# Invisible Pink Unicorn

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 8, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792 "2015-12-08T04:48:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/21 "2015-12-08T19:22:31Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> And easily lost if not put back where it belongs.

I thought the container was visible, just not how much was left in the container; is the container invisible too?

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/22 "2015-12-08T19:29:29Z")

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I believe the IPU was grazing in my bird feeder last night. When I went to fill it this morning, there were none of the usual squirrels to shoo away and there was a faint scent of cotton candy hanging in the air.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/23 "2015-12-08T19:41:22Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> I thought the container was visible, just not how much was left in the container; is the container invisible too?

Transparent aluminum.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/24 "2015-12-08T20:07:35Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> I thought the container was visible, just not how much was left in the container; is the container invisible too?

It depends on how much invisible ink has dripped over the sides.

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**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:** [December 9, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-pink-unicorn/739792/25 "2015-12-09T04:36:58Z")

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> [@stillownedbysetters](#):
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> …there was a faint scent of cotton candy hanging in the air.

Ah, that’s how you know it’s Taco Tuesday in Unicornville.

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