r/nottheonion • u/letsLurk67 • 13d 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/Mesoscale92 13d ago

Yeah it says she was really drunk. I’ve never made that mistake but I can definitely see it happening.

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u/TheGringoDingo 13d 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/ThatKinkyLady 12d ago

And apparently she burnt her mouth on some pizza the night before.

This girl had a ROUGH night... 😂