Yeah. Good Times.: The funniest thing I've seen all week AND more about how dumb I am because you guys like that kind of thing

xmlns:og='http://ogp.me/ns#' Yeah. Good Times.: The funniest thing I've seen all week AND more about how dumb I am because you guys like that kind of thing

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The funniest thing I've seen all week AND more about how dumb I am because you guys like that kind of thing

First things first:

GERMAN KITTY WATERMELON!!!

DIES IST MEINE WASSERMELONE! LASSEN SIE MEINEN ALLEIN WASSERMELONE!

Apparently there was a study about Triclosan, the active ingredient in things that are anti-bacterial, which said something like it gets into your muscles and makes those muscles not work anymore. I don't know, I'm hazy on the specifics. So, hubs sent me to the store to get new soap that would replace everything in our house that is anti-bacterial. (Hey, wouldn't it be great if there was some kind of... oh I don't know... regulation? Which made it so the products we purchase were safe to use and wouldn't cause our muscles to totally degenerate until we're dead and we wouldn't have to throw out everything we had already purchased and go buy brand new stuff? Wouldn't that be awesome? [Oh my god, she used the word "regulation" !!! BUUUUUUURN HER!!!])

So, I'm at Target (of course) and I'm browsing their soap products, and I pick up one and start to read the ingredients to see if there's any triclosan in it. Now... I have really bad eyes; my vision is just complete shit, so I'm standing there in the aisle, squinting my ass off, and I shit you not, I spent at least FIVE MINUTES reading all the ingredients in this product, looking for triclosan. See those small capital lettered words there right above the bar code and after the word "ingredients"? Those are the ones I read. Squinting. In the aisle. Took me five minutes to get through them.....

I looked much like this, I would assume:

The good news is that I found out later there's no triclosan in this particular product.

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middlechild · 658 weeks ago

All I know about all the anti-bactiriel stuff is that you body doesn't get the chance to develope it's own immunity. Not good. Better to get dirty once in awhile.

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Michelle McCulloch · 658 weeks ago

psst - maybe it's time for glasses. *whispered very very quietly*

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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

WHAT? I can't hear you... WHAT??

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Mango's mum · 658 weeks ago

hahahaha - I NEVER wear my glasses when I'm shopping. I find it's much more like Russian Roulette that way - makes my boring life much more interesting when all the clerks curse and scatter when they see me knock over displays.

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XLMIC · 658 weeks ago

Just make sure you recycle the bottle for good karma. You probably missed that...bottom line...smaller than the ingredients. And definitely smaller than those first two words on that label. This is too fucking funny...and sounds surprisingly similar to something I'd do.
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flirtingwithnormal 27p · 658 weeks ago

All the cool kids are wearing glasses...just sayin' it might be time, especially since TRICLOSAN-FREE and SANS TRICLOSAN was in big capital letters.

And besides, squinting gives you wrinkles.

I find it's always good to mention vain stuff like that in my attempt to have everyone wear glasses - though it hasn't worked on my husband. He's still waiting for his arms to grow two feet longer, and for the miner's light to come sprouting out of his forehead so he won't need the damned reading glasses.
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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

Hubs gave me endless amounts of shit when I told him this story, he was particularly delighted to point out that "it's also in FRENCH!"

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psarrels 2p · 658 weeks ago

When triclosan mixes with water, it turns into chloroform or something similar. It's been banned in Europe. Good for you for banishing it...even if it took you a while to figure it out.

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confessionsfromhh6 43p · 658 weeks ago

Wait, that could be useful.....
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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

HAHA. Right??? We could use it on our enemies!

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@chemgirljaime · 658 weeks ago

is that stuff bad?
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littlebitquirky 53p · 658 weeks ago

Reading glasses, my dear. You need reading glasses.

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Eryn · 658 weeks ago

Oh for fuck's sake, something new to worry about.

#1: Triclosan
#2: The fact that Mrs Magoo here is on the road.

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Claire · 658 weeks ago

Get the reading glasses, then you'll be able to see more stuff to write about to make us laugh.
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dixieredmond 35p · 658 weeks ago

Life is an interesting routine with earing glasses. Special glasses for the computer. Which won't work for the iPad. Glasses off for looking at the smart phone. Glasses on, regular glasses, for driving and life. Glasses OFF for reading labels.

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@suburp · 658 weeks ago

it ist the bestest Katze in the WELT!
i had discovered german kitten this week also, maybe on the same tumblr ;}
and it is now my forever favourestest lol kitten.
that i am german might have something to do with it. or not.
shut up.x
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mayorgia 44p · 658 weeks ago

I want wassermelone!
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Mom2MissK 74p · 658 weeks ago

Not usually a fan of LOL-cats, but that one takes the cake! I actually DID LOL!
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cheneymeaghan 15p · 658 weeks ago

Hahaha!! Oh man, it's all in the details.
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@me_mumstheword · 658 weeks ago

I'm sorry to tell you that most toothpaste contains triclosan too. P.S. I love the cat!

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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

I know. He also sent me to Costco for toothpaste, but I didn't do anything stupid there ;)

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Mango's mum · 658 weeks ago

effin' hell - I had no idea - now I have no choice but to find my glasses so I can read the ingredients list.

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@Handflapper · 658 weeks ago

Anti-bacterial stuff is a crock of shit. SOAP is anti-bacterial, with or without triclosan.

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frknrica 13p · 658 weeks ago

I think I laughed harder at your drawing than I did at watermelon cat!

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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

:)

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Jen · 658 weeks ago

I'm glad you found the soap you were looking for!

Hah, German watermelon cat is making the rounds. It's funny every time ^^
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solodialogue 73p · 658 weeks ago

Kitty was funny - why do I think of Beethoven? Weird. Thanks to your bad eyesight, I now know about triclosen. As I only know that the Krabby patty formula must be guarded from Plankton, I thank you for bringing me this public service announcement. I feel shame and grown up at the same time.
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Stephi · 658 weeks ago

I'm wearing my glasses...and thanks to your wonderful story telling I was thinking "WTF - I can't read that shit"...and then I glanced at the whole picture...Thankfully I didn't try reading the ingredient list for more than like 15 seconds, but still....

Maybe we're long-lost hot blonde sisters...maybe?
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Patty · 658 weeks ago

Love this. I would totally do the same thing!
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confessionsfromhh6 43p · 658 weeks ago

So now not only do I have to find a damn soap without nuts or citrus, but without triclosan too?? Do they also sell snipes and unicorns?
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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

I don't know... I'll check the ingredients....

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Walt · 658 weeks ago

why are your arms growing out of your boobs?

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jillsmo 103p · 658 weeks ago

you mean... they're not... supposed to?

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amber · 565 weeks ago

All I know about all the anti-bactiriel things is that you whole body does not get the opportunity to grow it's own resistance. Not excellent. Better to get unclean once in some time.

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