Drinking milk right out of the carton

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This came up as a topic of conversation when I went out to lunch with a few people. Is this a guy thing, drinking right out of the carton. The guys there - myself included - agreed on one point: if the milk carton is nearly empty, and you are going to drink all that is left, it's ok to just take it out of the fridge, drink it right out of the carton and then toss the carton into the trash. The guys see nothing wrong with that. Nobody thought it was OK to put the carton back into the fridge after having drunk out of it.

On the other hand, the women present, unanimously, said that it must be poured into a cup or glass - even though you are throwing the carton away at the same time. That it is never OK to drink right out of the carton, even if your very next act is to drop the carton into the trash. (Obviously we are excluding those small, single-serving cartons of milk - we're talking about the quarts, half-gallons, gallons, etc.)

What's your opinion?

[vadawg]

1. if i paid for the carton then i do what i like, if you paid for it then your choice.

[fizzgig]

2. i honestly don't care

unless i'm sick, i drink from the carton if all i want is a swig or two.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. I think if you're going to finish it off it doesn't matter whether you drink it from the carton

or a glass, provided that it's not in the dining area where others will witness it. We drank straight from those single-serve cartons as kids, although these days I see people using a straw with those.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I live alone so I happily drink from the carton...

and put it back in the fridge. Why dirty a perfectly clean glass and waste soap and hot water cleaning it?

(When I didn't live alone I had to make sure no one saw me.)

[madeline_con]

10. Your saliva breaks down food.

Eating or drinking out of a containerr is gross. :puke:

[elshiva]

5. I'd drink it out of a carton and I'm a woman.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ulxygaqurII/RsB7zto7h5I/AAAAAAAAAT0/aCJwDTTD0Lo/s320/DOIN+IN+WRONG.jpg

[jeff30997]

6. You love to live dangerously !

:P

[flvegan]

7. Good liberals recycle milk cartons.

:hide:

:rofl:

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8. dammit, that is

the perfect answer.

[LeftyMom]

11. Aseptic soymilk containers aren't recyclable in most municipalities.

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH FLVEGAN?

[flvegan]

13. flvegan lives in the civilized world of Florida

where almost everything is recycled.

Snap.

[LeftyMom]

14. Only "gable-topped" milk and juice containers per Tampa's waste dept.

EVERYBODY has a website these days. http://www.tampagov.net/dept_solid_waste/files/FINALPRINTCurbside_Recycling_Guidelines_6_11_08.pdf

[flvegan]

15. Which, for that reason, is all I buy.

[LeftyMom]

18. I said "aeseptic" upthread.

That's the other kind that doesn't need refrigerated.

[flvegan]

20. That's how you like your bacon, too. Not needing refrigerating.

I don't even know you.

[LeftyMom]

21. Hickory Bacon Salt is shelf stable.

And delicious. And vegan.

:shrug:

[flvegan]

22. Whatever you say, Oscar Mayer.

:eyes:

[LeftyMom]

24. That actually reminded me, I need to post about something semi-serious.

Meet you at VVAR in a few.

[madeline_con]

9. Carton chugging's fine if you're drinking all of it.

Some women want things to be "proper" at 3AM in front of the fridge? :eyes:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. Our milk comes in glass bottles.............

Half-gallons. Whole milk with lots of cream on top.

Shake it up and chug.

It tastes best that way.............................

[Chan790]

17. Lucky.

15 commercial dairies within 10 miles of me and not one will deliver milk in a glass jug for me.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

19. I get it a Whole Foods -

It's from Pennsylvania (I'm in Northern Virginia). It's a pain, cleaning the bottles, shlepping them back, but it's worth it. The whole milk is more like cream, and so good.

Can't you find any in stores around you? What do they do with the milk they produce?

Probably ship it to Whole Foods in Northern Virginia <snort>..........................t

[Chan790]

23. I think they ship it in from other places for processing and then ship it to still other places...

we are talking about Yonkers, NY here. Not really a dairy capital of the US, just lots of industrial processing and manufacturing. I did learn that the largest factory for the production of subway and light-rail cars in the US is down the block from me. It's a Kawasaki plant.

I'm sure if I went into the city, I could find milk in glass bottles. I want it delivered though. What happened to the noble American institution known as the milkman?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

26. Yeah, right .........

Are there still Good Humor trucks?

I grew up with the Mr. Softee trucks - they were impressive...................

[Chan790]

27. Heck yeah...

we've still got ice cream trucks. The state of NY recently had to pass an ordinance saying they couldn't play music while stationary b/c the Mr. Softee trucks would park on a busy corner and play the same jingle over and over and over for like 16 hours a day.

I dunno, for me it's the sound of happiness. Apparently, some people are grinches who hate cool refreshing summer treats.

[handmade34]

16. silly to dirty a glass

I'm a she and I say drink up and recycle

[quakerboy]

25. My house

is unanimous in saying you can drink from a carton you are going to then dispose of.

[datasuspect]

28. yeah, and then they bitch because you dirtied a glass

sheesh

[Bunny]

29. Use a glass!

Don't be disgusting. I don't care if you live by yourself, it's still uncivilized.

[jeff30997]

30. I said something similar to him but in a more subtle way:

:evilgrin:

[stray cat]

33. Uncivillized? Define civilized behavior in your book - anything other than using a glass important?

[Bunny]

34. Nope. Just use a glass at all times and you'll be covered.

[Dogtown]

38. So, using your

plate as an ashtray after dinner is cool, then?

[Bunny]

40. Yep.

But why don't you just finish your milk and use your glass as the ashtray? :shrug:

[Dogtown]

41. Silly!

Rim isn't wide enough to rest the butt on.

[Lucian]

31. I drink it right out of the damn carton.

Why clean another glass? I don't share my soy milk with anyone else anyways.

[RebelOne]

32. Since I live alone, I always drink everything

directly out of the carton, Juice or soy milk. For some reason, it tastes better that way.

[lib2DaBone]

35. So true. As a single male ... I see no reason to dirty an extra glass?

I even eat mashed potatos directly from the pot. (It all depends if it is the 2 minute warning and which team is ahead)

[TK421]

36. I caught one of my roommates doing that with a gallon jug, and watched him

put it back...he NEVER did it again :mad: that is just fucking foul

If you live by yourself, there is no problem with it...and I think it's okay to drink out of the carton if you were finishing it.

[Dora]

37. When I lived alone I drank out of the carton and put it back in the fridge.

Bad girl.

[Dogtown]

39. Milk is for coffee

and kitties.