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A hypothetical question...

45 replies

Whorl · 14/05/2025 17:00

Imagine you had three fridges, one of which you use very rarely. Now Imagine the last time you thought about that fridge, which lives in a basement, was Christmas 2023.

Ok.

Now Imagine remembering that the last time you engaged with that fridge was December 2023. And you put the remains of a goose and some cheese in that fridge.

And then forgot about it until, let's say May '25, because you're moving house and suddenly remembered you have a basement fridge.

Would you;

A) Engage with the horror

B) Arrange a removal for a 'fridge', with waste disposal people.

Obviously hypothetical, because who'd be that stupid??

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TheNightingalesStarling · 14/05/2025 17:02

Does the fridge work? Have you opened it?

Original poster
Whorl · 14/05/2025 17:02

Yes.

And no.

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Gonk123 · 14/05/2025 17:03

Oo load the pic of your finding once you pluck up the courage to open the door…wear a mask!! Ha ha!

LozzaCh0ps · 14/05/2025 17:03

I once moved into a rented flat to find a pool of dried blood that had run down the wonky kitchen floor after the last tenant had moved out and left a massive chunk of beef alone in an unplugged freezer. Good luck OP 😭

slamdunk66 · 14/05/2025 17:03

I’d not be brave enough to open it but my dh probably would. The smell and remains would turn my stomach. I’d want to get rid.

Original poster
Whorl · 14/05/2025 17:03

The fridge is and has always been on

Just saving those delicious leftovers...

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Comedycook · 14/05/2025 17:04

B

TheNightingalesStarling · 14/05/2025 17:04

Do you want the fridge?

GrumpySparkler · 14/05/2025 17:04

100% engage with the horror. Out of curiosity more than anything. But by engage with it I mean looking at it over DH's shoulder, while he deals with it!

senua · 14/05/2025 17:04

Has anybody else emptied the fridge?
<hopeful>

Verv · 14/05/2025 17:04

Hypothetically and selfishly i would duct tape that thing up and call the waste disposal.

But, i suppose that i'd have to do the decent thing and sort the interior hellscape before getting it removed. (altho i much prefer option duct tape)

FetidMoppet · 14/05/2025 17:05

I have quite a strong stomach but bleurgh, rather you than me! You might find after so long though that it's passed the point of rancidness (rancidity?!) and has dessicated enough to be unpleasant but not scarring.
Please report back!!

Auroraloves · 14/05/2025 17:05

I think you may need professionals to deal with that.

ZebraPyjamas · 14/05/2025 17:05

oh crikey 😂 I think I’d have to look at least!!!!!

DollopOfFun · 14/05/2025 17:05

I'd decide the basement needed a new supporting wall, and concrete that mother in.

Flowby · 14/05/2025 17:08

Oh good god!

Option B for me.

Although curiosity might get the better of me.

Comedycook · 14/05/2025 17:13

TheNightingalesStarling · 14/05/2025 17:04

Do you want the fridge?

I wouldn't keep the fridge even if the contents were removed and it was deep cleaned. I can't remember what it is exactly but I saw a TV programme where they explained how you can basically never get rid of the germs or something like that... something scientific but it will basically not be properly clean again now.

Disappointedneighbour · 14/05/2025 17:13

How was the goose packaged for refrigeration? Is it in foil, a tupperware ? And the cheese ? If in tupperware then you can hopefully just nip in quickly and throw them wholesale in a black bag? It's going to be pretty rank. Good luck!

Ollybob · 14/05/2025 17:17

Preparation is key, a bucket or similar with a lid, gloves and some sort of mask.
Open door, shove contents in bucket, pop on lid and get rid!
However be prepared to shut that door pretty quickly if it's escaped out of it's packaging 😬

EveryDayisFriday · 14/05/2025 17:17

I think I could A) engage with the horror but I have terrible sinuses so my sense of smell is pretty poor.
Vicks under the nose, gloves on and decent bin bags and deep cleanse that bad boy.

mindutopia · 14/05/2025 17:17

We sort of had this happen. Except it was lamb, possibly from Easter. And the fridge broke and Dh wheeled it out and put it in a garage. We both thought the other cleaned it out. Until an indeterminate but odorous liquid started to seep out maybe 9 months later.

What did I do? I taped that mofo closed with a load of duct tape like I clearly wasn’t trying to hide a decomposing body and I hired a man with a van to take it to the tip. 😂

Memorable · 14/05/2025 17:20

Luckily you’re moving. Which is really the only option 😁

genesis92 · 14/05/2025 17:22

When I moved house a few months ago, I found an open and half used pack of bacon that I had put on top of the fridge rather than back in the fridge. Fridge has very high secret shelf above. The bacon had probably been there at least a year I reckon.

It was a bit rank but nothing terrifying tbh, couldn’t believe I couldn’t smell it the whole time though. What you’re imagining probably isn’t as bad as the reality

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Whorl · 14/05/2025 17:24

TheNightingalesStarling · 14/05/2025 17:04

Do you want the fridge?

I do not want the fridge.

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EverythingElseIsTaken · 14/05/2025 17:25

Isn’t this sort of thing how Fleming discovered penicillin?

OP - I mean hypothetical fridge owner - you may have a miracle medical cure in that fridge. 🧫

HOWEVER if it were me …. Wrap the whole darn thing in a LOT of gaffer tape and get it removed! 😷

It must have a pretty good door seal on it if the basement hasn’t started smelling a bit….. funky. 🤢