# Look, wife, I don't care what you THINK you saw... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682 "2011-06-07T22:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/1 "2011-06-07T22:50:45Z")
I wasn’t drinking directly out of the Mrs. Butterworth’s bottle, and you can’t prove it. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/2 "2011-06-07T22:53:37Z")
Dude. The least you could do is drink [the real thing](http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Family-Farm-Vermont-32-Ounce/dp/B0019MYZGS). I mean, Mrs. Butterworth’s is just so … so _second-class_. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/3 "2011-06-07T23:00:45Z")
I’ve caught hubby eating brown sugar out of the package, he too, denies it. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/4 "2011-06-07T23:10:10Z")
You weren’t drinking Mrs. Butterworth’s, you were just giving her a little kiss. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/5 "2011-06-07T23:16:45Z")
I’ve never caught Bill drinking right out of the pancake syrup bottle. The chocolate syrup bottle is another thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/6 "2011-06-08T01:33:50Z")
I’ve never _caught_ my husband drinking anything out of the bottle/container. He does eat peanut butter by the spoon, but we both do that. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/7 "2011-06-08T01:38:20Z")
Wuddn’t me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/8 "2011-06-08T01:39:11Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I’ve caught hubby eating brown sugar out of the package, he too, denies it. I do that, too, but I don’t deny it. Brown sugar is candy. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/9 "2011-06-08T01:41:18Z")
Brown sugar out of the box is fine. Peanut butter by the spoonful is fine. Heck, _maple syrup_ directly from the bottle would be fine, too. But _Mrs. Butterworth’s_? That’s just wrong… ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/10 "2011-06-08T01:43:37Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Brown sugar out of the box is fine. Peanut butter by the spoonful is fine. Heck, _maple syrup_ directly from the bottle would be fine, too. But _Mrs. Butterworth’s_? That’s just wrong… A few seconds in the microwave and she gets\* hot\*. I mean, her bottle _steams_. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/11 "2011-06-08T01:45:30Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I wasn’t drinking directly out of the Mrs. Butterworth’s bottle, and you can’t prove it. > > Joe Methinks thou doth protest too much. maybe 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/12 "2011-06-08T01:47:30Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Peanut butter by the spoonful is fine. Why dirty a spoon when you can get [Peanut Butter Fingers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezLdRddU1Yk&NR=1#t=40s)? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/13 "2011-06-08T02:51:33Z")
These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/14 "2011-06-09T07:36:12Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Why dirty a spoon when you can get [Peanut Butter Fingers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezLdRddU1Yk&NR=1#t=40s)? If it’s the right kind of peanut butter you can drink it. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/15 "2011-06-09T11:51:37Z")
Yeah, yeah. It starts with the Mrs. Butterworths. But pretty soon you’ll be moving on to harder stuff and before too long they find you in a back alley with a flask of pure maple in your hand. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/16 "2011-06-09T12:56:56Z")
Sounds like when my mother caught my father eating mayo right out of the jar. 🙂 And to the OP, try a small bit of milk and a LOT of Mrs Butterworth ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/17 "2011-06-09T13:05:13Z")
George and Mrs. B Sitting in a tree C.H.U.G.G.I.N.G ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/18 "2011-06-09T13:06:16Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’ve never caught Bill drinking right out of the pancake syrup bottle. > > The chocolate syrup bottle is another thing. I can honestly say I’ve never drunk from the chocolate syrup bottle. Squeezing chocolate syrup directly on my tongue doesn’t count, right? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/19 "2011-06-09T13:53:13Z")
Hey, never mind that! I think I saw you kissing your cowboy friend out behind the house! I saw what I saw! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682/20 "2011-06-09T14:04:22Z")
[Mrs Butterworth] _Oh ho ho, someone has put a “No go!” right over your face._ [/Mrs. Butterworth] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-wife-i-dont-care-what-you-think-you-saw/584682.md?page=2)