# Breakfasts gone horribly wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729 "2009-07-30T00:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/21 "2009-07-30T19:46:26Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > When visited my parents one time I grabbed a random box of cereal, dumped it into a bowl and poured music over it. You poured **music** over it? You sure that was not a box of shrooms? ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/22 "2009-07-30T19:55:15Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > When visited my parents one time I grabbed a random box of cereal, dumped it into a bowl and poured \*\*music \*\*over it. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/23 "2009-07-30T20:09:43Z")
And you all thought ā€œSnap, crackle and popā€ was just a marketing phrase! Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s a word-size typo for ā€˜milk.ā€™ I type whole words I donā€™t mean to, all the time. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/24 "2009-07-30T20:13:32Z")
> [@Mooch](#): > > You poured **music** over it? You sure that was not a box of shrooms? :smack:Milk! dammit Milk! Stupid freakin commercials blathering while Iā€™m trying to type. my fingers get confused who to listen too I guess. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/25 "2009-07-30T20:20:51Z")
That was one of the most entertaining typos Iā€™ve seen in a while. šŸ™‚ Orange juice and frosted flakes isnā€™t that bad. My uncleā€™s ex-wife looked at me funny when I asked her for some milk to be served with my cereal. She would either eat cereal dry or with milk. ---
**Author:** ![SmashTheState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/26 "2009-07-30T20:32:57Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > What is really bad is when I put things back. Iā€™ve found milk cartons where I keep the bread, Iā€™ve found coffee cups in the fridge instead of the sink, and Iā€™ve found cereal containers in the fridge more times then I could count. I once unpacked pork hearts in the cupboard without thinking. Over the next two weeks the smell got worse and worse and no one in the house (there were three of us) said anything because we all assumed someone had really bad BO and we didnā€™t want to cause a, ahem, stink by bringing it up. It was only after hundreds of flies finally made their escape from the plastic packaging that we engaged in a search and destroy for the source of the rotting flesh stench in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/27 "2009-07-30T20:52:30Z")
You purchase pork hearts ā€¦ _in bulk?_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/28 "2009-07-30T21:03:47Z")
When I was about 5 years old, I really wanted some cherry kool aid. Our summer cottage did not have potable water in the faucets, we had a 5 gallon tank in the kitchen and filled a pitcher we kept in the fridge. I made the koolaid and put the pitcher back in the fridge. About an hour later my mom woke up and made coffee, with the pitcher from the fridge. She was still mostly asleep and was apparently on autopilot ā€¦ Cherry and coffee is apparently _very_ nasty in combination, if one is expecting black plain coffee ā€¦ She stopped making coffee on autopilot after that šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/29 "2009-07-30T21:23:16Z")
Babysitting 3 yr old nephew, gave him corn flakes with sugar for breakfast. Went to use bathroom. Nephew wants more sugar and pours a bunch more on. I come back and notice he wonā€™t touch his cereal and I make him eat it. First bite he vomits. I taste the cereal. He had poured a whole bunch of salt in it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/30 "2009-07-30T21:29:08Z")
I do the putting stuff back in the wrong place too. About a week ago I went to get some frozen food out of the freezer for dinner and noticed I had put the cereal box in there. Now I can understand putting the box in the fridge along with the milk but I must have been on super auto-pilot to have put the box in the freezer. Also really cold banana nut cheerios are a nice treat when it is hot out like it has been here lately. ---
**Author:** ![SmashTheState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SmashTheState](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmashTheState)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/31 "2009-07-30T21:38:51Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > You purchase pork hearts ā€¦ _in bulk?_ :eek: Not any more. Iā€™ve been vegetarian for a decade or so. When I did eat dead animals, I loved organ meats: heart, kidney, liver, pancreas, tongue, gizzard, theyā€™re the tastiest (and most nutritious) part of the animal. And I refused to eat any of that disgusting supermarket sausage in edible plastic casing. Real sausage comes packed in intestine, and yes, it does make a very large difference in taste. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/32 "2009-07-30T21:40:29Z")
Not food, but the Reepicheep household is still trying to figure out how the DVD for Godfather II and the DVD player remote ended up in the refrig. It has been a mystery for over 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/33 "2009-07-30T21:51:18Z")
Making dinner on auto-pilot, I mistook the giant bag of baking soda for the small box of cornstarch. It took me awhile to figure out why my sauce wasnā€™t thickening up. Yeah, you really canā€™t fix a sauce made with baking soda. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/34 "2009-07-30T21:53:23Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > Not food, but the Reepicheep household is still trying to figure out how the DVD for Godfather II and the DVD player remote ended up in the refrig. It has been a mystery for over 12 years. We have several of these, including How My Momā€™s Cigarettes Ended up in the Fridge, and How My Husbandā€™s Deoderant Ended up in the Pantry. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/35 "2009-07-30T22:10:08Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Really? That \*sounds \*good, but Iā€™ll take your word for it. > Orange Juice on Cheerios is just awful. I didnā€™t even realize Iā€™d done it till I took a bite. :smack: Oh, God. My dad does this. All the time. On purpose! The first time I walked into the kitchen when I was a kid and saw him doing that, I thought heā€™d cracked and gone around the bend. The worst part is, he doesnā€™t like crunchy cereal. So he pours the OJ over his bran flakes or whatever, pats everything down thoroughly with his spoon like he just planted tulip bulbs ā€¦ and then wanders off. Leaves that stuff to sit for five or ten minutes until itā€™s good and soaked. Absolute mush. Then he digs in. And STILL no barfy-smiley! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/36 "2009-07-30T22:30:13Z")
A warning: If youā€™ve been cooking sausage on your electric griddle and want to get some of that sausagey goodness into your scrambled eggs, do yourself a favor: take a piece of aluminum foil or something and plug up the drain hole so that your eggs donā€™t decide to go straight into the grease trap. Youā€™re welcome. And, Iā€™d like to go on record as saying that someone ā€œpoured music on itā€ should become the official SDMB replacement for various ā€œmade of winā€ constructions. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/37 "2009-07-30T22:45:42Z")
Yep, I LOVE the ā€œpouring musicā€ thing. šŸ™‚ Oh, and coffee made with water with sodium bicarb in it is pretty damn strange and undrinkable too. :eek: I blame my brother for that one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/38 "2009-07-30T23:41:01Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > You purchase pork hearts ā€¦ _in bulk?_ :eek: Wellā€¦if you _must_ know, itā€™s all to do with some experiments heā€™s running down in the basement. They were on sale, but he couldnā€™t use them right away because his Van de Graaf generator need tuning up, and I think Iā€™ve said too much already. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/39 "2009-07-30T23:44:49Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > Not food, but the Reepicheep household is still trying to figure out how the DVD for Godfather II and the DVD player remote ended up in the refrig. It has been a mystery for over 12 years. Evidently you donā€™t have a horse. Don Corleone had to get the message across to you _somehow_. Even if it seems they didnā€™t succeed. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729/40 "2009-07-31T03:55:20Z")
I once cleaned the coffeepot with vinegar, then made a pot of coffee. Sour coffee is nasty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfasts-gone-horribly-wrong/504729.md?page=3)