MI - Kindergarten student brings Jose Cuervo mix to class, shares with others

[Laughing]

When I was in 5th grade, I did this home experiment with yeast, sugar and water. I put it in a soda bottle and put a balloon over the lip. The next day the balloon had expanded due to CO2. The house had a funny smell, but I didn't think anything of it.

I proudly brought my "show and tell" to school.
"You made beer!", "This smells like a brewery! "...on and on it went.

Heck, I was too young to even know that it was illegal for kids to have beer!

Finally, the teacher made me throw my successful experiment away! This was in 1966

My parents brewed beer. Also in the mid '60's, my second grade class was making construction paper Easter bunnies. To make the eyes, everyone was supposed to bring 2 buttons and 2 bottle caps. The buttons made wiggle-eyes when set into those bottle caps. Cute, eh?

I knew where to find the buttons in the sewing room, and the bottle caps in the garage. Didn't bother either parent.

As you can imagine, I was the only kid with smooth, unbent bottle caps. The only kid with bottle caps that didn't say Coke or Pepsi or Seven Up.

I remember my teacher, and another, turning those bottle caps over in their hands.

Apparently my Mom got a call from school.

When my Dad arrived that evening & heard the story, he found it hilarious. I recently heard him tell the story -- in his words, I'm in my 60's and still solving practical problems in simple ways.

That's my Dad!

Thanks for this stroll down Memory Lane!

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[Friday Fan]

My parents brewed beer. Also in the mid '60's, my second grade class was making construction paper Easter bunnies. To make the eyes, everyone was supposed to bring 2 buttons and 2 bottle caps. The buttons made wiggle-eyes when set into those bottle caps. Cute, eh?

I knew where to find the buttons in the sewing room, and the bottle caps in the garage. Didn't bother either parent.

As you can imagine, I was the only kid with smooth, unbent bottle caps. The only kid with bottle caps that didn't say Coke or Pepsi or Seven Up.

I remember my teacher, and another, turning those bottle caps over in their hands.

Apparently my Mom got a call from school.

When my Dad arrived that evening & heard the story, he found it hilarious. I recently heard him tell the story -- in his words, I'm in my 60's and still solving practical problems in simple ways.

That's my Dad!

Thanks for this stroll down Memory Lane!

jmho ymmv lrr

My dad was in Vietnam at the time. My mom was trying to "run the ship" and she was never very street smart. My dad would not have let me out the door smelling like a brewery, but it probably didn't "register" with my mom!

So, out the door I proudly went with my CO2 invention!

I had a "boyfriend" at the time who I walked to school with.
First thing out of his mouth: "You smell like a brewery!"
I reply, "What's a brewery?"

 

[Springrain]

As an elementary educator myself, I can see this happening pretty easily through an honest mistake. That premixed Jose Cuervo stuff would look like lemonade or limeade to a 5/6 year-old! I can see a kid grabbing it for their lunchbox by accident thinking it was lemonade. Maybe even a sleep=deprived mom or dad absentmindedly packing it into their kids' lunch, though this is less likely IMO.

That being said, I bet the parents learned their lesson about locking up liquor! LOL

 

[PrairieWind]

I grew up in Protestant churches where we were served grape juice. So the first time I attended a Catholic mass I was surprised that it was wine. I was a young teenager, and I attended with one of my friends.

The drinking from the common cup grossed me out though, so I opted for the single-serve option. I whispered to my friend when I saw everyone was drinking out of the same cup, that I was not going to do that. He showed me how to signal the priest by discretely holding two fingers pointed down, and then the priest would offer me my own small cup.

After the mass he assured me that the alcohol in the wine killed any germs. I didn’t care, and I never participated in the common cup.

That is odd. The Vatican rules don't allow a non-Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

 

[Friday Fan]

That is odd. The Vatican rules don't allow a non-Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

LOL...They don't check ID's at the door!

 

[IceIce9]

As an elementary educator myself, I can see this happening pretty easily through an honest mistake. That premixed Jose Cuervo stuff would look like lemonade or limeade to a 5/6 year-old! I can see a kid grabbing it for their lunchbox by accident thinking it was lemonade. Maybe even a sleep=deprived mom or dad absentmindedly packing it into their kids' lunch, though this is less likely IMO.

That being said, I bet the parents learned their lesson about locking up liquor! LOL

One of my relatives took their child to the birthday party of a classmate. When she arrived she saw children drinking WINE COOLERS and then saw a huge galvanized barrel of ice full of WINE COOLERS.

When she saw the kids drinking wine coolers she went straight up to the birthday kid’s mom to ask what the heck was going on. The mom seemed puzzled then said that she had ordered Kool Aid Koolers and thought that was what had been delivered.

 

[IceIce9]

That is odd. The Vatican rules don't allow a non-Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

I didn’t know any better and no one asked me if I was Catholic. I just followed what the other kids were doing.

 

[PrairieWind]

As an elementary educator myself, I can see this happening pretty easily through an honest mistake. That premixed Jose Cuervo stuff would look like lemonade or limeade to a 5/6 year-old! I can see a kid grabbing it for their lunchbox by accident thinking it was lemonade. Maybe even a sleep=deprived mom or dad absentmindedly packing it into their kids' lunch, though this is less likely IMO.

That being said, I bet the parents learned their lesson about locking up liquor! LOL

Agree, I'm sure the kids thought it was lemonade or something. A lot of margarita mixes are non-alcoholic, you have to add the tequila. Some already have it in there. You have to pay attention.

 

[Springrain]

One of my relatives took their child to the birthday party of a classmate. When she arrived she saw children drinking WINE COOLERS and then saw a huge galvanized barrel of ice full of WINE COOLERS.

When she saw the kids drinking wine coolers she went straight up to the birthday kid’s mom to ask what the heck was going on. The mom seemed puzzled then said that she had ordered Kool Aid Koolers and thought that was what had been delivered.

OMG. I can also see this happening easily, especially those Seagrams wine coolers that look and taste exactly like Kool-Aid and have such a low alcohol content that you just can't taste it (especially over all the sweeteners)!

Agree, I'm sure the kids thought it was lemonade or something. A lot of margarita mixes are non-alcoholic, you have to add the tequila. Some already have it in there. You have to pay attention.

Yeah, I feel like most margarita mixes don't have the tequila, and would be fine for kids to drink by themselves (I mean, it's a lot of sugar, but no alcohol). The Jose Cuervo margarita mix looks really innocuous.

 

[Laughing]

I didn’t know any better and no one asked me if I was Catholic. I just followed what the other kids were doing.

Your friends (probably) knew & should have explained. If you came to the rail, there is another gesture that asks the priest to bless you instead of serving communion.

Now a young Laughing had a Catholic SO for a while, and had that wafer before the blessing, gesture or no....

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Alaska school thought students were getting milk for breakfast. They got floor sealant instead.

Shortly after breakfast was served, children began complaining that the milk tasted bad and was burning their mouths and throats.

www.nbcnews.com

A dozen elementary school-age children consumed floor sealant that they believed was milk at a breakfast program in Alaska, school officials said Wednesday...

Shortly after breakfast was served at 8:45 a.m. by an outside company, NANA Management Services, children began complaining that the milk tasted bad and was burning their mouths and throats, the statement said...

 

[TobyWong*]

Alaska school thought students were getting milk for breakfast. They got floor sealant instead.

Shortly after breakfast was served, children began complaining that the milk tasted bad and was burning their mouths and throats.

www.nbcnews.com

A dozen elementary school-age children consumed floor sealant that they believed was milk at a breakfast program in Alaska, school officials said Wednesday...

Shortly after breakfast was served at 8:45 a.m. by an outside company, NANA Management Services, children began complaining that the milk tasted bad and was burning their mouths and throats, the statement said...

I don't have words I keep deleting my words. I feel like I can't trust anyone to care for my kids/grands.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Alaska officials release new details on milk, sealant mix-up

Students at an Alaskan summer child-care program were served floor sealant instead of milk.

www.detroitnews.com

Juneau, Alaska – School district officials in Alaska investigating how students at a summer child-care program were served floor sealant instead of milk say the two products were not on the same pallet as first believed.

A number of agencies are involved in the ongoing investigation into Tuesday’s incident at a summer program at a Juneau elementary school in which officials say 12 students and two adults drank the floor sealant.

Juneau School District chief of staff Kristin Bartlett said by email Friday that as the investigation has progressed, school officials “have been able to get clarification on some of the details of what happened.”

The district in a statement late Thursday said it now understands that in the spring of 2021, a pallet of floor sealant was mistakenly delivered to a district food commodity warehouse at the same time as four pallets of shelf stable milk. The warehouse is intended for food items only...