Monday, December 21, 2009

Is it Normal for your Husband to try to Poison you?

Today, I got done exercising and reached for a glass of water that was sitting on the counter. Or so I thought. Clear liquid in our clear water-drinking glasses. Took a swig. WHAT IN THE HECK WAS THAT??? Spit out the most disgusting, strong, BURNING, definitely-NOT-supposed-to-be-in-your-mouth-stuff right out on the floor. After rinsing my mouth out in the sink until I was sure I wasn't going to die but maybe just go blind, I called Matt at work. Here's how it went:

"Hello?"
"So, are you trying to kill me??"
"Why? What?"
"What did you leave in a glass on the counter?"
"Ooooh... Did you drink that?"
"What was it?!"
"Rubbing alcohol. Remember when I was cleaning that thing?"
"So you put it in a drinking glass?"
"I didn't think you'd drink it. Sorry. I thought you'd smell it."

Do any of you smell your water before you drink it?

Although I'm not mad at him, I will be checking to see if my brakes have been cut before I drive anywhere. (and sniffing my water from now on)

On the plus side, it reinforced my bafflement at how anyone can drink alcohol. Yes, it's not near that strong and has other flavors going on, but to put any quantity of that stuff in your mouth and body has to be a death wish. It felt like it wanted to kill me. Basically, you drink, you're dumb, I'm just sayin'.

Last minute present idea: A promise to your spouse that you will never put cleaning products in a drinking glass, leave it out, and not tell anybody about it. A guaranteed hit.

3 comments:

Tracy said...

Ha ha ha ha! That is too funny. As soon as I saw the title I knew I could sypathize. Jared has been planning my "accidental" death for a while now. I hope he doesn't read this post, he really doesn't need any more ideas! :)

I agree, could you really imagine swallowing that...and liking it??? Crazy!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!

Nick said...

I think you and Katie need to have a discussion and figure out why you eat/drink things that are just sitting around and don't know how they got there.

katie ellis said...

Julia, that's funny.