# what products are incriminating? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745 "2010-07-15T03:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/1 "2010-07-15T03:55:47Z")
Today the girl in front of me bought rolling papers AND cigarettes. I laughed and said it shows she’s not going to use the papers for tobacco. But that made me start wondering what other typical product combinations would imply what you are about to do Here’s what I have so far. A bottle of wine and 3 condoms? A family pack of seasoned taco beef and a 12 pack of toilet paper? A tube of KY jelly and a cucumber (could be entirely innocent) A gun, a cart of cleaning material, a shovel, and some blankets A case of beer, a first aid kit, condoms, and a fireplace poker Certainly there are more. Please help me out. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/2 "2010-07-15T03:59:43Z")
Fertilizer, fireworks and propane? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/3 "2010-07-15T04:01:17Z")
I was buying several bags of kitty litter and a case of canned catfood; the clerk said “garbage in, garbage out.” ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/4 "2010-07-15T04:21:54Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I was buying several bags of kitty litter and a case of canned catfood; the clerk said “garbage in, garbage out.” Very funny example, Spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/5 "2010-07-15T04:25:45Z")
I forget what comedian said it, but he asked if you are a clerk checking out a whole cart of groceries whether to judge if the amount of toilet paper is equal to the food.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/6 "2010-07-15T04:33:44Z")
bleach, latex gloves, and a squirt gun ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/7 "2010-07-15T04:39:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Fertilizer, fireworks and propane? So, you’re going to invite friends over to fertilize your lawn… and celebrate its completion with a barbecue and fireworks? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/8 "2010-07-15T04:41:24Z")
A few months ago I saw someone buying 6 gallons of bleach. I still can’t fathom what he needed that much for. He lives in the same apartment complex as one of my employees and stops in to say hi to her pretty often, I can tell you from both first and second hand knowledge that he constantly walks the thin line between overly nice and really creepy. It wouldn’t surprise me to see his neighbors on the news starting out with “He was such a nice guy, I never would have guessed…” ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/9 "2010-07-15T04:44:54Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > So, you’re going to invite friends over to fertilize your lawn… and celebrate its completion with a barbecue and fireworks? Perfectly innocent. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/10 "2010-07-15T04:56:24Z")
a case of lighter fluid and a large kitchen knife? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/11 "2010-07-15T04:58:18Z")
Heck, I’ve bought rolling papers and cigarettes before. I was on an errand: my buddy and I needed smokeables. He smoked tailor-mades, and I smoked hand-rolleds. Entirely innocent–both of us smoked tobacco and neither of us had any use for drugs. On the other hand, I have bought paint (for the walls) and paint remover (for a piece of furniture I was working on) at the same time. Probably confused the clerk at the cash register. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/12 "2010-07-15T05:04:30Z")
Say wifey sends you out for tampons, a bottle of ketchup, and some hand towels. How much else do you have to buy to save face? ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/13 "2010-07-15T05:14:30Z")
I bought some purple rubber gloves and some Astroglide and only those two item one time at a local store. They honesty were not for using together. Not that i wouldn’t they just weren’t. I somehow must have been thinking of something else because I was not thinking of the combo at the time but the young girl at the register picked up on it right away. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/14 "2010-07-15T05:14:58Z")
It’s possible that on a single day you could need a tube of KY jelly and a cucumber. So how many other items would you have to also buy to be able to face the clerk?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/15 "2010-07-15T05:24:29Z")
> [@Flipshod](#): > > Say wifey sends you out for tampons, a bottle of ketchup, and some hand towels. How much else do you have to buy to save face? A Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky… 😃 ---
**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:** [July 15, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/16 "2010-07-15T05:46:11Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > A Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky… > > 😃 Um, let me have one of those porno magazines… a large box of condoms… a bottle of Old Harper… a couple of those panty shields… andsomeillegalfireworks… and one of those disposable enemas. Ah, make it two. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/17 "2010-07-15T12:22:47Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > A Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky… > > 😃 American Graffiti? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/18 "2010-07-15T12:43:56Z")
I had one of these moments a couple of weeks ago - I went to the supermarket to buy just a case of beer, and then I remembered I had run out of razor blades. So I get to the checkout, and all that’s in my trolley is 24 cans of booze and some blades. To his credit, the guy on the till didn’t say a word. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/19 "2010-07-15T12:45:46Z")
When I was a checker at Safeway back in the day I would routinely encounter teenagers buying 6 or 7 12-packs of toilet paper at 1100pm. Or the time a couple came in about that same time and just bought condoms, strawberries, and whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745/20 "2010-07-15T12:50:12Z")
A few days ago my friend Luis and I went to the local Wal-Mart and I purchased condoms and duct tape. Yes, really. [spoiler]Yes, it’s what you’re probably thinking. Unless you’re thinking that I’m gay or engage in rape.[/spoiler] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-are-incriminating/546745.md?page=2)