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Cooking is an art form with endless possibilities. There are hundreds of unique cuisines around the world, and countless ingredients that can help create mouthwatering dishes. But with great freedom comes great responsibility, and not everyone out there knows how to use food wisely…
Below, we’ve gathered some of the most outlandish photos from Chaotic Foods, also known as Recipes With Chaotic Energy, on Instagram. These pics might not spark your appetite, but they’re likely to pique your curiosity. So be sure to upvote the ones that confuse you the most, and feel free to take notes on what not to do in the kitchen!
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks they look like a type of Pokemon? Screamshell used SAUSAGE ATTACK! It's super-effective!
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And the like 2 years ago
SHE. She's Nana. Please don't erase the feminine from the world.
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Many of us are familiar with the experience of being chaotic in the kitchen. Trying to chop up too many ingredients at once, cooking a pasta sauce that splatters all over the walls or accidentally allowing those blueberry muffins your kid requested to blacken in the oven. But the chaos that’s featured on the Chaotic Foods Instagram account is often intentional. Using an entire onion as a “roll” for a sandwich, creating Deviled eggs that look like little babies, and putting a stencil of a cockroach on top of a cappuccino… There are no limits to what this unhinged page will share.
But clearly, Chaotic Foods is doing well, as it has managed to amass an impressive 119k followers through sharing 488 hilarious and confusing photos. Instagram users have a huge appetite for bizarre and disturbing pics, and what better place to find them than right here? Gross dishes, cigarettes on hot dog buns, cereal made of coins, and dino nuggets being wiped out by baked bean meteors certainly aren't’ images I was expecting to witness today. But here we are! Food has the power to captivate us, entrance us, bring us incredible joy and, of course, bring us great confusion.
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
The dedication! If it was me, the ice cream would’ve melted halfway through
LadyJaye 2 years ago
If it was me, the ice cream would have been eaten half way through XD
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Food has a huge audience on Instagram, but most of the people who use the Gram to look at images of meals want to see the most enticing pics possible. Huge, creamy bowls of pasta, mouth-watering milkshakes, and vibrant smoothie bowls come to mind. I personally love viewing photos of aspirational food that I’d like to make myself or would love to order from a restaurant if given the opportunity. However, there’s an interesting niche of people who enjoy looking at chaotic, strange and disturbing food pics as well.
Some common themes in the cursed food category are disgusting-looking meat, beans in places where they shouldn’t be, foods that appear to have faces, and anything that simply looks unappetizing. We seem to be captivated by the extremes, when it comes to food. Anything that immediately triggers our appetites and anything that instantly sends our appetites flying out the window seems to become a hit online.
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David 2 years ago
Bonus points if the host has a hidden button that plays baby screams every time someone pops one in their mouth.
Landon Allen 2 years ago
the best part is the taste! would this be the most satisfying thing to eat or should i schedule an appointment with the therapist
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PopscotchM 2 years ago
leather goods are edible (if you understand the reference, you are now my friend.)
That_Scuba_Diver 2 years ago
Don’t disrespect the food, the chef put his heart and SOLE into that dish!
Although the photos on this list may be objectively bizarre and unsettling, food preferences in general are subjective. If you love pineapple on pizza, you may be considered a criminal to some of your loved ones. And if you’ve ever enjoyed a peanut butter and pickle sandwich, well, please wait here while I call the cops. But according to scientists at the University of Edinburgh, our appetites for weird foods might be written in our DNA. One 2022 study testing 150,000 participants’ taste, or distaste, for 137 various foods and beverages found 401 genetic variants that influenced which tastes individuals preferred. “Many of these variants affected more than one food-liking trait and some only one particular food,” the researchers at the University of Edinburgh explained. “For example, some genetic variants were linked with an enjoyment for only salmon, while other groups of variants increased a liking for oily fish or all fish in general.”
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Mr Red 2 years ago
In our days, there were simply no avocados. Those egg yolks were the best solution.
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ƒιѕн 2 years ago
That was the fun part, trying to get it off in one long strand without breaking it
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k1ddkanuck 2 years ago (edited)
Lol. So back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the mouse you use today didn't really exist yet. All mice had a ball inside them, that when moved, hit on sensors inside the mouse that would tell the computer which direction the cursor was going. And when optical mice (ie the one you are likely using now, with a light sensor) did come out, they were viewed as pretty revolutionary. The reason you could take the ball out was to clean it, because dust and dirt would get inside and keep the mouse from working properly.
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Quarkbeast 2 years ago
$1.68? I dont eat meat but that seems like a deal, even if the photo was taken 2 years ago.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
It's okay! It's okay! He's just frozen! He's in suspended animation!! You know... like those frogs that freeze in the ice in the winter but they thaw out just fine in the spring?? He'll be okay!! D:
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David Martin 2 years ago
Nice photoshop, but if you actually bit that piece off, the arm would not be there; At best, it would be snapped and less rigid from the bite
cerinamroth 2 years ago
Just defrost slowly and the frog will probably come out of hibernation fine... (she says, hopefully)
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
That leg would have come out in the person's mouth. No way it would have been exposed like it is in this photoshop
The study also found three primary clusters of food which share a similar genetic component: “high-calorie and highly palatable foods such as meat, dairy and desserts; another group consists of strong-tasting foods that are known as ‘acquired’, including alcohol and pungent vegetables; and a third group contains low-calorie foods such as fruit and vegetables,” the researchers noted. Unsurprisingly, these three food profiles were also found to be linked to specific health traits. A preference for fruits and vegetables is influenced by the same variants that are associated with higher levels of physical activity, and the appetite for “highly palatable foods” is influenced by the same genetic traits that are linked to obesity and lower levels of physical activity.
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The happy frog 2 years ago
Don’t leave bunny in car otherwise bunny will be angry… you don’t want bunny to be angry
Milk_Bread 2 years ago
bunny looks like bunny will eat me alive in my sleep
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
*pop-tart. If you Europeans (I'm presuming you're European because you haven't seen a Pop-Tart) are so offended at Cheez-Wiz, I don't know how to break it to you that Pop-Tarts exist. As a kid, they seemed kinda tasty, but the notion of calling them "pastries" would probably send you hurtling yourself through a high-rise window.
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A pair of very steady (and sturdy) hands crafted this snack-tastrophe.
Amanda Rose 2 years ago
I actually saw people doing this in a couple of my stitching groups. Lockdown really messed with everyone's heads.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Nope (x1000) multiplied by f+1,000,000,000, where f is infinity.
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The researchers went on to note that the variations in taste preferences weren’t necessarily what many readers may have anticipated. “[An] important observation is that the main division of preferences is not between savory and sweet foods, as might have been expected, but between highly pleasurable and high calorie foods and those for which taste needs to be learned,” Dr Nicola Pirastu, Senior Manager Biostatistics Unit, Human Technopole, Milan, said. “This difference is reflected in the regions of the brain involved in their liking, and it strongly points to an underlying biological mechanism.”
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Rwby Couch 2 years ago
Me after I say just one more cookie.... but we all know I'm lying to myself. I am obviously going to have more than one more.
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Bunzilla 2 years ago
I think the dough was too warm before putting it in the oven (yeah, that's a thing, bizarrely). To prevent this, pop it in the fridge for a while before baking.
Ambry Petersen 2 years ago
What was it supposed to be to begin with...besides being a cookie I mean.
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Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Ask a 7 yo kid how many straight sides and angles does a hexagon have.
WiggleJiggle the Emo Penguin 2 years ago
Lol I’m 13, learned exactly that last week and already forgot 💀
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Teacher: "How many sides does a hexagon have?" Student: "Flavorless"
Quarkbeast 2 years ago (edited)
Urrrrr, flavourless, why? What's the point of these? And what are they? Inquiring minds want to know.
mooshoflove 2 years ago
Mmm maybe they soak in flavor and can be used as protein/fillers? - like tofu? 🤔
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Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
I sent my husband to the store for hexagons but they were all out where we live.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
His daughter said that IF he could make it for a week with a garden baby, she'd consider letting him hold his grandchild.
ОльхаКинг(AlderKing) 2 years ago
oh i don’t remember his name but this guy is famous for growing a bunch of huge fruits and veggies
I don’t think enjoying cursed food images has anything to do with our genes, but it may have something to do with our simple obsession with all things bizarre. Perhaps, we enjoy an occasional break from the filtered and perfectly posed photos that fill most of our Instagram feeds. Or maybe, we just get a kick out of seeing something completely unexpected, whether that’s a charcuterie board built to look like a football field or a steak that looks like the bottom of someone’s shoe. We wouldn’t necessarily want to find these things on the menu of a restaurant we visit, but we’re happy to come across them when scrolling through Instagram!
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cerinamroth 2 years ago
When my daughter says she's running out of steam on the walk home from nursery, I tell her to hold my hand so she can "get some of my power". This is how that looks to me in gummy form. Pure art!
Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
Surprised we’re not seeing this for sale on marketplace for some ridiculous amount
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
This is uncomfy. Why is it looking at me. Please make it stop looking at me.
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The happy frog 2 years ago
What have they done… THE BANANA FOR SCALE METRIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN RUINED
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
It was a matter of time... this is why the International Bureau of Weights and Measures was skeptical about bananas.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I'm having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around the size of this. Could you include a banana for scale?
It seems like people are always trying to do something new on social media to stand out from the crowd, but how far is too far? There has been a trend on TikTok of creating massive portions of food, such as spaghetti or salad, on a countertop for… I’m not sure what reason. Shock value? Just as a joke? Regardless of what inspired these videos, they certainly belong in the chaotic foods category. Sometimes, it’s important to remember that we can just enjoy foods for what they are, and the simple, tried and true methods are famous for a reason. There’s no reason to reinvent the wheel, or the spaghetti bowl.
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
My first thought was Cookie Monster, but I definitely see a frog too
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cerinamroth 2 years ago
This is how I feel this morning after being woken multiple times by darling bebe in the night.
There’s a belief in many fields that you have to master the basics before you can begin breaking the rules, and cooking is one area where that idea rings true. If you know how to properly chop vegetables, boil pasta, prepare eggs in a variety of ways, cook rice, etc., you can use all of that knowledge to create a variety of masterpieces. However, if your skills only include heating up baked beans, boiling hot dogs, and sticking frozen pizza in the oven, you’re likely to be a star on Chaotic Foods. Those skills might be enough to entertain a variety of audiences, but at what cost? Your stomach will likely thank you if you manage to learn how to have peace and serenity in your kitchen.
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Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Imagine turning the light on and the foam on your latte skittering away.
Addi Moore <3 2 years ago
great way to tell someone that they look like a roach without telling them.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Is this a dark roach a medium roach or a light roach? Thank you and good night.
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Rwby Couch 2 years ago
How the turns have tabled, there are the same amount of letters in PIZZA as their is SUSHI
GFSTaylor 2 years ago
Maybe this is a plea from someone trapped in a sushi factory.
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Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Oh, yeast... who could imagine that it would convert sugars in the flour into CO2 and ethanol, increasing volume?
Na Schi 2 years ago
Well some dumbass like I was. Only difference: had it in plastic bags (not even half filled) and anxiously watched those bags expanding on my 1.5 hour ride home.
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A Really Bored Panda 2 years ago
Its 100% a dutch fridge. The butter is Blue Band, which is dutch, and that packet says pizzadeeg, which is dutch for pizza dough. And there are 3 open packs of cheese
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I hope you weren’t hungry when you started viewing this list, pandas, because we know it’s not the most appetizing one… But if you’ve found some photos that you find particularly hilarious or amusing, we hope it was worth it! Keep upvoting the chaotic food pics that you can’t help but get a kick out of, and let us know in the comments below what the craziest foods you’ve ever seen were. Then, if you’re interested in checking out Bored Panda’s last article featuring Chaotic Foods, you can find that list right here!
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sturmwesen 2 years ago
I remember some advertisement for banana water to lose weight. It might work because you lose your hunger seeing this.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Even if you don't, you can drink of it until you feel your stomach fill and your soul shrivel. Definitely won't be able to eat anything afterwards XD
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
And when you don't understand the difference between quirky and jerky
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Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Why? Just why? But put my goldfishies in there and they’d be happy.
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BlackestDawn 2 years ago
Why did I read this in Eda's voice (from The Owl House)?
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ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
My son and his buddy ordered a no meat/veggie/sauce/cheese pizza with thin crust from Domino's. They paid $18 for a big cracker.🙄
Earl Grey 2 years ago
That happened to me at a Wendy’s. I ordered their cheeseburger. They asked “What do you want on it?” I replied “Just cheese.” They said “Just cheese?” I reiterated “Just cheese.” I got a bun with cheese. We got it sorted out shortly after that. True story.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
I’m sure some mind expanding substances helped.
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Birdy 2 years ago
A forgettable and horrific period in culinary history...random vegetables set in gelatine was a thing 😱
MagicFrog 2 years ago
there's this guy named Dylan hollis who makes recipes from throughout history. he's made quite a few things similar to this
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Aiw Aiwou 2 years ago
It's an Easter lamb. Should be made of madeira cake though...
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Janet Weston 2 years ago
Ooo, where can I buy one ? And don’t say Tesco cos I’ve asked in my local one and they laughed
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BlackestDawn 2 years ago
Doesn't look anywhere near big enough. The blocks in Minecraft are supposed to be 1 meter cubed.
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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 2 years ago
Controversial opinion, but eat whatever you want on your pizza. Just don’t tell someone else what they should like. Works for propounds, partner preferences, and PIZZA
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I absolutely adore pineapple, however, if you so much as wave a piece of pineapple over my tomato pie, and you'll be drinking your pizza through a straw.
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Haha I was thinking the same thing. It's like those exercise videos where the resistance band snaps back.
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Is this like finding Jesus in a piece of toast, only it's a chihuahua in a piece of naan?
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
I believe there are programs out there that might be able to help you🤪
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Babsevs 2 years ago
I'm almost too frightened to ask....but what is it??? Innocent Brit has serious questions here!
Just Me 2 years ago
It's a pork tenderloin, pounded, breaded, then deep fried.
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
That is one hell of a Fritter. I will bet it is somewhere in Indiana.
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Vic 2 years ago
You don't? Can't you see one slice of pickle has fallen off? How do you expect it to taste right?
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Charlie the Cat 2 years ago
I always give pickles from burgers to my partner. Can't stand them. 🥒🤢
Babsevs 2 years ago
My youngest daughter gets everyone's pickles in our house...
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The happy frog 2 years ago
~looks side to side~ hmm ~snatches mouse and puts in pocket~ What no I didn’t see and adorable little mouse here did you?
Sophia 2 years ago
Hungarian here. Sadly, this picture was taken in a SPAR supermarket in Hungary. If only they (or any supermarket here) were of the same quality as the SPAR supermarkets in Austria, Germany or the Netherlands!
AnkleByter 2 years ago
All supermarkets deal with rodents-how they do differs-but they all have them. They all have pests of all sorts, most of which people don't realize or ever see, but never assume there aren't any. I assure you, there always are. Between delivery vehicles bringing items into the supermarkets and just the general fact that rodents live almost everywhere, it's inevitable that at any time you are in one of them, are are multiple rodents also there.
Load More Replies... Ken Beattie 2 years ago
They are so adorable, it just sucks that they're so destructive.
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Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I can't imagine the farts this will cause. Your bed sheets are going to be flying.
Natalia Allen 2 years ago
Beans beans good for the heart, the more you eat the more you fart, the more you fart the better you feel, so eat your beans with every meal
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
I grew up with a slightly different version 😂 "Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel, so let's have beans for every meal!"
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
I love onions…but that would take a new strain of weed I haven’t discovered hot!
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Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
Imagine if you're absent-mindedly eating and then you see that in front of you.
Oliver Kettle 2 years ago
Dumping a drink that will permanently stain their shirt on their back
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The happy frog 2 years ago
I’m crying at this comment oh my gosh 😭 this is too funny with one word you were able to stimulate all the emotions at once… standwich that’s my new favorite word
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Janet Weston 2 years ago
He had the audacity to ask me to make HIM a sandwich after he had been playing golf ! I’d stopped at home with the 4 kids on my own . HE won’t ask again .
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Phoenix(or nix)they/them 2 years ago
I thought I ordered boneless, skinless, free range pizza. That is NOT what I ordered.
Yourname942 2 years ago
Yes.. I too take a bite of pizza and then stick bones into it for a picture..
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Fries B4 guys 2 years ago
It looks like that plant in Little Shop of Horrors Lol. But seriously, burn it in a bonfire please 😊
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Kathryn Silk-Neilsen 2 years ago
Reminds me of the film Existenz, the scene where he’s cutting up and slurping all the meat off those weird animals 🤢
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Oh my god I think I just found my new backpacking food! That. Is. Awesome.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
Do you intend to propel yourself down the trail with your own farts?
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Elizabeth Levin (ElizaMaow) 2 years ago
Yuck! I personally don't like refried beans, but I am not making fun of anyone who does like them.
LilDuck 2 years ago
Are we just going to ignore the fact that it says vegetarian beans? Shouldn’t all beans be vegetarian?
Spiderman the webhead<3 2 years ago
Some might have pork or similar meat products like animal fat as an added ingredient? I'm honestly not sure though lol
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censorshipsucks 2 years ago
guys we abandoned aspic/jelly moulds in the early 1980s for a reason, and that reason was the geneva convention. Please stop.
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Kathryn Silk-Neilsen 2 years ago
Day four in the ice cream house and the case of mistaken identity is going well so far
Sherry Errera 2 years ago
Never thought I'd be recalling this here, but now that it's been called out....Tonight at Safeway, I noticed they had an in-store ad for both mangos and avacados - on sale interchangeably for the same price. In the moment I thought, "what an odd pairing" then thought about it no more...until now. Lol!
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Wouldn't the dill juice, uh, burn... in... sensitive areas? D:
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6th Fatui Harbinger, Scamouche 2 years ago
very wrong if you have a dirty mind, like me
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Babsevs 2 years ago
My husband's uncle used to make his mother do this when he lived at home!! Unbelievable.....
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Christian Fuller 2 years ago
When an accountant takes the term "bean counter" too literally...
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Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
And some people still don't understand why Nestlé is considered an evil corporation.
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Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
I would like to know what did they intend to show... The fact that you can put things over other things?
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Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Anyone else chanting "pizza, burger, hot dog" under their breath? No? Just me?
Jess-a-men 2 years ago
No... I'm saddened to say that this abomination is in fact German and has never claimed otherwise.
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The Chocolate Gecko 2 years ago
I mean, if the spam was grilled, THEN put in.... idk man I'd eat it
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Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Just roast that over a fire till it's nice and crispy, and it'll be fine.
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Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago
You'd have to be desperate for a ride to steal that car. ;-)
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Rebelliousslug 2 years ago
Tell me you live in a rental home without telling me you live in a rental home
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Tell me you never cooked before without telling you never cooked before.
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