The Louis Pasteur of Junkiedom ([info]calamityjon) wrote,
@ 2008-07-25 08:09:00
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All right, question: What do you think came first, Parmesans cheese in a green cylindrical cardboard container or Comet abrasive bleach cleanser in a green cylindrical cardboard container?

Followup question: Who was the asshole who came up with that one? Seriously, who laid down the law that all flaky white substances which you can buy in a supermarket have to be sold in green cardboard cylindrical containers, whether it's a delicious dehydrated cheese product for sprinkling over spaghetti and meatballs or an abrasive bleach poison that will totally kill you if it is sprinkled over spaghetti and meatballs.

Remember how they used to have premade pancake batter you could buy in the dairy section? They didn't put that in a gray jug with a red cap and call it "Liquid Batt'r" or anything, there was no rule that all viscous liquids sold in a supermarket had to be in a charcoal gray jug with a red cap, whether it was delicious embryonic pancake fluid or highly acidic drain cleaner.

Anyway, I'm gonna find this guy. We got words.


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[info]oilyrags
2008-07-25 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Having tasted the green cylinder cheese dust, I'm not completely convinced these are seperate products.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-07-25 03:25 pm UTC (link)
Do a side-by-side taste comparison and let me know how it works out.

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[info]oilyrags
2008-07-25 03:49 pm UTC (link)
An intriguing proposal, but perhaps cleaning my sink should come first.

Plus, I only eat cleaning powder that comes in tiny paper envelopes with delivery pizza.

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[info]jodycody
2008-07-25 03:55 pm UTC (link)
Ain't there like a three inch size differential?

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[info]rhino777
2008-07-25 03:59 pm UTC (link)
hardest three inches you ever had

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[info]calamityjon
2008-07-25 04:04 pm UTC (link)
Are you ... are you coming on to me?

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[info]rxgreene
2008-07-25 03:59 pm UTC (link)
I'm sorry you ruined you pasta. Or cheesed your sink.

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[info]onalark
2008-07-25 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Truth in advertising, ol' chap! That's why I don't buy the stuff.

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[info]tmbgcat
2008-07-25 04:36 pm UTC (link)
I know a guy who almost died over that confusion, seriously.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-07-25 06:19 pm UTC (link)
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE!

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[info]steverolston
2008-07-25 05:32 pm UTC (link)
I believe they both switched to that packaging during the Green Cylindrical Cardboard Container Surplus of '72. Other products tried to cash in on the discounted containers with less success; see articles on Cocaine, Anthrax and Re-purposed Dandruff.

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[info]blackbyrd2
2008-07-25 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Pringles was smart enough to recolor the tubes, but if you scrape them, you'll see the same Green Tubes o Death underneath, along with the tape where they bound one and a third tubes together to make it look like a longer tube.

I think they also bought all the Re-Purposed Dandruff to make the 'chips'.

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[info]prof_vencire
2008-07-25 06:57 pm UTC (link)
Have you tried Batter Blasters? The pancake batter that comes in a spray-can?

I would not have believed it, but they're... they're pretty good. Better than out of a box pancakes. In fact, they're darned good. Versatile, too, any thickness you want. DELICIOUS AND FAST. Really.

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[info]pootrootbeer
2008-07-25 11:29 pm UTC (link)

Dear Penthouse Forum...

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[info]ad1066
2008-07-26 12:53 pm UTC (link)
Just another product in the "Gene Pool Chlorine Bleach" line.

-- Ben

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