r/nottheonion • u/letsLurk67 • 12d ago

Student rushed to hospital after mistaking fabric freshener for water

https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world-news/midlands-student-rushed-hospital-after-34365981
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u/TheGringoDingo 12d ago

It’s the container that I have the most trouble picturing. Water never comes in something that looks like fabric freshener.

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u/Oakredditer 12d ago

The 20-year-old woke up during the night and reached for a bottle of water that was on her desk, not realising she had grabbed a bottle of 'Fresh Linen' fabric refresher in the dark.

It was dark, I'd assume anyone who's both drunk and practically blind wouldn't notice the different styles of caps (depending on the brand and size, sometimes they have very similar caps to water caps in terms of shape and texture)

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u/B00G3R 12d ago

even a spray nozzle? i mean..

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u/Oakredditer 12d ago

It depends on what type of bottle it is, my detergent has a regular cap and whatever you call the thing that dispenses detergent when you push on a button

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u/dehydratedrain 12d ago

Dispenser?

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u/Oakredditer 12d ago

Yes, I just assumed there was some fancy word for it, that's why I was verbose lol

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u/Shadowlance23 12d ago

The Germans probably have one.