# Fireball Whiskey mini-bottles and toothpicks with dental floss **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267 "2019-11-11T00:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/61 "2020-05-08T04:26:14Z")
Fireball mini bottles have helped me get through this crisis while better managing my drinking. They taste more cinnamony than whiskey. They go great while watching concert vids on youtube. :cheers: ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/62 "2020-05-08T14:11:32Z")
I live in a smaller town with a pretty clear “edge”. I also cycle a lot and routinely get to see what beers are most popular amongst our rural folks by watching the highway ditches. You know what I see along the roads leaving town now that I never saw before? Latex gloves and masks. Lots of them. I think folks come into town to either work or go to the store and on the way home they throw the “contaminated” materials out the window. Fucking pigs. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/63 "2020-05-08T15:16:24Z")
People litter. Yeah, it sucks that our culture doesn’t do more to discourage this, but it’s not new. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/64 "2020-05-09T03:06:42Z")
Living next door to a convenience store means we get an abundance to trash that people simply cannot be arsed to dispose of correctly. Floss picks: Check. Mini bottles of all kinds: Check. Full sized bottles and cans: Check, check, check. Wrappers galore: Checkity-check-check. Double and triple check. Cigarette butts: Well, you get the idea. And there’s one item that I haven’t seen mentioned here yet. Cotton swabs. They seem popular for dumping hereabouts. Anybody else see those? I’ve cleaned all these up and more. This week’s haul included a used crack pipe, for example. Oh joy. I got to thinking, though, what I haven’t seen for a while is a Swisher Sweets wrapper. That’s a cigarillo brand, I believe. Somebody in our neighborhood used to buy these at the convenience store and enjoy them on their way home. For quite some time these wrappers used to appear daily on our sidewalk and grass. Hmm, maybe they moved away. Or maybe, the coffin nails started to affect their health. Somebody else used to park at our curb and toss out the hangers and security tags they’d removed from clothes they’d shoplifted. But who knows? Summer is coming and they might be back. Or maybe they’re spending time in the hoosegow. That’s a nice thought. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/65 "2020-05-09T03:12:49Z")
I use the flossers, when I use them like I should (usually on the way to work) I have a collection on my floor. I’d never think of tossing them out the window. I live at the end of a block, and stormwater sometimes overrruns the curb in front of my house. I’ve seen a few fireball minis and more than one Natural Ice can there. The most common, and I’m assuming this was one person, was across the street from my house and about 200 yards up, there were always vodka minis. I dunno if someone was sitting in the church parking lot drinking and tossed them there, or if someone drove by there on their drive home every day and threw them out the window. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/66 "2020-05-09T15:22:05Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > People litter. Yeah, it sucks that our culture doesn’t do more to discourage this, but it’s not new. Yes, people (who are assholes) litter. The interesting thing is _what_ they litter. There is a path through the woods that ends at an overlook near a friend’s camp. _Beautiful_ view of the land below. But if you look at the ground around your feet you see [del]dozens[/del] _hundreds_ of used condoms. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/67 "2022-04-04T22:25:40Z")
Guess what has started showing up in my apartment building’s parking lot? Dental floss picks. Saw (and discarded myself) two of them in as many days. And the Fireball mini-bottles are still all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/68 "2022-04-08T16:54:38Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I just don’t know how to get the people who toss plastic out of their car windows to decide against doing that. We could take a lesson from the old [razor blade slots](https://www.insider.com/tiktokers-find-razor-blades-bathroom-cabinets-home-2021-4) in bathrooms, and have a slot in the door to drop the old toothpicks. When the door is full, it’s time to get a new car! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/69 "2025-04-15T23:05:10Z")
Someone in my apartment complex really likes Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, in 1-ounce bottles which they toss in the yard. I cashed in 26 (!) of them today at the grocery store. You know how you sometimes see men who walk around with a toothpick hanging out of their mouth? You guessed it - I recently saw a man walking around with one of those floss picks in his mouth, chewing on it while grocery shopping. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/70 "2025-04-15T23:21:24Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I cashed in 26 (!) of them today at the grocery store I’m thinking that at 1 cent each you got a quarter. What was the reality? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/71 "2025-04-15T23:23:16Z")
Five-cent deposit. Might as well get paid for picking up litter, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/72 "2025-04-15T23:23:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > floss picks in his mouth, chewing on it If you walk much in a city you’ll be amazed at how many of those you find on the sidewalk ir in the gutter. Been true 10-15 years now. Color me mystified. I’d be horrified but I have very low expectations of my fellow humanoids. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/73 "2025-04-15T23:26:14Z")
No opinion on mini-bottles and floss-pickers. But if you drop me on a mystery street and I see a sneaker and a chicken bone on the sidewalk, I’ll immediately know I’m in Atlanta. Can’t go more than a block without seeing that combo. That’s just how we roll down here. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/74 "2025-04-16T01:48:16Z")
Well, yeah, if it’s the leg bone of a chicken, then it doesn’t need a sneaker for that drumstick. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/75 "2025-04-16T02:00:04Z")
What, for years has been a mystery to me, I find playing cards. I’ve got a file folder of them. I don’t know whats going on. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/76 "2025-04-16T02:28:48Z")
You get a nickel back for turning in a one ounce booze bottle? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/77 "2025-04-16T02:33:55Z")
Yes, in Iowa, if it’s a deposit-bottle. Not all of them are. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/78 "2025-04-16T03:02:09Z")
Are they glass? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/79 "2025-04-16T03:07:09Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > find playing cards. > I’ve got a file folder of them. You touch, pick up, keep, and organize random cards you find on the sidewalk? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/80 "2025-04-16T03:33:59Z")
It doesn’t matter, I guess, as long as it doesn’t come in a paper box. [Iowa - Bottle Bill Resource Guide](https://www.bottlebill.org/index.php/current-and-proposed-laws/usa/iowa#:~:text=%22Any%20sealed%20glass%2C%20plastic%2C,SF2378%20was%20signed%20into%20law). The tiny bottles are apparently included because they are not specifically _ex_cluded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267.md?page=5)