# Minty-fresh toilet bowls and other vaguely inappropriate products **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769 "2002-07-31T22:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/1 "2002-07-31T22:38:42Z")
I use a type of toilet bowl cleaner that you squirt up under the rim, and the thing is, this stuff make the bowl smell minty fresh. Is it just me, or does a minty fresh toilet bowl seem weird to anyone else? Anybody got any other products that they’ve run across that just strike them as odd? (Black pantyliners come to mind - not a truly bad product, just sort of a “hunh?”) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/2 "2002-07-31T22:44:00Z")
Oh, I forgot another one I saw lately - panty liners for thongs. Maybe there’s a market for this, but it strikes me as a “Hunh?” type product. If you really need absorbency down there, maybe you should be wearing underwear that you can’t floss with. But I could be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/3 "2002-07-31T22:47:33Z")
Ketchup. Specifically odd-colored ketchup in purple and green. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/4 "2002-07-31T22:48:31Z")
I’ll add the multi-colored Parkay margarines to your multi-colored ketchups. Very bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/5 "2002-07-31T22:48:38Z")
Feminine hygiene spray that is scented like fruit or flowers. A) That stuff if bad for your nether regions and B) it’s false advertising. Trust me, you ain’t gonna find fruit or flowers down there. Not on me, anyways. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/6 "2002-07-31T22:53:32Z")
Another “hunh?” product, with a side order of dangerous - those little silver balls that my mom used to decorate cakes with. They were only slightly less tough than your average bb - broken teeth just waiting to happen. Especially if one got into the cake where you could bite down on it without seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/7 "2002-07-31T23:03:55Z")
GND: when they say “fruit or flowers” they probably reall mean “random flora/cultures/yeast/etc” probably. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/8 "2002-07-31T23:17:12Z")
No link, but I saw disposable clothing (they were very similar in texture to disposable dishcloths - thick, papery and textured) in Bloomingdale’s or Macy’s in NYC in 1981. They were not inexpensive and I can’t conceive of wearing clothes once or just a few times and then tossing them out. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/9 "2002-08-01T03:10:07Z")
I’m not sure that Bloomie’s would carry these, but I do remember that when **Devo** was en vogue, [Tyvek Jumpsuits](http://www.crime-scene.com/ecpi/420X.shtml) were just ALL the rage. 😉 They’re disposable, AND you look exactly like an immense FedEx Pak !!! 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/10 "2002-08-01T06:50:53Z")
In addition to odd-colored ketchup, what about Gogurt? I find that stuff mystifying and somehow unsettling. And remember clear beer, from the early 90s? Not Zima, which is still around, but actual beer-tasting clear beer. The hell were they thinking? Clear beer. Yellow watermelon. Maybe I got a bad example the one time I tried it, but the color was kind of jaundicey, and the taste was like a very bland watermelon. I’m sure I’ll come up with more later, but I’ll leave some for y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/11 "2002-08-01T11:12:13Z")
On a recent trip to the “feminine needs” aisle, I saw not only the aforementioned thong liners, but _black_ panty liners. Not only could I not fathom ever thinking I needed one, the thought of all that dye next to my bits makes me very wary. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/12 "2002-08-02T00:16:59Z")
Spencer’s has edible panties…I was just thinking, what happens when someone gets a little exuberant in trying to eat them off, and ends up taking a bite out of something else? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/13 "2002-08-02T00:28:34Z")
Who eats those chocolate-chip bagels? It would be like sticking M&Ms on a pretzel. It’s just _wrong_. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/14 "2002-08-02T02:20:40Z")
That packaged bacon that comes in (irradiated?) blister-packs and can sit unrefrigerated on the shelf for years. Who eats that stuff? _Somebody_ must be buying it. Some things are just not meant to be “convenience foods.” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/15 "2002-08-02T02:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa Ann \* > \*\*No link, but I saw disposable clothing (they were very similar in texture to disposable dishcloths - thick, papery and textured) \*\* A friend of mine brought back a whole bunch of disposable paper underwear from Japan to give away as gifts. They’re sold from vending machines and are rolled up into tight little cylinders that could easily be mistaken for tampons, with strings & everything, except that they’re hospital-scrub blue. (The strings are drawstrings.) I kept mine as a novelty for a couple years until one day when laundry-neglect left me with the choice between wearing either them or “day-old” skivvies to work. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/16 "2002-08-02T02:35:36Z")
Purple ketchup, pink butter, and Go-Gurts…I got 'em all. You people that think they’re odd obviously don’t have little kids. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/17 "2002-08-02T05:56:52Z")
Chocolate chip bagels? Am I the only one who thinks those textures belong nowhere near one another? Try as I might, I can’t fathom why anyone would want peach-scented deodorant. Did a peach pit joke at the testing lab get out of hand and they ended up putting the stuff on the shelves? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/18 "2002-08-02T06:06:10Z")
I love chocolate chip bagels… it’s like sweet-and-salty if you add an ample amount of butter. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/19 "2002-08-02T10:13:58Z")
Vegetarian corndogs. I’m pretty much against most non-meat meats, but this one…I mean, it’s essentially cornbread on a stick. Why bother? And not just Gogurt, but that “Drinkable” dannons yogurt that comes in the little plastic cans. Yogurt’s not supposed to be completely liquid. Just drink milk in that case. Speaking of which, I saw Banana milk recently. Chocolate milk; Good. Strawberry Milk; Good. But I think we can stop there. What’s next? Kiwi/Passionfruit milk? Crossbreed vegetables are a little scary as well. What’s that combination asparagus/brocolli called? Bascaragus? I don’t eat either, why would I eat the two of them bred into one? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769/20 "2002-08-02T10:40:10Z")
**Cukelope** : A long thick cylindrical food with a bumpy surface, filled with dark orange meat. Frequently held in hand and eaten in a series of enthusiastic chomps. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minty-fresh-toilet-bowls-and-other-vaguely-inappropriate-products/121769.md?page=2)