Gargle, spit, rinse.
You know what it is and choose to put it to your lips.

Alcohol-burning mouthwash is bad enough, but what if it was something that got into your glass and you found out JUST before swallowing the substance?

Your thoroughness of ousting it will depend on what the substance will do to you; if it’s just “Something you have to deal with,” aka it tastes like trash but you won’t get sick or anything, then it’s like whatever.

If it will give you a headache, it’s like… “um, fine.”

If it will give you a migraine, and you have to give a speech and do great (and not snap during Q and A session) in an hour, then…

If it will do permanent damage (but not kill you), then……

If it WILL kill you (aka super-potent poison or aggressive contagion), then !!!

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The moral of the story is simply this:

Even if you didn’t realise how dangerous (or just annoying) it was, it’s NOT too late to do a COMPLETE and THOROUGH job of GETTING IT OUT of there, man.

Like whether it’s a BAD migraine on a work-day, or “I will need to be in the hospital for six months,” you need to rinse out like fifty times and throw the bottle of rotten prune juice away. Even if it was like $300 or your granny gave it to you for Christmas.

And if you DO know how much harm (And upheaval) it will cause, but you haven’t yet ingested it (today or at all?), then RUN to the dumpster, DO NOT DELAY.
Even if it’s not garbage day!

The best time to kill a king is when it’s young.

“Oh, is that a wasp’s nest? It’s so small, though. Let’s just wait till next week’s pest control visit.”

“Aww! Is that a baby shark??? I never thought they could be so little and cute!”
Until…

CHOMP.

Ahem.

So, do not wait, do not delay… do not hesitate, go RIGHT NOW, TODAY!

Send the prune juice/PH/OF/NC-17 zombie flicks/Ben and Jerry’s binges/gambling sites/mobile games/saucy DMs on their way!

-sb