By: Blonde Two
Have you ever got things muddled up?
In the dark, in a tent, this is very easy to do. I have a particular issue when I am searching through the dry bag that contains all of my toiletries. I must emphasise the ‘all’ in my previous sentence; because I often seem to bring far more little pots, containers and tubes that I need to. Tubes have given me especial concern over the years; a tube of toothpaste feels much like a tube of antiseptic cream. You learn to judge them by feel but if you get that wrong, you unfortunately have to learn by taste.
I nearly made a similar fatal error at home the other day. After a trip through Dartmoor’s Fernworthy Forest (ask Not-At-All-Blonde about how many midge bites you can fit on one face!) These two bottles – one for deterring midges and one for encouraging contact lenses were side by side in my bathroom. I picked up the wrong one, but thankfully realised in time. Can you imagine how uncomfortable putting a sliver of diethyltoluamide soaked plastic into my eye would have been?
I am considering developing a range of Blonde glow in the dark bottles; for toothpaste, I think blue would be best …
Does that Jungle Formula work? I have found nothing that has the slightest effect at deterring midges except for a midge net suit, so perhaps you could get rid of that one for a start?
A midge suit might be a good idea. Yes, Jungle Formula does work; but it tastes disgusting and leaves your skin feeling yukky.
Meths is coloured blue for a good reason. However in some places on the continent you can buy a clear version – ‘alcool a bruler’
Was using this [from a plastic bottle similar to my water bottle] in my burner on a trip. Stayed in a hut one night and used their gas. Yes – I boiled a pan full of the stuff, popped in a tea bag and only then recognised my mistake. Thank god it can’t be very volatile.
That would be a cuppa that woke you up in the morning! Am not sure if I would have laughed or cried at that point!
PS Are you Blonde?!?
I seem to be having more Blonde moments of late. Quite pleasant really.
Hee – Jungle Formula may or may not work – but it gave me a face the size and shape of a football the only time I used it, and kept me three days on the campsite when I was doing the Southern Upland Way, while I waited for my eyes to reappear. Never again!
Now that does sound nasty. A warning if we ever lend it to youngsters!