You’re a Plugger if you remember a wad of cotton being stuffed in a pill bottle. I imagine the practice was stopped toreduce production costs, but still increased the purchase price. Or someone sued becasue they couldn’t get the cotton out, was allergic to cotton balls, or choked on it when they tried to down the whole new bottle.
I save them in the bottles so the pills don’t rattle and powder in my bag. Since they cost about $10 for 50 pounds worth, you need to be a genuine OCD-class hoarder to save them.
We were keeping the pill bottles, but they don’t come with cotton in them. I now have a good sized collection in different sized bottles, but unless something happens to a bottle, we don’t keep the new ones any longer. Too bad they are not recyclable – at least around here.
yoey1957 about 1 month ago
It’s a well known fact that buying arts and craft supplies and actually using them are two different hobbies!
ꜝ about 1 month ago
don’t they use them as earpluggers?
gokar 4,la about 1 month ago
No! No! No!
phritzg Premium Member about 1 month ago
Henrietta saves them because she never knows when she’ll have blood gushing out of her beak nostrils.
juicebruce about 1 month ago
Waste Not … Want Not ;-)
kaycstamper about 1 month ago
Haha, I save them and use them for cottonballs! I didn’t know anyone else did! Not for crafts though.
Fishenguy Premium Member about 1 month ago
I haven’t seen those in pill bottles in years. I buy vitamins and occasional OTC pain pills but I don’t find cotton balls in them anymore.
ctolson about 1 month ago
You’re a Plugger if you remember a wad of cotton being stuffed in a pill bottle. I imagine the practice was stopped toreduce production costs, but still increased the purchase price. Or someone sued becasue they couldn’t get the cotton out, was allergic to cotton balls, or choked on it when they tried to down the whole new bottle.
Kalkkuna about 1 month ago
Pluggers save EVERYTHING to make ‘arts and crafts’. Some day.
ladykat about 1 month ago
Haven’t seen those in years.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 1 month ago
Someday you’ll make a large polar bear face.
kathleenhicks62 about 1 month ago
OMG most pill bottles are sealed tight, have cotton in them and have a plastic thing in them so you CAN’T get anything out!
Teto85 Premium Member about 1 month ago
They make great fire starters.
mistercatworks about 1 month ago
I save them in the bottles so the pills don’t rattle and powder in my bag. Since they cost about $10 for 50 pounds worth, you need to be a genuine OCD-class hoarder to save them.
goboboyd about 1 month ago
I take the balls of cotton out and the pills disintegrate into dust in short order.
PoodleGroomer about 1 month ago
I take enough medicine to stuff half of a quilt in a year.
ellisaana Premium Member about 1 month ago
Nope. Those cotton balls are liable to have pill-dust on them. At least you can wash Popsicle sticks.
eddi-TBH about 1 month ago
My hoarding level ends well before cotton balls. Or even pill bottles unless I have something on hand I want to store.
cknoblo Premium Member about 1 month ago
I only see those cotton inserts in bottles of very small pills. I always throw it away, along with the seals.
Strawberry King about 1 month ago
Let me guess:
She’s making a giant snowflake!
mafastore about 1 month ago
We were keeping the pill bottles, but they don’t come with cotton in them. I now have a good sized collection in different sized bottles, but unless something happens to a bottle, we don’t keep the new ones any longer. Too bad they are not recyclable – at least around here.