Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences By PHILLIP MILANO Question So my girlfriend and I were wondering: Why do certain foods like Honey Smacks and asparagus make your urine smell funny? Tom, Jacksonville Replies An odoriferous compound is formed as a derivative during the breakdown of amino acids that occur in asparagus. Karen J., Ponte Vedra Beach Taking Mucinex for several days due to a cold …
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By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why do many all-night rave attendees suck on pacifiers? Demi, 42, Elk Grove, Calif. Replies At many raves, drugs are rampant. Ecstasy (or E, or X) causes people to grind their teeth, which can do damage to their mouths. The easiest way to avoid this is to suck on something. Sarah, St. John’s, Canada Some people …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: Workplace talk doesn’t sound sweet
By PHILLIP MILANO Question The male managers at my summer job referred to me and other girls working there as “sweetheart,” “honey,” “sugar,” “baby,” etc. This escalated to some of them leering, groping and making sexual comments. I quit because it got too crazy, and I’m too shy to mention it to them. Are most men who call a woman …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: Are the Japanese obsessed with being in the photo?
By PHILLIP MILANO I have been many places in the world. On several occasions, Japanese people have asked me to snap a picture of them. Be it at the Grand Canyon, Pompeii or Tulum, I am handed a camera and take a picture of them standing in front of the attraction. What is this obsession with self? John, 48, Cincinnati …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: You asked, so we need answers
By PHILLIP MILANO Remember folks, this is your column. We are merely the conduit through which you, and occasionally the experts who foolishly agree to talk to us, offer cross-cultural enlightenment. In that spirit, as our second year of Dare-to-Ask-mania draws to a close, we offer a few of the questions posed of late for which we seek more replies. …
Read More »DARE TO ASK: Potty training: A black and white issue?
By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why do white people potty train their kids so late, while black people train them earlier? Lynn, Memphis, Tenn. Replies Probably because more white women have the time to wipe their babies’ bottoms than many black women have the privilege to, between three jobs, rising out of poverty and generations of slavery. Daryl, 30, Asian, Texas …
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