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Would I be unreasonable to eat the pringles?

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Craftyrose · 10/08/2026 14:35

We were in a supermarket car park today and as we got back to the car a Pringle packer rolled down the pavement.
We picked it up to save it rolling across the car park creating litter. We realised it was a brand new, in date, completely sealed pack. We looked around but no one was looking for them. Would you have eaten them??

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Velumental · 11/08/2026 19:40

Firefly1987 · 11/08/2026 19:36

Well you can't get it back because someone like the PP took it for themselves. I'm surprised you're happy for it to go to someone like that.

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I dunno, different when I was in dire straits but when I'm comfortable I tell myself it's ok, it's gone somewhere it's needed more.

Firefly1987 · 11/08/2026 19:36

Velumental · 11/08/2026 09:10

Anytime I do something stupid like this, dropped and lost money etc and can't get it back this is what I hope happened to it. The universe sent it where it was needed. It comforts me as someone who has been horribly skint at times

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Well you can't get it back because someone like the PP took it for themselves. I'm surprised you're happy for it to go to someone like that.

venmor · 11/08/2026 13:55

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 13:44

Now, that's better!

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You have my deepest sympathy, it must be hard work for you policing the internet.

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 13:44

venmor · 11/08/2026 12:58

‘Would you eat these pringels’

’no’

let’s leave out the bit where I mentioned OCD since you don’t deem it relevant.

Happy now?

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Now, that's better!

JacknDiane · 11/08/2026 13:10

Glad yoh enjoyed them @Craftyrose

venmor · 11/08/2026 12:58

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 01:52

Wasn’t relevant to what the poster asked, though.

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‘Would you eat these pringels’

’no’

let’s leave out the bit where I mentioned OCD since you don’t deem it relevant.

Happy now?

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Craftyrose · 11/08/2026 10:50

ZenNudist · 11/08/2026 07:24

I was in the freezer aisle when some almond magnums just leapt up and randomly assaulted me. WIBU to buy them amd eat them?

Absolutely not!

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Velumental · 11/08/2026 09:10

TallSturdyGirls · 10/08/2026 14:38

I once saw a car drive off leaving a whole shopping bag on the ground. I shouted and
Tried to go after them, but they drove off.
i had a lovely roast dinner that night and thanked them for it. Was properly skint st the time so was a great blessing.

Anytime I do something stupid like this, dropped and lost money etc and can't get it back this is what I hope happened to it. The universe sent it where it was needed. It comforts me as someone who has been horribly skint at times

Timeforachange26 · 11/08/2026 08:20

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 01:49

Or you could have just left it there for when the person realised they were missing a bag?

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Foe either someone else to take or to go bad?

ZenNudist · 11/08/2026 07:24

I was in the freezer aisle when some almond magnums just leapt up and randomly assaulted me. WIBU to buy them amd eat them?

arlequin · 11/08/2026 07:11

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 01:52

Wasn’t relevant to what the poster asked, though.

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Why not? The ocd would mean she wouldn’t eat them

Chickadee26 · 11/08/2026 03:02

I'd have left them to a genuine destitute person.

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 01:52

arlequin · 10/08/2026 23:02

OCD causes the sufferer to have irrational thoughts that they find incredibly distressing. Like someone may have deliberately tampered with the Pringles to harm others.

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Wasn’t relevant to what the poster asked, though.

dancehysterical22 · 11/08/2026 01:49

TallSturdyGirls · 10/08/2026 14:47

To be honest, I would have but I had just done a big food ahop with 3 kids under the age of 5 It was in a massive Asda car park, and there was no way I was going to get all my kids out the car, walk back to the shop find someone to hand it to on the off chance that they would come back when they hadnt even bothered to stop when I waved them down!

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Or you could have just left it there for when the person realised they were missing a bag?

socialdilemmawhattodo · 10/08/2026 23:23

anrom1969 · 10/08/2026 22:32

I agree, start a petition?

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Obvs of course. It would make Parliament in days. National support for restoring proper tube levels.
#bringbackmypringles #pringlesforclacton #binfaceonlyeatspringlesfortea

Firefly1987 · 10/08/2026 23:17

SandwichSuperstar · 10/08/2026 14:51

Still not on really that you took someone else's lost food and ate it just because you were skint.

They could've been far more skint.

Or if you'd left it alone, they could've come back a few minutes later.

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Agreed. Before I came on mumsnet I had no concept that people just took things others had lost and kept them (unless they literally happened to be thieves at the same time) I just can't imagine doing that.

But she's got 3 kids and was broke so it's ok Hmm

arlequin · 10/08/2026 23:02

dancehysterical22 · 10/08/2026 22:33

What does OCD have to do with it?

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OCD causes the sufferer to have irrational thoughts that they find incredibly distressing. Like someone may have deliberately tampered with the Pringles to harm others.

dancehysterical22 · 10/08/2026 22:33

venmor · 10/08/2026 14:45

Absolutely not but I have OCD so perhaps the idea that they may have been tampered with is not real.

What does OCD have to do with it?

anrom1969 · 10/08/2026 22:32

socialdilemmawhattodo · 10/08/2026 22:05

Yes but now you pop and the tube is half empty already. The shrinkflation on Pringles is a national catastrophe. And they no longer dip properly! Break too easily.

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I agree, start a petition?

socialdilemmawhattodo · 10/08/2026 22:05

anrom1969 · 10/08/2026 14:45

OP has confirmed it was sour cream and chives , those bad boys wouldn’t have made it home , once you pop and all that !!

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Yes but now you pop and the tube is half empty already. The shrinkflation on Pringles is a national catastrophe. And they no longer dip properly! Break too easily.

MerryUmberHedgehog · 10/08/2026 20:40

Yes

Original poster
Craftyrose · 10/08/2026 20:40

Timeforachange26 · 10/08/2026 20:03

The OP still seems to be alive despite eating them

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Alive and well!

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Gengha · 10/08/2026 20:24

SandwichSuperstar · 10/08/2026 16:32

What's bonkers is that you didn't read the post I was replying to, which had nothing to do with Pringles...

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It is indeed. My apologies. I think I was giddy at the notion someone was getting free Pringles.

Timeforachange26 · 10/08/2026 20:03

MyDarlingRose · 10/08/2026 15:54

It could be a false Pringles covered in Novichok…

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The OP still seems to be alive despite eating them

Nousernameideaaga · 10/08/2026 19:26

anrom1969 · 10/08/2026 14:36

Which flavour?

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