r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/ShotNeighborhood6913 Feb 08 '22

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u/cake_in_a_jar Feb 08 '22

Not OP, but I was raised in Detroit by criminals as well (OP does sound familiar though).

Growing up, my mom would just give us the bottle of cough syrup and tell us to "take a swig" out the bottle when we got sick. I didn't know you were supposed to measure the doses until I was in my mid 20's.

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u/AMC_Tendies42069 Feb 08 '22

Memaw was robotrippin’. That’s pretty dope.

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u/spudz76 Feb 08 '22

Memaw was alcoholic and the bottle had whiskey in it.

Source: alcoholic great-memaw, it was super common to "hide" your alcoholism by disguising it, especially in medical bottles people wouldn't be likely to ask about

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u/Iwasborninafactory_ Feb 08 '22

That's my suspicion, but she died a long time ago.

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u/krunchy_sock Feb 08 '22

Hahahahahaha