Hi all;
Nothing like being unable to go to bed last night-
I had just gotten refreshed, my PJ's on- and came out of the bathroom to see this piss yellow river going across my kitchen.
Yes, my house has always leaned a little to the east. hehehe
Punk was over in the LR on her rug, just watching this crap turn to a stinkin' little puddle.
Since both animals were in the house, I assumed one of them had peed, although that has NEVER happened before.
I grabbed a paper towel, mopped a bit of it up, and gingerly took a sniff. (There is a distinct difference between cat piss and dog pee).
But the smell was neither. It was "off" somehow- A bit of a rancid smell, combined with something terribly spoiled .
Following it 'upstream', it was coming out of my cupboard! ?!?!
A raccoon?!? Something else?
Afraid to open the cupboard door lest something come out and bite me, I hit the door a few times to make a LOUD noise- (Sure to startle any pissin' thing in there).
Nothing moved.
By this time, Punk was ready to do battle- She picks up my emotions so very well-
She stood guard (behind me). hehehe Sputty had been woken too; thinking my loud knocks were company- He went over to the door; sat and waited.
Slowly, slowly, slowly I opened that door...
It peed in my cupboard!!!
Very, VERY s--l--o--w--l--y...
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It peed in my cupboard!!!
This is a lost onion peel that I hadn't bothered to pick up from earlier in the day. Look how blackened it is-
And, no, it didn't take me that long to change, & brush my teeth and hair.
What causes this to happen?
What causes this to happen?
And what, pray tell, can happen to us as we inhaled the fumes, (which were nasty to say the least).
In advance I thank you for letting me know... (Um- You DO know, don't you)?!?
Although I am very thankful that I can still boast that my animals have not had any accidents, I have never ever had this happen before.
I must vamoose for now!
XOXO
Me
XOXO
Me
Lmao hehehehehe to funny
ReplyDeleteWay to start a great morning :S Thanks for being you and sharing your adventures. Much love and gratitude!
ReplyDeleteYou can tell by the dome on top of the can the poor thing was dying for one.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it is a reminder to all, not to take the wee wee out of the sell by date. lol
http://www.livestrong.com/article/432937-what-should-you-do-with-a-can-of-food-that-is-bulging-out/
ReplyDeleteWell...lol...you know...every now and then "OJ" will go bad.
ReplyDeleteAnne... from what I have read about some "medicinal" uses for onions, they absorb airborne bacteria that causes sickness. Many people have used onion to help prevent the flu. They will peel the outer skin and just leave it in an open bowl in the room and it does its work silently. Some people say they cut the end off and place it on a small plate at the bedside of someone who either has the flu or pneumonia and it will absorb the bacteria that makes you sick. The onion will actually turn black if there is a lot of sickness.
I read where one man believed in doing this because he knew it worked. He said there was a lot of flu going around and he always put an onion in the room where his office workers were. They never got sick. Some of them even had family members at home who had the flu. But they themselves never got sick. Then some Lab guy heard about it and asked to take one of the onions when it was time to dispose of it so he could analyze it and check out that theory. Sure enough, he reported that the onion was filled with the little flu buggers and other bacterial things that people get sick with.
Oh....and because onions have a tendency to grab these viruses and things, its best to never eat an onion that has been cut and has sat around for awhile. (Not even one that was stored in the fridge)
Onions are good to have around. But that can of OJ was just doomed.
http://www.foodborneillness.com/botulism_food_poisoning/
ReplyDeleteLooks like the OJ died and burst the can. Good thing it just oozed out of the can instead of exploding and scaring the bejibbers out of you. Glad Punk was ready to take care of your battle for you. She's such a gift to you.
ReplyDeleteoxox,
foreveryoursnotballsister
Hope you read the link about botulism. It's a deadly toxin which even a sniff of can paralize your breathing of, and result in death. It's what causes cans to bulge.
ReplyDeleteGlad all was ok and no animals got in your house to urinate on your floor lol....
ReplyDeleteAt least you have tomato juice in case it was a skunk and it sprayed you He he he he....
Mysterious, bad smelling leaks I don't like and drives me crazy when I can't figure out where it came from....
Back in late '60's botulism infected bulging cans of cream of (the french word for potato) vishiswahz soup got out into the public and killed a whole lot of folks. That's why I remembered it. They said that if you ever open a can and stuff squrts OUT, that means there was no vaccuum in the can and pressure had built up. That is where botulism grows. They said just to sniff it could cost you your life, and it did, quite a few people. Ok, maybe this was a different bacteria, but it was some bactertia and you probably should check the date on the can, or just to be safe, call the local health dept with the brand and information. Botulism is a bad way out. (Check out symptoms on web if doubtful.) Meanwhile, I gotta open up the windows every day to let a new batch of flies OUT of the house, and can't figure out where they're pupating! Argh!
ReplyDeleteback in late '60's botulism infected bulging cans of cream of (the french word for potato) vishiswahz soup got out into the public and killed a whole lot of folks. That's why I remembered it. They said that if you ever open a can and stuff squrts OUT, that means there was no vaccuum in the can and pressure had built up. That is where botulism grows. They said just to sniff it could cost you your life, and it did, quite a few people. Ok, maybe this was a different bacteria, but it was some bactertia and you probably should check the date on the can, or just to be safe, call the local health dept with the brand and information. Botulism is a bad way out. (Check out symptoms on web if doubtful.) Meanwhile, I gotta open up the windows every day to let a new batch of flies OUT of the house, and can't figure out where they're pupating! Argh!
ReplyDeleteBuddhism is an acute neurologic disorder that causes potentially life-threatening neuroparalysis due to a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. The toxin binds irreversibly to the presynaptic membranes of peripheral neuromuscular and autonomic nerve junctions. Toxin binding blocks acetylcholine release, resulting in weakness, flaccid paralysis, and, often, respiratory arrest. Cure occurs following sprouting of new nerve terminals.
ReplyDeleteI wish you would not put stuff like this out here where just anyone can answer are scare the crap out of you with unresearched stuff.
ReplyDelete1) Botulism is KILLED IN ACID. Orange juice is highly acidic.
2) a can bulges because of a build up of gas. In the case of your OJ is it likely the can had enough air in it to allow the natural yeast to have a party.
3) never keep anything past the expiration dates.
4) seriously canned OJ from concentrate? Why not just eat the tin can?
5) Punk would never piddle OJ. Sputty might.
6) onion skins turn dark in the presence of acids. See number 1
7)go clean your cupboards and hug your puppy.
Not quite as bad as the 'poppy seed incident' but close.. So your old onion peels smell and your orange juice exploded. All in a days work..
ReplyDeletelove u,
k
All good stuff to know.
ReplyDeleteHon, plenty of peeps have told you to read the sell-by/pull-dates, so I won't bother. However, I will say this:
ReplyDelete1. Canned *anything* is bad for you.
2. Farmer's market grapefruit are cheap. So is a food processor. Make your own (trust me, it's not that hard)
3. Benefits: You'll feel better - and nothing will piss on your floor....
lol....thought I was the only one to have things "explode" on her..lol well glad yours leaked before exploding.
ReplyDeletenothing like having to clean when you are ready to go beddy bye.
Heidi!
ReplyDeleteGeez, quit laughing at me; I thought you were my friend!!!
In all honesty, I [can] laugh now too. But gawd, I was SOOOOOOOOOOOO freakin' tired, and pissed,
and... more than a little freaked by it too..
Hi Mary; (And to let you know that I miss you too).
ReplyDelete"Adventure" sure is right! Never a dull moment. hehehe
It was so late though- Technically it was morning, so no harm, no foul. hehehe
Bill!
ReplyDeleteThe can was on the bottom shelf [floor]- and wa-a-a-a-a-a-ay in the back in the cupboard...
I promise, "no wee-wee no more" !!! hehehe
PS
I am so happy when I see you are playin' around online every now and then!!!
Mr;
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of your links- I have learned much tonight. But why is it that the first ad that appeared in your links (well, the 1st I saw) said, "Food Storage For Dummies"?!
Truly, I laughed aloud.
I wasn't sure whether I was doubled over from laughing or from trying not to slap you! hehehe
PeachieBaby!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the onion itself, but a vagrant peel that had fallen off my cutting board- that I hadn't felt like bending over to rescue for the junk pile out back. (OK, it's not junk- it's all the compost stuff).
I think that's a very cool thought to keep an open onion- I always hang my garlic out too- Maybe now I will add a peeled/cut onion to that mix!
I keep already-cut-open onions in the fridge and eat them all the time-
But, I do have them wrapped tightly in a sandwich bag too.
As far as cooking main meals etc, I am a firm believer that one can never add too much onion to a recipe. (And no one has ever said that there was too much onion either).
Snotball;
ReplyDeleteOdd it was that I *knew* I had a flipper can... somewhere in the cupboards...
I could hear it pop every now and then, but I could never find it.
('Til it peed that is).
Me and my emphysema too- I held my breath for a long time when I had my face down there!
I would die fast if I didn't have my Punk.
Mr.
ReplyDeleteI read about it- and I remember too all the scary things about canned goods when I was growing up- way back when? hehehe
True story now---
I have my WI Restaurant Managers license, and am more than aware of so many foodborne illnesses. (Scary thought, right)? hehehe
But not really- When I explain after I am done replying you may understand why I couldn't find it.
er, I hope anyway...
Susan;
ReplyDeleteYou can't even begin to guess what animals went through my mind! OMG, I thought raccoon, oppossum, a feral cat, on and on and on- just as fast as my little neurons could fire...
I only noticed the leak as I came from the bathroom- And given the fact that I hadn't stepped in it on my way there, I don't think it was there- then. <<--- Either that, or I am striding better than I think I am!
Seriously, doesn't anyone else remember the incident, circa 1970 or so, when dozens of people were sickened and many died from a bad batch of Campbells (or somebodies) "Cream of Vichyssoise"?
ReplyDeleteMr;
ReplyDelete"Vicchy"... I think that's how it begins, but man, that's a doozy word. (And I think it ends with 'ssoise' but now I am more "cOrnf00Zed" than ever)!
I don't remember ever eating canned soup- and especially "cold potato soup" which i have never even tried, save for when we were sick, which was very rare.
In that event, Mama always had a can -or three- of Campbell's Chicken Noodle laying around. Otherwise all of our soups were homemade.
I am laughing at your fly s'h'ituation-
I only have one fly in my house, but he is The Phoenix himself.
I kill him, (or Punk does). And we either place him in the garbage, or flush him.
Just a few minutes later he comes right back to life and is buzzing in some other part of the house.
¿¡¿¡[What's THAT all about]?!?! ;-)))
Mr;
ReplyDeleteI didn't eat it.
As I have already outlived my doctors earliest dire predictions on my disease, I am already ahead of the game. hehehe
I just can't think about croaking tomorrow- Or, more specifically, tomorrow night.
(The longest incubation period for botulism being 72 hours).
Nerve terminals? I don't want any more of them!!!
See, the ones I have - 3 of them in my back anyway- are responsible for my ongoing and quite severe pain.
Since I have no new fractures for a few months, the only explanation now is that the nerves have grown into my 'new' bone; (or better, as they healed my bones have grown around the nerves).
All I know for sure is that they hurt like Billy Hell.
oh, I see we're both at work here clarifying things at the same time: 3:30 A.M. Friday morning. This time I used spell-check and think I spelled potato soup right. Also, I'm pretty sure the brand wasn't Campbell's, but have no idea what it was. The actual brand is probably long gone and I'm really not even sure it was ever even available in this area.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, during my 'clarification' process, which involved reading all of your newly added comments, I made some changes of my own.
Now one sentence in particular begins with the word "Buddhism", which I'm not quite sure is at all quite right.
(I don't even quite recall us discussing Buddhism prior to that.)
I also think that that's at least one (and possibly two) too many "quite"'s, but still the right amount of "that"'s and even "right"'s. I think.
p.s. - Did you find the Buddha yet?
Pea;
ReplyDeleteBut that is WHY I put it out there.
Since this is an entirely new experience for me, I had no idea what it could have been that I was smelling- (And if I could smell it, then I was inhaling it too).
OJ has yeast in it? That's gross.
"Punk"- Sometimes I feel so bad for Punk waiting on me to let her out- (Those entrance steps are killers on my back to go down/up). But she has always done just that, wait. (And she had been out just an hour before that)...
And I always hug and love my pup.
"Twat the Cat"- Sputty has not done that yet, but I remember that Amos would poo when he was really really pissed about something or another. (Twice he was that upset, and I could have wrung his neck)!
I think I learned when I took my state licensing test that it is a fallacy botulism is killed in an acid base. Otherwise, no tomato product would ever grow those spores.
When I was a kid, I can remember a can of spaghetti o's we had that Mama had to throw out, or cook (boil) for 15 minutes.
No one wanted it then. hehehe
I shall address your # 4 shortly...
ReplyDeleteSissyKrissiePoo;
You made me smile out loud!
I miss you you know. Come and see me?
Will;
ReplyDeleteYou rock! And once again I smiled out loud!
I do need one of those all in one "Oooooosterizer" machines. (That's what Pa would call them). hehehe
I am so far behind the times that I still have a squeater for cryin' out loud.
I live in Wisconsin Silly Man- There is no such thing as grapefruit- fresh or otherwise- at the farmers markets.
Denise;
ReplyDeleteOh finally, someone else who has had this happen to them! YAY!
And here I thought I was the only one.
I swear that strong bleach smell was worse than the 'piss on the floor'. Just try and fall asleep while your house smells like a swimming pool.
(I don't think it was the normal 8-1 mix either as i was more than a bit concerned about this happening).
I have missed you too! Will have to go check your site shortly-
I sware I never saw that one! (Is that how you spell "sware"? (It looks funny)
ReplyDeleteI don't remember that incident specifically, but I do remember the problems so many had with their canned stuff.
ReplyDeleteActually that- stories of- botulism were where I first learned of such things.
We get so used to the idea that [it seems] every little malady is medically treatable. Such is not the case...
We would get the local paper from one of my aunts; she would bring them as they began to pile up at her house. I also remember Mom saying all kinds of stuff about canned goods (not much of it good).
Still she did can. She always canned the blackberries that Dad picked brought home- And she would also can our pears; and make grape juice.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rest I do myself, but lordy I miss those blackberries.
I promise to come back and write 'why' this happened, but for now my backside is very sore and I must go move about.
ReplyDeleteA nap wouldn't be thinking too much either. hehehe
Love to all!
XOXO
Me
I am sorry.... I tried to ignore it politely... But I am STILL cracking up over this.
ReplyDelete"swear"
ReplyDeleteNow off you go to "rite" it "write" 500 [numbered] times. hehehe
XOXO
Me
Never mind-
ReplyDeletesware
I'll give you a pass on it- this time, figuring that since "you" are over 50, you are considered 'archaic' too.
XOXO
Me
Pea
ReplyDeletePolite my ass- It's hysterical!
OMG!!!!
(er I mean Buddha).
I read right over that one!
(I do believe that one's going to win the coveted 'typo of the year' award).
XOXO
Me
Damn.
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm wr- wr- wr--(well YOU know) !
Just that now I must open another window and read even more...
XOXO
Me aka "Lazy" (today)
Not wrong just misremembering.
ReplyDeleteAt least I'm not archaic.
ReplyDeleteor arachnid....
ReplyDeleteOMG not the dreaded Texus Pee did you wear any Hazchem PPE clothing Anna
ReplyDelete" There is a distinct difference between cat pee and dog pee" Is there what,
Before Gunny died Anna Whaaaaaaaa :=(
Sorry, sniff, sniff I got emotional then, sniff, sniff
He did a sit-job on my side of the bed that bugger ( On the Floor mate )
I am going away for a holiday with Julie, on the 25 Sept - 4 Oct Anna for a break from my long term break ( Retirement )
http://www.visitgoldcoast.com/ This is where Julie and I meet up, I was in the Army then, I knew I should have volenteered for gaurd duty that night LMBO
Anna take a close look-see and look at what has Gunnys intrest mate
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
ReplyDeleteI can't make it bigger so I can't see it... ;-(
Do have a "wunnaful" time on your vacation !!!
(And don't forget the camera)!
XOXO
Me
It's OK Anna the originals are going up any time now OK
ReplyDeleteI definetly will not forget the camera Anna it's outside on a tri-pod at the moment.
We will be staying here http://www.visitgoldcoast.com/places-to-see/surfers-paradise/accommodation/mantra-sun-city/
Very cool Mr Lester-
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see them!
As for your resort, I only have one little phrase: OMG!
Have a grand time!
XOXO
Me