# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blueliner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@blueliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueliner)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/21 "2016-05-20T11:09:11Z")
A new container of mixed nuts. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/22 "2016-05-20T14:14:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > A tub of margarine, love the little swirl in the center. I was just about to post: New tub of sour cream. I love the swirl. (Cue Twilight Zone music) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/23 "2016-05-20T14:26:56Z")
Popping the tab on a can of Belhaven Black (Nitrogen capsule injects nitrogen into the beer instead of carbon dioxide. It makes a satisfying pop/hiss sound) Opening a jar of peanut butter Opening a fresh set of guitar strings. New tube of toothpaste In my younger days - being the first to water ski on a calm mirror finish lake. Same with fresh powder for snow skiing. Cracking the capsule on a glow stick I miss opening a fresh can of coffee now that my wife and I have grown lazy and use a pod type coffeemaker. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/24 "2016-05-20T15:16:11Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > A new shower curtain liner. Love that smell. Same here, but now they’re making them out of a new plastic that doesn’t have that great vinyl aroma ☹ (or toxic chemicals, I guess, but I still miss the smell.) New tube of toothpaste. New jar of jelly, because the top has that smooth shiny surface that lets you scoop out a nice jelly lens. An orange, when you dig into the peel with your fingernails and get that first spritz of orange oil scent. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/25 "2016-05-20T15:33:50Z")
[bears](http://orig07.deviantart.net/2c30/f/2010/175/3/c/cracked_open_a_bear_tf2_by_shadowgod55563.png) ---
**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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/26 "2016-05-20T15:37:29Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > [bears](http://orig07.deviantart.net/2c30/f/2010/175/3/c/cracked_open_a_bear_tf2_by_shadowgod55563.png) Similar to the coroner who liked to crack open a cold one. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/27 "2016-05-20T15:55:51Z")
No love for the new box of 64 Crayola crayons? That SMELL? I’m going to be 52 in a few weeks and I still love that new box of meticulously sharpened brand new crayons. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/28 "2016-05-20T15:57:20Z")
Somewhere Poppin’ Fresh is reading this thread and feeling very slighted. ☹ ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/29 "2016-05-20T16:21:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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? [Vegetable tanned leather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning#Vegetable_tanning), sold by the hide (whole animal skin) - vegetable tan is the kind of leather used for belts, saddles, etc. Or, in my case, leather carving and molding - medieval bags, bottles and stuff like that. As opposed to modern chrome tanned leather, which can’t be carved or molded. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 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/755141/30 "2016-05-20T16:40:19Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > 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] > [/ul] It is a proven scientific fact that the first swipe of pure, unsullied peanut butter is the most delicious. ---
**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, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/31 "2016-05-20T16:43:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Vegetable tanned leather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning#Vegetable_tanning), sold by the hide (whole animal skin) - vegetable tan is the kind of leather used for belts, saddles, etc. Or, in my case, leather carving and molding - medieval bags, bottles and stuff like that. As opposed to modern chrome tanned leather, which can’t be carved or molded. Thanks! Interesting stuff I didn’t know anything about. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/32 "2016-05-20T18:15:51Z")
Brand new bag of coffee, brand new box of cocoa powder, and oddly a new bottle of machine oil … ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/33 "2016-05-20T19:58:48Z")
I love when I get new pens that have those little plastic protective balls on the tips that you have to pull off before you can write. Those are so fun to yank off! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/34 "2016-05-20T20:17:16Z")
They aren’t quite the same any more but opening the cap on an new Magic Marker used to be quite a treat. ---
**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 20, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/35 "2016-05-20T20:20:18Z")
popping the cork on a bottle of champagne ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/36 "2016-05-21T09:02:57Z")
Cracking open a new bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label almost always means I’ve taken a flight very recently and am probably on holiday. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/37 "2016-05-21T10:28:15Z")
A new Terry Pratchett book. ☹ > [@BobLibDem](#): > > A new shower curtain liner. Love that smell. You’re weird. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/38 "2016-05-21T19:54:09Z")
Opening up a fresh pint of orange or lime sherbet. Partly because of the child-inspired thrill of “SHERBERT!”, but also because of the adult satisfaction knowing I am not going to be putting it down until it has been completely and happily consumed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/39 "2016-05-21T20:48:57Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Beer, of course. Homebrew, with a swing-top bottle. > [@Procrustus](#): > > popping the cork on a bottle of champagne Goes “pop” just like that! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fresh-thing-do-you-get-a-thrill-out-of-cracking-open-please-see-op-for-explanation/755141/40 "2016-05-21T20:51:44Z")
I still love to slit open a brand new LP. That’s a “vinyl record” for you youngsters. Even LPs that have been sealed for 30 years still have the wonderful vinyl-and-ink smell. [Previous 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=1) [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=3)