Ok, I will admit it. I suck at throwing stuff away. I may appear to be all neat and Virgo when you first walk in my house but the pockets of stuff are way out of hand.
Labor Day found me in a flurry of ‘I must get rid of shit insanity’, so I tackled a few kitchen cabinets.
My dear nephew who is now a big old engaged grown up, used to come to my house as little kid and check all the expiration dates on my stuff. You know, mayonnaise, dressing, ketchup. Alright, so my condiments might have been a little out of date.
Well, Sir Matthew, this blog post is for you. Here is what I found:
1. 2004. Cough medicine. Yeh, probably will be still hacking away if we took this one. (fyi, box was still sealed, could be worth something)
2. 2005. Pepto Bismol. Do you think it may still cause ‘darkening of tongue or stool’? And while we are discussing this, are you not more than a little disturbed to find a healthcare product that uses the words ‘tongue’ and ‘stool’ in the same sentence?
3. 2008. More Pepto Bismol… tablets this time. FYI, this is Gary’s favorite OTC remedy. He actually likes the taste!
Ok, there was one more thing that even though it had been in my cabinet for over 23 years(!) it will never have an expiration date and I don’t think I will ever be able to bring myself to throwing it out.
I know, awww!
i could cry but i don't have time 
Tears pouring out of my eyes. Tongue and stools in the same sentence. Genius.
We proof copy all day long. We do work in pharma where there are multiple rounds of reviews. How did this happen!!!!
My Mom didn’t believe in expiration dates. I can eat almost anything.
My kind of guy. You can eat over anytime. And don’t worry about the meds, I am sure they are fine.
I once ate a lasagne so old the cheese was semi translucent… like windows in a western ghost town.
We have the same mug. Ours expired 21 years ago. I won’t throw it out either. love your blog AZ.
Maybe we can start a movement. And thanks for reading! It makes me happy to know I can share this nonsense. As you can imagine my family just rolls their eyes at me by now.
just took Pepto Bismol that “exipred” in april 2004