# What's the wierdest thing you use every day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608 "2011-11-21T03:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/21 "2011-11-22T23:49:36Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Probably the vibrator alarm in my bed. What, it lets you know when it’s not a real man, but only a vibrator? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/22 "2011-11-22T23:53:04Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > What, it lets you know when it’s not a real man, but only a vibrator? If only I could afford that sort of technology… The bed frame actually has a massage/vibrate function, and you can set an alarm so that you wake up to the vibration. I find it a much more pleasant way to wake up than my alarm clock noise, which my ex-wife appropriately dubbed “the turbochickens.” ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/23 "2011-11-23T00:01:43Z")
I put roach killer in my ear every day, but secretly, so I don’t have to explain why if somebody sees it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/24 "2011-11-23T00:50:50Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I put roach killer in my ear every day, but secretly, so I don’t have to explain why if somebody sees it. why? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/25 "2011-11-23T00:52:07Z")
Public Transportation. ---
**Author:** ![Madame\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Madame\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madame_Joy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/26 "2011-11-23T01:32:16Z")
> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#): > > My six shot Nerf revolver. It gets the cats of the counter, gets the attention of an Xbox enthralled teenager. At work it serves as a reminder that talking on cell phones in the library is a major faux pas. Oooh, I’m envious. All I have is a single-shooter, which I mainly use to get the dog riled up. As for my “weirdest/every day” - prolly my epilator. Yeah, they’re supposed to hold you over for about a week or more. But I swear, you become OCD about every little hair that pops up on your legs, especially if you live in a sub-tropical region, as I do. And my hair grows so fast, you could almost watch it get longer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/27 "2011-11-23T03:10:34Z")
The weirdest thing I use every day is probably this zombie tendon that I’m mutating into a ligament. So far it’s working great, but the procedure still has quite a few months to go. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/28 "2011-11-23T13:44:09Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > why? Because [the product itself](http://www.biconet.com/crawlers/roachKiller.html) is simply boric acid, which serves to prevent fungal and bacterial outer ear infection (“swimmer’s ear”) after swimming, something that can easily happen if you swim every day, especially during wet weather, when your ears don’t dry out completely. (This brand is a great deal at the 99 Cents store–you mix it with rubbing alcohol, and squirt it in after swimming.) However, the label just says, “Roach & Ant Killer”–and has a picture of a cockroach–so it looks weird to the casual onlooker. Anyway, if you swim a lot, don’t waste your money on those products at Walgreen’s, CVS, etc. that are labeled for “swimmer’s ear”–use Pic, Roach and Ant Killer! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/29 "2011-11-23T14:24:35Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > But… then you’re screwed if you need to light a cigarette! Why smoke? I know where the Turnpike is… > [@guizot](#): > > Because [the product itself](http://www.biconet.com/crawlers/roachKiller.html) is simply boric acid, which serves to prevent fungal and bacterial outer ear infection (“swimmer’s ear”) after swimming, something that can easily happen if you swim every day, especially during wet weather, when your ears don’t dry out completely. (This brand is a great deal at the 99 Cents store–you mix it with rubbing alcohol, and squirt it in after swimming.) However, the label just says, “Roach & Ant Killer”–and has a picture of a cockroach–so it looks weird to the casual onlooker. > > Anyway, if you swim a lot, don’t waste your money on those products at Walgreen’s, CVS, etc. that are labeled for “swimmer’s ear”–use Pic, Roach and Ant Killer! Yes, but this doesn’t make **Morbo’s** answer any less true… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608.md?page=1)