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I have the most stupid DH on MN

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magicstar1 · 06/04/2018 20:39

DH cooked dinner tonight and had some sausages on his plate along with dinner. I commented on how strong they smelled and asked where he got them. He laughed and said “from the bin”.
Last night I was checking the fridge and at the back found a pack of leek sausages dated April 1st...the pack had swelled right up and bubbles were oozing out the side, so I threw them out. These are what he’s just eaten!
Now he burping away and I can’t believe he’s that thick!
AIBU to make him sleep with a bucket tonight Angry

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Original poster
magicstar1 · 06/04/2018 22:08

Trust me, I’m serious. I’m posting on here to show him I’m not exaggerating and that it’s really stupid.

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StripedPyjamasandSpottyTops · 06/04/2018 22:09

Oh that is revolting! I thought my DH was bad eating yoghurts that are a month out of date - "just give it a good stir, look it's fine!". SadGrim.

This thread also reminded me of the hilarious fatball H. That's one of my favourite threads ever.

GummyGoddess · 06/04/2018 22:09

Of course he'll say he's fine, no need to admit he's made a mistake unless it's impossible to avoid

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magicstar1 · 06/04/2018 22:09

And I won’t be mopping up...He can ring his mother!!!!

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ShatnersBassoon · 06/04/2018 22:11

This is inexplicable Confused. What the jolly fuck was he digging through the bin for food for?

I bet he'll be fine, but to risk a couple of days of the screaming shits just to save wasting a packet of sausages that you hadn't fancied even when they were fresh and in the fridge... It seems like extreme point-proving or something.

PasstheStarmix · 06/04/2018 22:11

Bet he’s got a cast iron stomach hence his disregard for rancid food

PasstheStarmix · 06/04/2018 22:12

Or regard should I say?

Quantumblue · 06/04/2018 22:12

Good luck OP and idiot DH.

Wafflenose · 06/04/2018 22:13

I think this is the nastiest thing I've ever read on MN. Bleurgh.

MrsAJ27 · 06/04/2018 22:14

Eww this is so disgusting Shock

Marmablade · 06/04/2018 22:14

An ex colleague of mine objected to me throwing out his (long out of date) fizzy yoghurts 🤮

Armi · 06/04/2018 22:16

Is he like the husband of a friend of mine? He’s a complete twat and refuses to be ‘controlled’ by such nefarious means as use by dates and road signs (particularly in supermarket car parks). He gets really exercised about the injustice of Tesco having the right to tell him which way to drive round the car park. Traffic lights are an unnecessary infringement on his intellectual rights etc.

I will be vastly entertained if your DH asserts his rights over those tyrannous hygiene guidelines by puking his innards out. That’ll show those controlling food hygiene bastards!

dontticklethetoad · 06/04/2018 22:17

he'll be like a human catherine wheel

I laughed long and hard at that. Grin

PasstheStarmix · 06/04/2018 22:17

Fizzy yoghurts 🤮 with a candy floss topping

bluescreen · 06/04/2018 22:18

Use by dates don't scare me except with some things, like hummus. There's lots of guidance online (eg) about where to draw the line, and some of it is long after the die-by date. Sausages - no, not least because it's a minced meat product that's had a lot of surface area exposed to airborne contamination. As for getting them out of the bin when the packet is swollen and oozing - I honestly thought you were exaggerating for effect.

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 06/04/2018 22:20

I don’t live by best before and sell by,but I’m vegetarian so my risk is plant based not meat that’s fizzy

bonnyshide · 06/04/2018 22:21

Was he trying to prove a point?

Was there I other food in the house?

Does he have a eating disorder?

I don't understand Confused

SophieofShepherdsBush · 06/04/2018 22:22

Yanbu.
Anyway, let us all know how he gets on. Grin

Bluntness100 · 06/04/2018 22:23

From contaminated pork he will not get ill for 24 to 48 hours. Then it will begin.

If they were out of date and unrefrigerated and re heated he's going to be a very sick man indeed and he's going to be in a lot of pain as well as have a fever, severe case of the shits and vomiting. If I was Him I'd make myself vomit now and try to get them out of his system.

I'm not kidding when I say I actually feel nauseaous at the thought of what he's done.

SophieofShepherdsBush · 06/04/2018 22:23

Yanbu.
Anyway, let us all know how he gets on. Envy

PuntCuffin · 06/04/2018 22:24

Even I, as the most blasé of ignorers of BB dates and not worrying about food left out for a few hours would baulk at this one. That is truly vile. Not so much the out of date bit, but the fishing it out the bin. Seriously rancid.

Sod's law says he'll be fine though. Leading him to think it was perfectly acceptable behaviour.

Please, please let him experience a violent gastrointestinal disturbance of sufficient magnitude to learn his lesson, without it being hospitalisation serious!

Weedsnseeds1 · 06/04/2018 22:24

Food Scientist here.
The bulging pack and fizzing suggests lactic acid producing bacteria, so pH probably reduced enough to prevent anything sinister multiplying to worrying levels. Sausages are prone to lactic fermentation. Lactobacillus, with a head start would also out compete other bacteria.
The sausages would have tasted sour, but probably not lethal.
However, it's an incredibly stupid risk to take and if he tried it with e.g. chicken, not sausages he'd probably be very ill.
Sadly, I expect on this occasion he'll be fine, but I suspect over confidence will lead him to repeat the experiment with something far more risky in the near future...

Calatonia · 06/04/2018 22:25

Do you have children, OP? You don't mention them, so your DH is looking like a serious contender for a Darwin Award.

FreddieandFlo · 06/04/2018 22:26

human catherine wheel GrinGrin

Weedsnseeds1 · 06/04/2018 22:26

If he fails to develop symptoms, you could always lace his next meal with laxitives, so he thinks he has food poisoning I suppose...