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One thing to consider when judging couples for having expensive items on their registry is that a lot of stores give a one-time discount after the wedding date on items that remain in the registry. When I got married, my husband and I registered for an expensive dining room table and chairs, not with any expectation that we would receive it from our guests but so that we could use our own money to buy it with a bit of a discount thrown in there.

I'm a microbiologist working in a children's hospital and I often tend to forget my audience and discuss bacteria, fecal cultures, etc. I've learned to tone it down a bit, but the truth of the matter is that this is my job and at meal times at work we routinely discuss these topics without a second thought. Most of my friends and family have gotten used to it but I'm much more careful around strangers and friends' new beaus. My husband used to tease me that a meal with me wasn't complete without the mention of the "P-word", his euphemism for placenta.

You could always turn the cookbooks on their sides as well....still looks good and easier to read the title :-)

Why would rain barrels be illegal? It seems odd to me that something that saves such a precious resources like water would be illegal.

Buy Mcgee & Stuckey's The Bountiful Container. Hands down the best resource for those looking to start a container garden!

They remind me of the gloves that I use at work (in a microbiology lab) to remove items from a -70C freezer so unfortunately I can't see using them any time soon.
I'd constantly be thinking of food-borne illnesses... :-)

@ a.hidden.bird
A lot of people who don't like cilantro may have genetics to blame for that. There's a percentage of people who don't like cilantro because it tastes soapy to them and it's purely due to a genetic difference in the taste buds. Thankfully I am not one of these people. Salsa wouldn't be the same for me without it!

That being said, I absolutely cannot stand gin. To me it will always taste like I am drinking a Christmas tree no matter what it's mixed with. Mushrooms and olives are also certainly on my list. For mushrooms, it's because to me they often taste like dirt and olives, well I can't explain that one. I like salty things so I feel like I should like olives but the flavor just doesn't do it for me.