notes on Canada: the milk conspiracy...

for some reason that completely escapes me, the subject of milk takes on a new level of absurdity when translated into Canadian--it's not a language... it's an experience.  whether it's a nationalist aversion to waxed paper cartons or that they are collectively under the thumb of 'big plastic',  much (but not all) of the milk here is sold in plastic bags.  i have never managed to describe this to my American friends without breaking out in side-splitting laughter, but it short...

the outer plastic bag...

contains multiple plastic pouches of milk.  the milk is normal "milk" color, only the pouch is blue.

i'm pretty certain it's a federal law that every household must maintain at least one plastic milk jug at all times, which seem to come in one standard "pouch" size.

all that's left to do is snip off the corner opposite the jug handle...

and pour over the nearest bowl of cereal.

a quick rinse later, and all those plastic bags takes up very little room in the (plastic) recycling bin, so it's earth-friendly absurdity.  i'm just happy i drink 2%, cause i still giggle like a little kid every time someone asks for homo.  o Canada!


image borrowed from here.