# Milk Jug Indentations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-jug-indentations/66643>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-jug-indentations/66643 "2001-05-27T03:28:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-jug-indentations/66643/21 "2001-05-28T02:08:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by curiousgeorgeordeadcat \*  
> \*\*Perhaps it is so that if you drop it the indentation will  
> pop out instead of the container bursting open in some way? \*\*

As someone who inadvertently tested this idea as a youngster, I can tell you that the indentation does pop out - all the way out, practically. A neat separation nearly 3/4 the way 'round, leaving a rather large hole for the milk to come gushing out of.

You have any idea how much floor area a gallon or so of milk can cover? :o

The store help, however, was very nice and let me get a new one, even though I’d already paid for this one and dropped it walking away from the cashiers. Whew!

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