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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Ew.

I was standing in line at Walgreens two days ago, waiting to buy two bags of Ricola Honey Lemon Throat Lozenges with Echinacea, when I saw THIS , trying to hang out with the candy in front of the checkout counter:



A lady cut in line in front of me while I snapped this picture with my camera. I have no idea why it came out so small, but let me just make it very clear --- this is a PICKLE in a POUCH. Juice and all. Keep in mind that I'm not anti-pickle, under the proper circumstances, but I seriously almost started gagging when I saw them. All I could think of is those bags that people have to wear after having a colostomy. Sorry. Ew. Even worse, the advertised flavor of the pickle on the right is "zesty garlic". Anyway, I came home and told Jon all about it, and he thought I was crazy, because apparently colostomy pickle pouches have been around FOREVER. He launched into some long disgusting shpeel about how truck drivers love them because apparently you don't have to touch the pickle to eat it, you just squeeze it out the top. Am I the only person that has never seen one of these before?? Am I overreacting??!

8 comments:

  1. Kristina P.September 4, 2008 at 5:37 PM

    I was going to say the same thing as Jon. They've been around for a long time. They don't sound very appealing, though, and I love pickles. Ever had fried pickles? Delicious.

    We're going to the State Fair tomorrow. Pray there will be chocolate covered bacon.

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  2. V^eSeptember 4, 2008 at 5:49 PM

    Jon filled you in exactly as I would have. I live in a trucker-intensive part of the world. Basically every gas station sells these, gallon-jugs of soda (literally), HUGE sheets of jerky, and cheese. Little bricks of cheese. Totally disgusting.

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  3. CorinneSeptember 4, 2008 at 6:32 PM

    Pickle in a bag? That's messed up on so many levels. I'm with you and have never seen this before. Sucks that I'm not into trucker culture. I've obviously been missing out.

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  4. amber belmonteSeptember 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM

    i have seen them... they're gross every time.

    zesty garlic?
    as if your breath isn't bad after a regular pickle! i can't even imagine the aftertaste.

    i need some gum.

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  5. {d + l + p}September 6, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    woof. i've totally seen them at truck stops. i squished one once; it was room temperature. i left quickly.

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  6. kelseySeptember 8, 2008 at 2:18 PM

    gross. i have never seen this, nor do i ever wish to. truckers are nasty... no offense to truckers of the world. i guess we need them to get stuff from place to place... ha. don't their moms/wives pack them a lunch?

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:09 PM

    All I know is, I saw one of the trainers at the barn eating one once. She would take a bite, wrap it up and let in sit for a few hours, then come back to it and take another bite...and so on and so forth.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 12:10 PM

    Oh, and fried pickles ARE delicious! And I hate pickles, so thats saying something.

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