Alternatively, and this is mostly for the
college students who are
lazy,
lacking in hygiene, or both, in the house,
milk, whose
1 expiration date has passed, but not by far, such that the
smell and the
color of the milk cause you to not really want to drink it outright, but masked by the
taste of some
children's cereal (
Honey Smacks are good for this), it is reasonably
palatable. Just don't tell your mom that you were
drinking expired milk. She won't like that.
Oh, you want a concrete example?
Say it's October, Friday the Thirteenth2, and the expiry date on your milk was for Wednesday. Now, you could throw the milk away... but it smells ... sort of safe - and besides, you're hungry! You want to eat some cereal NOW! Go for it; I promise it won't hurt. much.
1"who's"? That's not the right posessive, at all! Can someone help me out, here? (addendum: "whose"! Thanks, deep thought)
2Hey! By Jove, it is Friday the 13th! How convenient!