# Random questions **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 2, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811 "2021-05-02T01:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1268 "2023-05-20T14:23:01Z")
Brits, possibly Canadians (not sure), help me understand something about yinz English. It seems that if a singular object is made up of many individual members (such as family, team, population), you treat the word as a plural word rather than a singular. For example, “My family are bloody insufferable,” rather than, “My family is freaking exhausting” as we yanks would say. Is this considered proper, or simply regionally accepted but improper? Because literally everything physical is matter, and thus plural in that regard, but it doesn’t seem to be used in THAT way. I am very confused by this. ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1269 "2023-05-20T16:10:24Z")
> [@JFG](#): > > I minced up some garlic tonight. How do I get the smell of garlic off my fingers? Eventually the skin cells on your fingers will die and be replaced. Then you’ll be good. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1270 "2023-05-20T16:17:43Z")
[https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-collective-nouns-eng](https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/quiz/jeu-quiz-sva-collective-nouns-eng) I got 7 outta 7, eh. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1271 "2023-05-20T16:27:37Z")
I did Google it after asking, and it the whole collective noun being treated as a plural thing is a thing in British English, but is wrong in American English. I do not like it, and it will never sound natural on Ted Lasso. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1272 "2023-05-20T19:25:19Z")
> [@NerdAlert](#): > > “My family is freaking exhausting and puts me on blast” ifyp? ---
**Author:** ![PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/patientzombie/32/391_2.png) [@PatientZombie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatientZombie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1273 "2023-05-20T22:16:27Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1274 "2023-05-22T16:10:42Z")
Animal. Vegetable, or Mineral? ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1275 "2023-05-23T22:54:52Z")
I excel at the Maths. And shop at the Wal\*Marts. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1276 "2023-05-26T02:46:04Z")
I got this kewpie Mayo from Costco. What should I try it on/in/with first? I don’t do bread or pasta or potatoes. Maybe deviled eggs or egg salad? Just eat it straight out of the jar? WWMFD? ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1277 "2023-05-26T02:51:22Z")
Keto BLT?? 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1278 "2023-05-26T02:56:20Z")
Actually not the worst idea. I love tomatoes, as my son pointed out so lovingly on his Mother’s Day poem worksheet. I don’t eat much bacon but happen to have a whole bunch of thick cut from Costco. Lettuce is gross, let’s be honest, but I could put it all on a low carb wrap and drown it with enough Mayo that it becomes merely a vessel. Sounds like I have my lunch plans for tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1279 "2023-05-26T03:01:02Z")
But I DO now have a hankering for deviled eggs so those will be happening in the near future. Maybe next weekend when the kids are in Cinci with my parents (my youngest son has an aversion to the smell of eggs, and making a dozen hard boiled eggs would make the whole house smell for several hours). ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1280 "2023-05-26T03:02:12Z")
Also it’s really unfair how much work goes into making deviled eggs considering how quickly they get eaten. Even when I’m the only one eating them! ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1281 "2023-05-26T03:02:31Z")
Especially when I’m the only one eating them… ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1282 "2023-05-26T14:13:20Z")
> [@NerdAlert](#): > > I got this kewpie Mayo from Costco. What should I try it on/in/with first? I don’t do bread or pasta or potatoes. Maybe deviled eggs or egg salad? Just eat it straight out of the jar? tunafish ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1283 "2023-05-26T14:16:47Z")
crab cakes some sort of salad dressing chicken salad cucumber salad topping for a burger… …or french fries artichoke dip of ask ao\_fan. She looooovvvveeesss mayo! ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1284 "2023-05-26T14:39:33Z")
Now I want deviled eggs and a BLT. I have no bacon. I will get some. It is totally not on my diet. I will have mine with Duke’s mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ajstudies/32/12532_2.png) [@Ajstudies](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Ajstudies)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1285 "2023-05-26T14:41:17Z")
I forgot my question. Oh yeah. How do I store my pink Halloween wig in case I have another costume that needs a pink wig some day? It is going in my new storage unit for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1286 "2023-05-26T15:33:03Z")
> [@Ajstudies](#): > > How do I store my pink Halloween wig in case I have another costume that needs a pink wig some day? Why not just wear it everyday? Better yet, ask this question in @NerdAlert’s terrible advice thread . . . ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/1287 "2023-05-26T15:34:09Z")
You nailed it with the wearing it everyday recommendation, so I have nothing to add there. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811.md?page=63) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811.md?page=65)