# You'd think everyone would know about **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800 "2025-08-07T06:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/181 "2025-08-09T18:51:25Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > It doesn’t help that jars of pickled cucumbers don’t normality say that, just “pickles.” Lots of them _don’t_ say “pickles”; they say something like [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Great-Value-Hamburger-Dill-Chip-Pickles-32-fl-oz_73347a64-dcd5-4cc3-89f0-1d7bf1d87d0f.f9ba5df7aaabce64200426a5bd74cab2.jpeg?odnHeight=573&odnWidth=573&odnBg=FFFFFF) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Great-Value-Hamburger-Dill-Chip-Pickles-32-fl-oz_73347a64-dcd5-4cc3-89f0-1d7bf1d87d0f.f9ba5df7aaabce64200426a5bd74cab2.jpeg?odnHeight=573&odnWidth=573&odnBg=FFFFFF) or [![](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Claussen-Kosher-Dill-Pickle-Spears-24-fl-oz-Jar_dc387655-bd1c-43c8-9a4f-8f345ef2a1a9.c835cbdc44d4511b916c5e42c16addf3.jpeg?odnHeight=573&odnWidth=573&odnBg=FFFFFF) ](https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Claussen-Kosher-Dill-Pickle-Spears-24-fl-oz-Jar_dc387655-bd1c-43c8-9a4f-8f345ef2a1a9.c835cbdc44d4511b916c5e42c16addf3.jpeg?odnHeight=573&odnWidth=573&odnBg=FFFFFF) (And yes, I notice that the first picture has “pickles” in small print.) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/182 "2025-08-09T18:57:59Z")
Right, they don’t make it easy for someone sent to the store to pick up some pickles. What the heck are “Hamburger Dill Chips” or “Kosher Dill Spears”? ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/183 "2025-08-09T19:28:38Z")
Nobody should ever be sent to the store to pick up “pickles” not unless there’s a pre-existing understanding about the type. Do you want sweet, dill, bread and butter, half-sour? Chips, spears, whole, slices? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/184 "2025-08-09T19:37:06Z")
Yep. You might get _Giardineira._ (Always makes me think of a disease, 🤢 ) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/185 "2025-08-09T19:58:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > (Always makes me think of a disease, 🤢 ) Me too. It’s yummy stuff with an unfortunate name. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/186 "2025-08-09T21:16:26Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. That’s “…a _peck_ of pickled peppers.” /ocd ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/187 "2025-08-09T21:23:47Z")
My brain knew that. It even wondered how many pickles in a peck. But just try talking to my fingers… ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/188 "2025-08-09T21:25:47Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > how many pickles in a peck As everyone knows, a peck is 1/4 of a bushel. You can do the math. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/189 "2025-08-09T21:47:00Z")
I shoulda known that.😃 I been in a peck of trouble. How much is that? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/190 "2025-08-09T22:37:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I been in a peck of trouble. How much is that? A barrel and a heap? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/191 "2025-08-09T22:42:30Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > […] maybe it stuck on my flypaper brain because it is 10 days after **Independence Day (the holiday, not the movie).** > > [snip] > > My last day of work, on the other hand, was **Halloween.** [Bolding mine] (The holiday, not the movie) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/192 "2025-08-09T22:43:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I been in a peck of trouble. How much is that? Don’t know but I’ll peck away at the problem for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/193 "2025-08-09T22:48:39Z")
Huntin’ and peckin’ is tedious work Why do I think this will get naughty, soon? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/194 "2025-08-09T23:02:58Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > You can pickle all sorts of stuff, not just cucumbers. > > I mean, you can… but my kids (then 9 and 7) reaction to pickled boiled eggs with beetroot juice was: > > A) delight, (as they were making them with me) and then, when requested to eat them, > B) horror Try them on dilly beans. (Now I want some dilly beans.) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/195 "2025-08-10T00:11:16Z")
I’ve found if you don’t like a certain food, you’re likely not to like the pickled version. I’m not real fond of okra, prepared carefully I’ll do it. Pickled Okra is all kinda bad. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/196 "2025-08-10T00:32:28Z")
Nah. Regular okra is just ok, but pickled okra is delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/197 "2025-08-10T01:05:28Z")
Yep. See we all like different things. Ain’t that just an epiphany?😀 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/198 "2025-08-10T05:05:53Z")
I don’t like turnips, but the pink pickled turnip spears that come with my Lebanese shwarma are yummy. Detest cauliflower and not a fan of raw onion, but love them pickled. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/199 "2025-08-10T08:24:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I couldn’t have, but after reading this thread I’ll say it’s about a family of Okies named Joad who move to California. The only reason I know about it is because I saw the movie one night on late night tv. I saw thst Henry Fonda was in it and watched it because I like Fonda. No idea who Spaulding Grey was. I know Paul McCartney. 😉 I’ve heard of the Grateful Dead, but no idea what songs they play. Rest of the music people are mentioning, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800/200 "2025-08-10T12:42:55Z")
I’ve been carrying a pocket knife since I was ~10yo. Not a day goes by that I don’t use it. I discovered that my nephew/friend did not have one so I bought him one. My wife does not carry one, but she is not handy with tools, and I’m there so it works. We are in the middle of moving. A lot of the furniture was wrapped in blankets secured by tape. You could not tear this stuff. Neither of the movers had a knife, I had to come to their rescue. Really??? How often do you do this?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-everyone-would-know-about/1021800.md?page=11)