# The Wonders of Dial. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880 "2011-12-02T20:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/21 "2011-12-06T01:52:40Z")
You know, you could have just used your shampoo. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/22 "2011-12-06T02:03:55Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Ivory Soap. > > The soap for political undecideds, Esperanto-speakers, and Unitarians. And people who bathe in lakes or streams! (it floats) Really, I keep a bar for camping where showers are unavailable and bathing is done in a natural body of water. This was taught to me by my dad. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/23 "2011-12-06T02:42:31Z")
I swear this is true. A lady back in Texas once told me she could beat a polygraph test by holding a bar of Dial soap in her armpit. It had to be Dial, no other brand. I’m not making this up. She took polygraphs from time to time for purposes of retail employment but never explained exactly what she had to be nervous about. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/24 "2011-12-06T06:08:48Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I love Ivory soap. It always makes me feel clean and it all rinses off. Plus, it floats! And, it’s 99 44/100% pure! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/25 "2011-12-06T07:27:48Z")
Real men make their own soap out of lye and pigfat. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/26 "2011-12-06T08:05:57Z")
It’s great being a real man and all, but the bar runs out pretty fast that way. I guess a real man can afford to buy a ton soap? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/27 "2011-12-06T22:44:10Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Real men make their own soap out of lye and pigfat. Presumably out by the cee-ment pond. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/28 "2011-12-07T00:58:48Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > You know, you could have just used your shampoo. this was my thought as well. just use the shampoo. of course, the op wouldn’t have been as entertaining… ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/29 "2011-12-07T01:32:46Z")
Best first post ever. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/30 "2011-12-07T01:55:56Z")
[Dr. Bronner’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Bronner%27s_Magic_Soap.jpg) - dilute dilute dilute - Any soap that is not covered in ravings is inferior to this product. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/31 "2011-12-07T02:32:09Z")
I loved liquid Dial - just soap, cleans up great, and you can buy it in gallon jugs. Unfortunately, it’s not available where I live now. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/32 "2011-12-07T03:50:47Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Real men make their own soap out of lye and pigfat. DONE IT! ..ok so i was a kid in 1855 camp at the time, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880/33 "2011-12-07T03:51:54Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > You know, you could have just used your shampoo. Problem is, I usually use Dial as my shampoo too! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonders-of-dial/604880.md?page=1)