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We have oil and vinegar coming in the same shape plastic bottles. Originally, vinegar had a red cap, sunflower oil a yellow one, and rapeseed oil a green one. Then some idiot decided to save 1/10 cent and gave vinegar the same green cap as the oil.

I had the large stainless steel pan heated up really hot, so that a few drops of water happily run around it on a steam cushion and evaporated quickly. And then I wanted to pour in a good helping of oil...

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In my teen ages, I once mixed up toothpaste and my father's denture glue, and been very careful with checking the tube ever since

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I once used a glue stick instead of chapstick. They were both on my desk.

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My sister put her socks on the TV and the remote in the hamper when she came home drunk and watched some TV before going to sleep.

I'm more of a "throwing away the good parts and put the peels and cuts in the pan" person.

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Deep Freeze cooling gel, Savlon Antiseptic Cream and Oral-B toothpaste all come in blue and white squeezy tubes, and all live on the same shelf in the bathroom.

You've got to ask yourself one question - "Do I feel lucky?"

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I've mixed up and put muscle pain relief cream on my face thinking it was sunscreen. Damn that burned around the eyes for a while even after washing and washing ...

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feddit.uk

Alpro soya cream and Alpro strawberry milk have very similar packaging. On a related note, courgette pasta with strawberry sauce is not nice.

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OK, relatable.

Except for one thing: the typical minty smell of toothpaste.

That's why I don't think this would happen to me.

Except with a stuffy nose I guess.

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Mine come in very different packages, but I still managed to nearly smear my face with toothpaste. Often.

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nord.pub

No. Liquid with breakfast cereals grosses me out (I puked a couple of times as a kid with milk and cereal, once very young and once around 7 or 8).

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Aztehreply
lemmy.world

Any particular reason for that? It seems to be quite the common choice for breakfast

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farmgineerreply
nord.pub

Puking twice was enough to turn me off. I liked them just fine dry.

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Aztehreply
lemmy.world

It could also be that they smeared toothpaste all over their face

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

This was actually touted as an acne remedy at one point. I tried it when I was a teenager, it does take care of the oil buildup and dry you out, but you also feel like you can taste mint with your forehead.

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sfxrlzreply
lemmy.world

I think there might be problems tastewise

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Mom: Don't eat toothpaste, you assheaded foulbrained cheeseeating sorry excuse for a child!
Kid: That's not toothpaste. It is face lotion, dumb mom!

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