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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a reason that there is a warning on the Preparation H tube that says “Do not take orally”

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

They’ll have to give you Preparation A through G.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also don't forget G though I - the "GI tract", if you will 🤔😳

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

well thank you i just forgot how that stretch of the alphabet goes. i blame the cat.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's G-A-S-T-R-O..., well, you get the idea 💡🤪

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Makes you wonder what happened to them. Like what happened to WD01 through WD39…

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The inventor didn't think they were useful.

Somewhere at Heinz there's a filing cabinet with recipes for sauces 1-56 in it, and none of them taste very good.

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Heinz 42 opened a small wormhole into another universe.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

LSD is actually LSD-25

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That is actually how those ones were named. WD stands for water displacer (or displacement), which is what WD40 does, not a lube but an oil that replaces any water where you spray (which can then act as a lube but it's not designed to remain there long term). WD40 was the 40th attempt at developing a water displacer and it worked, so they stopped there.

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I assumed it was viscosity like motor oil numbers.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well TIL…. cool!

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