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Dec 7, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

Just when I thought I was out I'm pulled back in!

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I think that if you look carefully you'll see that there is one-tenth of a nano-metre of liquid in there, so really, it's your fault.

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oh, it's his fault allright, but it's not the 5ml of lquid in the bottle that's the cause.

that would be the 5ml of spilled liquid a couple decades back

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Ewwwwwww!

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As a child, we had a plastic Tupperware bottle in the fridge. Same drama, but my Dad named it the spit bottle. "Who didn't fill the spit bottle?"

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Nice try, dad.

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Wasn't this "solved" by each combatant getting their own fridge based water bottle? Has the perp started the fridge equivalent of a land war in Asia by appropriating YOUR water bottle and leaving it unfilled?

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I can't help but feel you need to refill it with something that looks - but does not taste - like water.

I'd probably go with (*retch*) coconut water.. something that's close enough to, but not quite, water.

Or maybe make it super salty or something.

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or vodka, non-Russian of course...isn't that what all the kids do these days?

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that would only encourage the reprobate.

what we need is a training tool

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