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It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Ever done this? I went to add a little bit of chocolate syrup to my iced coffee yesterday and instead of the syrup bottle, I grabbed the BBQ sauce bottle (Kraft) and started to add it to my glass. Luckily my 15yoDS was there, realized what I was doing, and said "Mom, What Are You Doing?" (In that tone that only teenagers have). (Now in my own defense, I had just come in from outside and had taken off the prescription sunglasses and not put on my regular glasses--and now we all know just how much I need those glasses!!!)
Yep, I had a step brother who forgot what he was eating once and was talking to a friend about dinner. He got the sour cream out, put it on his bowl, and left. It was only when he took a bite that he remembered he was eating dessert and he wanted whipped cream. We all laughed forever. And to this day he doesn't talk on the phone when making something to eat.
My mom has one of those olive-oil bottles with dishwashing liquid in it by the sink. The diswashing liquid was a sort of yellow color, and my brother put it on pasta, thinking it was olive oil.
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Ugh. This thread is turning my stomach. I've got an even grosser ewwwww for you. I was once at a party where someone was rubbing snuff and spitting it into a Pepsi can. I had set my drink next to his, and without looking, I grabbed the wrong can. After taking a swig , needless to say...I can't even drink Pepsi anymore, and I always make sure to sniff a can before taking a drink.
Not something I tasted, but one of my brothers had a girlfriend when we were teens. SHE put ketchup on everything. To the point that it annoyed us. We'd all go to McD's (where else should teens hang out?) and she'd always get a chocolate shake. One of us girls would ask her to go to the restroom to "freshen up" with us, and the others would put SO much ketchup in her shake, it'd be almost red. She always drank it!!
I've accidentally put salt in my coffee more than once at my in-laws' house. They don't have a sugar bowl and I keep mixing up the canisters. Haven't had that problem since I switched to Splenda.
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I once mixed the rest of my cinnamon that I had with what I thought was sugar. I butter my bread and sprinkle my mixture over the top cook it then bit into it and EWWW it was SALT!!! lol i almost died laughing. needless to say I was a little upset cause i couldnt make more I was out of cinnamon and didnt want to run to the store..
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I made a batch of cookies thinking the sugar was salt. Talk about nasty.
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I just saw this and got a big kick out of it. I've poured the wrong drink in my cup before and it's really weird how your tastebuds react to something that is unexpected, even if they like it.
I think I will also sniff the Pepsi cans from now on...
I can't recall anything off the top of my head, but I am sure I've done something like this. It did remind me of another occasion though, which is more sinister than an accident
I used to work at a private boys high school (the boys were either straight from the training school or adjudicated by the courts to be at this residential school). The school is run by the Christian Brothers. One day, the boys thought it would be funny to add every drop of hot sauce they could to the tomato soup - thinking it was going to the other residents and not the brothers. The soup was meant for the brothers and some unfortunate souls had quite the surprise. Fortunately, no one was harmed
Of course, none of the boys would fess up, but the culprit was soon discovered when he ran into the principal's office shortly after lunch. Apparently, he hadn't washed his hands and adjusted himself - as these boys often did. The burning sensation was so bad, he couldn't stand it and he turned himself in. The principal could hardly contain herself. The boy lost a weekend home and hot sauce has permanently been banned from the boys' dining room.
We were at a restaurant that served butter and ice cream in the same little stainless bowls. One of our friends grabbed the butter dish thinking it was his dessert... OMGoodness, I think we ALL shot our drinks out thru our noses...
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A seriously "eww" moment...
Luckily my 15yoDS was there, realized what I was doing, and said "Mom, What Are You Doing?" (In that tone that only teenagers have). (Now in my own defense, I had just come in from outside and had taken off the prescription sunglasses and not put on my regular glasses--and now we all know just how much I need those glasses!!!)
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I've got an even grosser ewwwww for you. I was once at a party where someone was rubbing snuff and spitting it into a Pepsi can. I had set my drink next to his, and without looking, I grabbed the wrong can. After taking a swig 
, needless to say...I can't even drink Pepsi anymore, and I always make sure to sniff a can before taking a drink.
Haven't had that problem since I switched to Splenda. 
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