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I found some gin I didn't know I had

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endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:13

While tidying a cupboard I found some gin! There are some small cans of tonic in the fridge. Grin

Has anybody else found any nice surprises while tidying up during lockdown?

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HollowTalk · 01/04/2020 17:15

I just can't imagine that happening in my house!

ShanghaiDiva · 01/04/2020 17:16

I found a 28 year old answer phone at the back of my mum’s cupboard.
Want to swap?

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:17

There are cupboards in my house that haven't seen the light of day for years. Blush

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endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:18

Nah ShanghaiDiva, you're alright. Grin

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Bluewavescrashing · 01/04/2020 17:19

I found a chocolate orange yesterday 😋

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:21

I also found some dubious looking Brazilian stuff in a plastic bottle that DS2 brought back from his gap year travels. We sniffed it, but concluded it might be put to better use as hand sanitiser.

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HollowTalk · 01/04/2020 17:22

I have cupboards like that, too, but have to admit I've got a sixth sense for where the alcohol is hidden!

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:22

Apparently it is a type of homemade rum. Hmm

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taybert · 01/04/2020 17:23

Not food but we did discover there’s a whole series of Detectorists we haven’t watched on iPlayer. We’re rationing it very carefully.

ShadyAcromat · 01/04/2020 17:23

I also found a chocolate orange earlier this week.

HasaDigaEebowai · 01/04/2020 17:23

DS2 needed a shoe box for an online lesson yesterday. He went hunting in the garage and came back with one filled with 4 large bars of chocolate and 5 bags of chocolate raisins which I'd completely forgotten about!

Helpmefly94 · 01/04/2020 17:24

Now you’re just showing off!!!

So much for ‘we’re all in this together’ GrinWink

Enjoy OP!!

mummmy2017 · 01/04/2020 17:24

DS deserves hero status, for admitting he found it.

Rubychard · 01/04/2020 17:25

Tidied the under sink cupboard. Found 2 packs anti bacterial wipes, a box of latex gloves and 4 pairs or rubber gloves. All very apt.

Carrie7469 · 01/04/2020 17:25

I found a bag of pasta shells at the back of the cupboard if that counts

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:25

I haven't had chocolate raisins for years. Were they still in date?

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HasaDigaEebowai · 01/04/2020 17:27

All chocolate still fine and perfectly delicious (we tested the bag of chocolate raisins!)

Eminybob · 01/04/2020 17:28

Where are all these chocolate oranges lurking?? We did have 2 before lockdown but they have both definitely been eaten since.

I have found no extra alcohol, but have drank leftover Christmas baileys that I wouldn’t have done otherwise.

Not found anything really and now I’m feeling hard done by.

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:30

How long does Baileys keep if it has been opened?

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BiddyPop · 01/04/2020 17:31

3 packets of porridge oats....I kept thinking we'd make flapjacks, not making them, and then forgetting I'd bought them next time I had that bright idea Blush

Actually though, it could be a good time to raid the drinks cupboard, I know I have a few weird and wonderful things from travels at the back...

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 01/04/2020 17:31

Two crates of glass lemonade bottles filled with liquid in the back of the shed behind a shelving unit. DP says its 'porcheen' he brought it over from ireland when he moved over in 2000. It smells like ethanol and made my eyes water 😂

endofthelinefinally · 01/04/2020 17:33

That sounds lethal, Heaviest, what will you do with it?

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TawnyPippit · 01/04/2020 17:33

We have investigated our drinks cupboard and are having Crazy Cocktail evenings on a Friday, when we make a cocktail based on what we have found in the deep recesses (me, DH 2 x late teen DCs). Last Friday was Limoncello based. The only rule is that its got to resemble an actually drink rather than something from a student party. I like to think I am teaching my university-bound DS a useful life skill Smile.

MrsSnitchnose · 01/04/2020 17:38

It smells like ethanol and made my eyes water 😂

For God's sake don't throw it away! You may be desperate if the drink supply dries up possibly joking Grin

BasilDiffuser · 01/04/2020 17:40

I found some anti bac wipes, some baby bubble bath, some Lindt chocolate and a box of roses.

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