  The mixing parameters of sterile neutrino(s) preferred by the MiniBooNE and
LNSD experiments are in strong tension with the exclusion limit from the
IceCube experiment. Recently it has been claimed that by considering the
non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) in addition to the sterile neutrino,
the IceCube's limit can be relaxed and the tension can be reconciled; a baroque
scenario as it has been called. We will show that this claim is just an
artifact originating from the energy cuts of the chosen datasets. Contrary to
the claim, by turning on the NSI and fixing the NSI parameters to the proposed
values, not only the IceCube's limit on sterile neutrino cannot be alleviated,
but in fact the tension will be aggravated. The reconciliation, more
appropriately, can be called surreal.
