Cafe mistakes dishwashing liquid for wine

Two women were hospitalized after a New Zealand cafe mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

[Old Man Charlie]

Good help is hard to find

[Whiskey Charlie]

In what year was that dishwashing liquid bottled? Did it have a nice bouquet? Did it come out as easily as it went in?

So many questions ...:)

[yournamehere]

Generally, dishwashing liquid is served with the white or lighter meats, such as fowl. The stronger meats like steak & beef, are best served with a heavy duty degreaser or, for the really adventurous, a nicely chilled drain opener.

[diner]

yournamehere wrote:

Generally, dishwashing liquid is served with the white or lighter meats, such as fowl. The stronger meats like steak & beef, are best served with a heavy duty degreaser or, for the really adventurous, a nicely chilled drain opener.

awesome
I'll take 2

[kosam]

They forgot to read the label or they didn't have their glasses on or they didn't know how to read. Now they are making dishwashing soap bottles look like wine bottles? I'll have a few, would help make the kitchen look nicer.

[Discodanford]

yournamehere wrote:

Generally, dishwashing liquid is served with the white or lighter meats, such as fowl. The stronger meats like steak & beef, are best served with a heavy duty degreaser or, for the really adventurous, a nicely chilled drain opener.

Don't forget your lemon scented detergent for that light, fruity aftertaste.

[Screwy Louie]

I always smell the bottle cap to make sure it has degreaser in it.If it does not I WILL threathen the waiter with my 45lb. hedgehog.So there.....

[oh oh]

<Going through the mind of one of the women>

(Sniff)(sip)..mmmmm..zingy taste, enlightening, bubbly....must be Palmolive Zifandel 05....mmmm nice year.

[Bob]

Caution: natural selection at work! I call double-dumbass on the person who didn't spit out the very first sip. Probably were fundies, they will believe anything.

[Sarah-Sally]

And this is why any kind of chemical should be stored in original container if at all possible.
It does seem that the smell should have seemed off... I hope they are both okay.

[DrBillCorcoran_W indsor]

This is a lot like the Applebee's Pinacolada/Juice mix-up. If there is not a state requirement banning unmarked containers in restaurants, healthcare facilities, and the like, there ought to be.

[Sarah-Sally]

DrBillCorcoran_Windsor wrote:

This is a lot like the Applebee's Pinacolada/Juice mix-up. If there is not a state requirement banning unmarked containers in restaurants, healthcare facilities, and the like, there ought to be.

And this was worse than unmarked - this was incorrectly marking a chemical as a beverage. Major no-no.

[Betty Agnew]

How does dishwashing liquid look like wine? How stupid do you have to be to drink it? Wouldn't it have had bubbles in it, and a soapy flavor as soon as you started to drink it? I honestly think the people involved were all retarded.

[Think 1st]

Screwy Louie wrote:

I always smell the bottle cap to make sure it has degreaser in it.If it does not I WILL threathen the waiter with my 45lb. hedgehog.So there.....

Yes, the waiter/waitress is truly lucky he/she didn't get hedgehogged on the spot.

[Soulless]

i can't believe no one has made a "glass of bubbly" joke yet. for shame.

[oh brother]

Discodanford wrote:

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Don't forget your lemon scented detergent for that light, fruity aftertaste.

That is classified as a 'dessert wine'

[LP Trixie]

Trib Article wrote:

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Under New Zealand's no-fault accident law, victims do not sue for damages. Instead, treatment costs and income loss are met by the nation's Accident Compensation scheme.

If we had this law here, all the trial and claims lawyers would be out of business HAHAHA!

[Bababooey]

The consistancy alone should have been clue #1. Not aware of many wines with that goo like consistancy. Then again I try and stay away from the screw cap types.

[jmm]

There's nothing like a good colon cleansing!

[Stacey]

If they were here in the states they'd be laughing
all the way to the bank!