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/45 "2016-07-27T13:46:19Z")
I don’t get it. If your socks don’t have a hole in them, how do you put them on? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/46 "2016-07-27T14:13:27Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I don’t get it. If your socks don’t have a hole in them, how do you put them on? 3-D printer. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/47 "2016-07-27T15:27:33Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Yeah, I’m a little taken aback by this toy. The lesson appears to be: > _The only way to make stuff happen is by brute force; and even then, it’s ultimately futile._ So, basically, a life lesson shaped like a toy. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/48 "2016-07-27T17:30:02Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I don’t get it. If your socks don’t have a hole in them, how do you put them on? Socks are genus 0. Socks topologically have no hole. They are just foot-shaped manifolds. You don’t put your foot through a hole, you wrap the sock around your foot. Pants (genus 2) and shirts (genus 3) are a different story. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/49 "2016-07-28T01:58:49Z")
I am disappointed. I came into the thread expecting discourses on practical particles and found nothing but great jokes. Bob ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/50 "2016-07-28T02:11:36Z")
> [@urban1a](#): > > I am disappointed. I came into the thread expecting discourses on practical particles and found nothing but great jokes. > > Bob Mine was…not a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/51 "2016-07-28T02:50:55Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Mine was…not a joke. I take pride that everything I listed might actually work. Ok, if I’m honest some of them are a little impracticle. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813/52 "2016-07-28T03:46:33Z")
Ok, some genuine practicle advice: Don’t mix bleach with acidic toilet cleaners or descalers. The chemicle reaction releases toxic chlorine gas. Don’t mix bleach with ammonia either. That releases toxic chemicles called chloramines. [http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/cehsweb/bleach\_fs.pdf](http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/cehsweb/bleach_fs.pdf) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practicle-advice/760813.md?page=2)