Friday, July 01, 2005

The amazing disappearing cotton ball

A while ago, I opened a new bottle of Advil, and noticed that there was no giant wad of cotton at the top. I commented that this was strange, took my Advil, and forgot about it.

Today I discovered that the cotton had sunk down about halfway into the bottle of pills. I had to dump about half the pills out to get to it. It's a great big wad, the size of one of the larger cotton balls used for makeup (or like two of the smaller, store-brand ones). It is significantly fatter than the neck of the bottle. I'd assume they usually put the cotton in after they fill the bottle with pills, so I wonder how this one managed to sink halfway down?

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