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singe
2009-01-22 03:24 am UTC (link)

Tampons (not only for the usual purpose, but for sopping up spills and things they are amazing.)

Who the hell uses a tampon to wipe up spills?! Does she use them during the rehearsal dinner? During the toast to soak up spilled champagne? To clean her lipstick off the horrified groom/father-of-the-bride/preacher? Gah, ultra-absorbent paper towels are cheaper and can be used in public without embarrassment.

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	Re: Also... tez 2009-01-22 03:26 am UTC (link)
	How about a ShamWow? Maybe that should be included in all wedding day kits. ...actually, now that I think about it, that's a damn good idea. They absorb everything, after all. Maybe even wedding drama, if applied to the face of the mother-in-law. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... singe 2009-01-22 03:31 am UTC (link)
	That would be a ShamShutthefuckupyoubitteroldhag! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... tez 2009-01-22 03:42 am UTC (link)
	A friend of mine once hypothesized that if you stuffed a ShamWow in someone's mouth it'd absorb all the water in a person's body and thereby kill them. This could well make it the best mother-in-law repellent ever. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... damnedfallacy 2009-01-22 03:50 am UTC (link)
	I adore my (now former) mother-in-law, but I'm convinced my mother and your ex-MIL are sisters. If I ever get married again, I'm using my pagan lesbian minister as my Mother repellent. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	Re: Also... singe 2009-01-22 04:46 am UTC (link)
	What a way to go! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... marumae 2009-01-25 05:10 am UTC (link)
	sdfkasjdf;k YOU JUST MAKE ME SPITTAKE HOT CHOCOLATE ALL OVER MYSELF. I think I love you <3. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... sisterelwood 2009-01-22 05:47 am UTC (link)
	http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x98/vrykyl250/SHAMWOW.jpg It had to be done... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... cleolinda 2009-01-22 06:02 am UTC (link)
	If you hadn't linked it, I would have. I love the bit with the dog. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... tez 2009-01-22 07:35 am UTC (link)
	YES. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... tofuknight 2009-01-22 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	That's hilariously marvellous. I would love those commercials 10x more if that was the actual script. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... also_not_a_pipe 2009-01-22 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Well, you know, if you hold it there long enough... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... caito 2009-01-22 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"I have a runny nose. Have you got a tissue?" "No, but I've got a tampon." Used to be a running joke around my high school friends, since he actually did accept her tampon and stick it up his nose. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... singe 2009-01-22 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Now I'm imagining some poor kid trying to explain how he got toxic-shock syndrome to his parents... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... ecchaniz0r 2009-01-22 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	I think that only happens specifically within the nootch. But TSS of the nostril would be - something! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... singe 2009-01-22 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	I knew I should have put a winking smiley at the end of that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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kookaburra
2009-01-22 10:35 am UTC (link)

Alsoalso...

I don't know about tampons, but at the barn we always kept a pack of maxi pads to use as wound dressing if a horse got cut and started bleeding. Very effective at keeping the stable aisle from looking like Freddy paid a visit.

I have ~~mentioned it a few times~~ lobbied tirelessly to have our ambulances stocked with them, since the absorbent wound dressings we currently have are super expensive and have terrible absorbency.

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	Re: Also... tofuknight 2009-01-22 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	You could also try diapers. I know someone who does some magic tricks, and he says it's cheaper to buy diapers and rip out the powder than buy the stuff. Maybe your ambulance people would like diapers instead of maxis? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... kookaburra 2009-01-23 04:58 am UTC (link)
	We do have diaper-style bandages for injuries in ...awkward places. You know they are better than normal diapers because the medical supply people told us so! And they cost way more! Hooray! Sadly, I am still a lowly volunteer, so I don't really get a say in much. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... sesana 2009-01-23 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Well, disposable pads were invented using material that had originally been designed as dressing for wounds. So you're actually using them for their original intended purpose. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Also... kookaburra 2009-01-23 08:35 am UTC (link)
	I did not know that. JF is so informative! I just really liked using them in my medicine kit because they don't stick to dried blood on the skin like the cottony dressings will sometimes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Also... pfeffermuse 2009-01-24 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	Extra-large puppy wee-wee pads work excellently as well. We've been using them as part of our horse's dressing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

TMI time with takhys! :D

takhys
2009-01-23 08:50 am UTC (link)

I've used tampons in a non-uterine way, but that's because we were three hours from the nearest doctor's office (eight to a hospital) and a friend of mine missed with the hatchet and carved a chunk out of her leg. It wasn't something we could easily bind tightly, so we packed the wound with tampons, bound it, and trekked out of the woods.

HOWEVER, if you're getting smacked around with hatchets at the wedding and an air lift is the only way to get to a hospital, maybe you've got bigger problems then random tampons.

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	Re: TMI time with takhys! :D singe 2009-01-23 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	See, I have no problem with that. It's whipping them out at formal, non-emergency, occasions that's disturbing my delicate sensibilities. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

takhys
2009-01-23 08:02 pm UTC (link)

Also, I have a friend who swears by this, but...uh...well, it's a little weird imho: she takes tampons, dips 'em in paraffin, and keeps them in her emergency kit as fire starters. Light the string and if they're wax-coated, they'll burn for a few minutes, certainly long enough to get heavier sticks started in the absence of tinder.

(Hi. I'm from the far North of Canada.)

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