Do they really sell brown talcum powder in the US (like milk bags in Canada)?

[dennilfloss]

The local supermarket is an amazing source of anecdotes sometimes. Today, while I was shopping there, I was pushing my cart past a black lady who was complaining to a store employee that there was no brown talcum powder on the shelves, only white one. She said that it is discriminatory and that she was from Detroit and that in this city they do sell brown talcum powder. She even said that brown sugar was invented at the request of African Americans. All through this, the employee was politely nodding with a 'yeahhhhhh riiiiiiiiiiight' look in his eyes.

That was so funny but I had to keep going because I was afraid that she might start to rant about my white shirt.

/Methinks that a simpleton escaped the US for a visit to Canada but one can never be sure what weird products are sold in another country. Afterall, a good proportion of American AnandTechers thought that Canadian milk bags are weird.

So...Do you guys really sell brown talcum powder? I never saw any in 6 months in southern Oregon in the mid 80s. But then again I did not see many black people there either.:Q

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[Electric Amish]

Sorry, D. I've never heard of/noticed brown talcum powder.


btw- We used to have milk bags here in Utah, too.

amish

 

[geno]

Not that I know of - then again, I'm not a huge talcum connisseur (sp?). And I still don't get why your milk comes in bags

 

[Viper GTS]

Umm...

Not that I know of. Apparently they sell brown crack, though, I think she's been smoking it.

Viper GTS

 

[Windogg]

Yup, I'm sure white chocolate was invented for white people and yellow corn meal was invented for asians that's don't like white flour.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

I don't know if it exists, but why would it be such a strange idea? I mean if she has a baby or some other need for it, why wouldn't she want it to be less obvious?

 

[Beowulf]

I have yet to see brown talcum powder in Florida.Not like if its a big deal anyways its talcum powder after all.

 

[konichiwa]

MILK BAGS? wtf is that??

 

[nullshark]

shmeebs.

 

[ISAslot]

If you think about it, if she used white talcum powder it could be very obvious, right? So there may be a good reason behind it...

or

she could also only drink chocolate milk, etc.


I've never seen milk bags, but in middle school we did have fruit punch bags

 

[Shantanu]

I have never seen or heard of brown talcum powder. Then again, I don't use talcum powder

 

[FrogDog]

<< MILK BAGS? wtf is that?? >>

It's like...milk...that comes in a BAG.

 

[littleprince]

THEY DONT HAVE MILK BAGS????
omigod!!!!!!! i thought they were like 100000x more technologicaly advanced than we were...
but this just goes to show true canadian inginuity...(can't spell that last word eh?)

we have milk that comes in bags... because cartons would become to brittle up here in the arctic... its also much easier for our sleigh dogs to get at them...

serously though... They dont have milk bags???

 

[Shinji Ikari]

This would be funny if it wasn't so depressing...



<< She even said that brown sugar was invented at the request of African Americans. >>



I likes my brown sugar, I prefer brown bread and I'm not too keen on white chocolate.

Do I have the above preferences because I am black? I could say I hope not, but I know for a fact that it has nothing to do with my race!

 

[RGN]

Detroit and that in this city they do sell brown talcum powder. She even said that brown sugar was invented at the request of African Americans


ROFLMAOPIMP!!!! That's ripe!!!!! OMG that is too funny.

 

[BA]

&quot;because cartons would become to brittle up here in the arctic... &quot;

Uhh, wouldn't the milk freeze before that became a problem?

 

[xraymongral]

Well, I have to say I have never heard of brown talcum powder when I was in Detroit, but I have seen bandaids that come in a assortment of brown shades.

 

[kami]

Milk in bags is one of the greatest inventions ever. Cartons? pathetic. Jugs? are you kidding me?

 

[FrogDog]

I'm Canadian and I hate bags. Cartons is the only way baby.

 

[Shantanu]

That whole &quot;milk bag&quot; thing sounds rather primitive. Seems like your dairy farmers are trying to cut some corners. Here we get cartons which you can pour from directly. Much more convenient.

 

[Whisper]

Yes, but without a carton, one cannot drink milk from the carton...and thus upset your parents or significant other to no end. Always one step ahead, I tell you.

The only bagged beverage I've seen down here is CapriSun...and that's not even really a bag. It's more of a rounded and very flexible triangular box. Anyone else have a bajeezus of a time getting the straw in the proper place in those things? I always end up just turning it over and spearing it through the bottom panel.

 

[FrogDog]

Now now people, don't get confused. We have cartons here too. We just also have bags, but cartons are still more popular.

 

[RaDragon]

this thread is funny! esp. that article on milk bags! i've always wondered why they didn't sell a lot of milk in milk bags here in the USA. i've seen those milk bags before (jordan &amp; israel) and they're very common indeed.

as for brown talcum powder... hmmm...maybe that lady is thinking about those vanity/medicinal talcum powders that have a different shade (probably beige)... but brown?! weird.

 

[nullshark]

<That whole &quot;milk bag&quot; thing sounds rather primitive. Seems like your dairy farmers are trying to cut some corners>

Ahh, but that's exactly the point, Shantanu, you must cut a corner to be able to drink

 

[shenea]

<< Now now people, don't get confused. We have cartons here too. We just also have bags, but cartons are still more popular. >>



I guess it depends where you are. Out west (British Columbia), where my wife is from they'd never heard of milk bags either (she still hates them, except when there's chocolate milk in them - women never could argue with chocolate (and no, she's not black)) but in SWest Ontario, you'll be hard pressed to find a carton!

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