what form of matter is in the darkness?
I used to drink out of a semi clear Blue BPA bottle that had an excellent lid, stopping me from spilling my water on things such as laptops, contracts and cellphones. But when I heard that #7 plastic was out to kill me, I tossed ‘ol Blue like a molotov cocktail.
I must have pissed off a cosmic being, because my next bottle was out to get me!
My next instrument of life was a bottle sent to me by Rogers in a marketing package. The package contained chap stick, pens and an aluminum water bottle. Red Gold I thought! I tossed everything else and started using the Red bottle, but there was always something wrong… the lid was a pain to screw on, it always got lost.. when I was skiing New Years in Windermere I dented it and my hip bone… water spilt on my laptop (twice) .. I was cursed by this Red Devil!
One day curiosity got a hold of me and I decided to look inside my water bottle. I usually rinse my bottle out and throw it in the dish washer every now and again, but it’s only water going into it so how dirty can it get?
When I looked inside it was like looking into the mouth of madness. An unknown universe of bumps, growths and things that probably only grow in the deepest part of the oceans where no sunlight hits.
The picture above is after washing it twice in the dishwasher, trying to clean out with salt and shaking water in it. And it still has shit growing!
So this little Red Devil is getting recycled as nicely as possible, and hopefully the next reincarnation will be a happy one!
I suggest everyone go grab a flashlight and look inside their water bottle…. but be prepared for what you find!
EW! lol Wow…. Thank you for sharing your frightening find! (Well written too, thanks for the chuckle).
I have to say I was intrigued when I saw the inside of you bottle, in person none the less, so I came home and checked mine and I haven’t had the same problem. I think part of the problem was the dishwasher, cuz it can never really get rinsed in there, and also it was a Rogers promo LOL (and Alumninum) I have two metal waterbottles that I have had for two years and clean them with boiling water every now and then. This has motivated me to do that more now than then LOL
Scott you sure do have a way with words, this post was hillarious
I do think it was the dishwasher, maybe food chunks got thrown up in there and were baked on… only to grow alien appendages with long fingers trying to reach out and infect my brain every time I drank from life itself..
aluminum is no good, unless it’s lined with something else(see SIG bottles for their manufacturing process). you can’t go wrong with stainless steel(kleen kanteen and otterbottle for example). after working at community natural foods and dealing with returns and customer feedback, plus my own experience, i say to invest in the kleen kanteen brand. you want a screw on top that has larger threads, many of those aluminum bottles have plastic lids with small threads. as you noted…not so good. kleen kanteen also has a pop-up sports top that you can get so there is no removal of cap to deal with. they come in 4 sizes(12oz, 18oz, 27oz and 40oz) that all fit into normal drink holders except the 40oz. prices range from $17-$30. i have 5 of these bottles, all the lids are interchangeable and i love them.
oh, and the mouth of the kleen kanteen bottle is wider than those aluminum bottles, so it’s way easier to clean as a slim headed cleaning brush can easily fit. i would suggest putting a cinnamon stick inside your water bottle(if you like the taste of cinnamon), changing it every couple of days or so. cinnamon has some great anti-bacterial qualities that will help reduce the formation of bacteria and other unwanted things in you water receptacle.
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We saw some neat metal looking ones at Granville Island that had Native Indian Art on them. We were thinking of getting those as it’s a little piece of Canada to bring with us and can be a conversation starter too. But we will have to go back and take a closer look at them to see what they are made of, how they were made, what they are lined with etc. Thanks for the great information! I’ll keep my open for those Kleen Kanteen’s while we are shopping around. Maybe we can get coffee mugs with the Native Indian Art and then our water bottles from that company.
If you drink rum or vodka or something like that you can drink it out of your water bottle maybe once a week or so. It will keep it nice and clean.
Alcohol… so many practical uses for saving the day!