June 23rd, 2017: Moist Towelettes
 

The only thing close to mother’s spit on a hanky is Moist Towelettes.
John French, a Michigan State U employee in the planetarium, has his own museum there for his collection of towelettes.

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You see them everywhere, they’re disposable, and nobody thinks much about them other where to dispose of them after
they’ve served their purpose.

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They were perfect for advertising food joints specializing in grease.

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But most businesses climbed on the bandwagon because they’re like a billboard in your purse.

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Hey Joe, my kid works at Burger King and brought home these towelettes, want some?
Nope, my wife is a nurse, she brings home alcohol wipes. They’re more gooder.

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Now you have to be careful because those little packages could contain anything as they’ve been repurposed as applicators.

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On his website, he even has a recipe to make your own.

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In the interest of transparency I must disclose I have saved one myself.:blush:

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I notice there's more than one "recipe" among the collection. Different wipes for different needs and all. The one on the bottom, while hilarious, also looks like dry skin relief. I also see suntan oil, benzalkonium chloride (which sounds like an anti-kaiju weapon, it really does) which might be in a bunch of the others like the Tar-Off, and lots n lots of isopropyl alcohol, the current most common anti-pathogen choice.

If I could only use these things instead of bottled hand san, I'd be the state's most prolific producer of packaging waste! But lucky me, I gotta stick with medical-clinic-grade hand san (also 70% isopropyl alcohol) because I can't take a chance on allergic reactions and they hardly ever tell you which ones are scented. 60% isopropyl is currently the minimum recommended content for hand san to actually work, which all adds up to "boy am I glad they carry my unscented hand san in CASES on Amazon."

People collect the weirdest things :).