# What fresh thing do you get a thrill out of "cracking open"? (please see OP for explanation) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141 "2016-05-19T02:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/1 "2016-05-19T02:05:58Z")
I suspect I am not alone in this phenomenon. I really enjoy cracking open a fresh: [ul] [li]Container of ice cream. Especially if it is slightly softened. That first creamy scoop becomes delicious the moment the scooper breaks the plane.[/li] [li]Jar of peanut butter. See ice cream, above. Creamy, not crunchy.[/li] [li]The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. I look forward to Sunday mornings when I can find that fresh crossword, quarter and crease the paper just so, and read that first clue, pen in hand. And it’s gotta be the Sunday NY Times puzzle; no others do that for me.[/li][/ul] Your turn. Go. mmm ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/2 "2016-05-19T02:31:10Z")
Fiber gummies. They’re so soft and squishy and they release a delicious fruity chemically aroma when you peel off the seal. They become progressively stiffer and drier very quickly, turning from the consistency of warm gummy bears to something closer to an individually wrapped Twizzler you forgot in the bottom of your purse. My bed with fresh clean sheets on it. Really niche one: [cracking the seal on a Mini Bag Plus](https://youtu.be/OLvpKYkT_24?t=2m22s), a system that mixes an antibiotic powder with saline for IV administration. It’s like this little tube with a satisfying crunchy bit you bend to break, and then you squeeze the saline and mix it with the powder. I have no idea why I love to do this so much, but it makes me giggle every time. I’m breaking stuff! On purpose! ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/3 "2016-05-19T03:23:00Z")
Beer, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/4 "2016-05-19T03:26:57Z")
And bubble-wrap bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/5 "2016-05-19T04:09:48Z")
1 lb can of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/6 "2016-05-19T05:24:11Z")
No one remembers opening a Cracker Jack box–and finding a toy in it? > **[Cracker Jack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Jack)** > > Cracker Jack is an American brand of snack food that consists of molasses-flavored, caramel-coated popcorn, and peanuts, well known for being packaged with a prize of trivial value inside. The Cracker Jack name and slogan, "The More You Eat The More You Want", were registered in 1896. Some food historians consider it the first junk food. > Cracker Jack is famous for its connection to baseball lore. The Cracker Jack brand has been owned and marketed by Frito-Lay since 1997. Frito-Lay announced ... Sad news; they are getting rid of the toy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/7 "2016-05-19T16:29:21Z")
My eyes in the morning: Hey! I’m still here! And yeah, the peanut butter thing. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/8 "2016-05-19T16:40:50Z")
Passport. The whole lies before me, like an open book. Adventure potential; maximum! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/9 "2016-05-19T16:42:58Z")
A brand new book, especially one that you know is going to be well loved in the future. As a corrolary to that, I also love to crack into an old, well-loved book. Books all around, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/10 "2016-05-19T16:49:47Z")
Not quite cracking open, but peeling off the plastic cover for new electronics. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/11 "2016-05-19T17:20:14Z")
Ounce o’ weed. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/12 "2016-05-19T17:20:42Z")
A new shower curtain liner. Love that smell. Ditto the ice cream and the Sunday NYT puzzle. A tub of margarine, love the little swirl in the center. Haven’t played in ages, but a new can of tennis balls. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/13 "2016-05-19T17:59:49Z")
My best friend Blackjack loves the sound of a new box of dog biscuits being opened. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/14 "2016-05-19T18:12:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Ounce o’ weed. [Everything’s better with a bag of weed.](https://youtu.be/NpS4ebEtLUE) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/15 "2016-05-19T18:48:45Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Beer, of course. Yup, this. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/16 "2016-05-19T18:51:02Z")
Unzipping my wife’s dress at the end of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/17 "2016-05-19T19:37:21Z")
Chapstick…it always has those delightfully sharp edges the first time I use one on my lips. This edge immediately is lost after that first application. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/18 "2016-05-20T05:55:12Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > A new shower curtain liner. Love that smell. Off-gassing 400 toxic chemicals, I read somewhere once. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/19 "2016-05-20T06:46:32Z")
New tubes of paint or a fresh bottle of Quink. Bottles of mead. New hide of veg-tan leather ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/20 "2016-05-20T10:55:32Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > New tubes of paint or a fresh bottle of Quink. > Bottles of mead. > New hide of veg-tan leather OK, so I looked up “Quink” and it’s a type of fountain pen ink (portmanteau of quick+ink) and I’ve drunk my share of mead. But what’s the last one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141.md?page=2)