This happened for real.
Uncle: *says something about starting to take chlorophyll supplements for health
Me: “Oh, isn’t that what they use in swimming pools?”
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And just as I realised what I had said and cringed, my mum offered up a zinger of her own:
“Noooooo! That’s the one they use to cover people’s mouths and kidnap them with!”
Family of scientists, we are.
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