So her mother ran into the house and came out with this, pictured below.
I laughed and wondered aloud how old that bee sting kit was.
Now while my wife was contemplating if and how to medicate her wound, I found the answer to my question.
You needn't enlarge the pic, unless of course you don't believe me, the bee sting kit expired in....
February of 1985 !!!!
Heck, it was older than Taylor.
Now, what do you think is potentially more dangerous, a sting by a 2007 bee or medicine that EXPIRED 22.5 years ago?
Can you say iatrogenic?
This post certainly stirs the memory of those spice cans I posted on last year.
Might there be a hidden
2 comments:
Now C-Nut, this post begged an important question: did the bee sting kit WORK?
If it did, your mother-in-law can now justifiably be filled with a smug sense of pride in her pack-rat talents. If it didn't, well, then, you might have an argument to show your wife when she asks you why you've had her parents put into a nursing home.
That's one old bee sting kit, either way, no doubt.
Waste not, Want not !!!
Expiration dates are for the nouveau riche and product sellers
who like to cultivate a "new is better" attitudes. Honey in vials unearthed in the tombs of Egyptian Pharohs have been found to be sweetly preserved!
Those aforementioned spices , not only tasty and potent - and in continuous use until disposed of by an overzealous cabinet purger - never killed anyone (unless you count my husband)...Just kidding
Anon
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