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Australian tourists boil their underwear in hotel room kettles

by | 23rd, August 2017

If an Australian tourist offers you a cup of tea, take care to eye the brown brew and pay special attention to any small lumps of dark matter floating on the surface. Are those undissolved instant coffee granules? Maybe. Or are the left overs from a spot of tummy trouble?

Gizmodo tells us that Australians are boiling their underwear in hotel room kettles. Hey, it saves on tea bags:

 

australia pants boiling kettle

 

I reached out to some experts on the matter to find out if the simple fact the underwear is literally boiling means this actually a safe thing to do, or nah.

Dr Heather Hendrickson is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences at the Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at Massey University in Aukland…

“It is super super super super gross,” Dr Hendrickson says. “Please tell your friend to knock it off! Boil the water and pour it into the sink for washing items. Don’t put your dirty underwear into the kettle!”

Now, Who fancies milk?



Posted: 23rd, August 2017 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer Comment | TrackBack | Permalink