BEECH GROVE - Reaching into his refrigerator at breakfast this morning, local man Jeremy Marshall was unable to tell whether or not a week-old bottle of 1% low fat milk was still okay.
Braveley undoing the top, the 51-year-old accounts consultant from Beech Grove grimaced before reluctantly sniffing the potentially revolting contents of the carton.
"I think it smells okay," he said, taking a second, more confident sniff. "I mean it seems to have that "milky" odor, but then it kind of also smells a bit like putrid tomatoes. Maybe I shouldn't risk it."
Placing the milk back in the fridge for his wife to deal with, Marshall turned to his dry, milkless bowl of Cheerios and briefly pondered the notion of eating the breakfast cereal just as it was.
"No, that would just be weird," he concluded. "I suppose the milk can't be that bad. I mean it's not like it's hard or lumpy or anything; it just smells a bit funny, that's all."
After hesitantly removing the carton from his fridge again, Marshall began the slow, nerve-wracking motion of pouring the milk onto his cereal.
"Well, there are definitely no lumps in it, so that's good," he said breathing a sigh of relief. "Ah, what's the worst that could happen, anyway? If I don't like the first mouthful, I'll just throw the rest away."
Finally digging up the courage to begin eating, Marshall tried to think about something unrelated as he slowly forced the morning meal into his mouth.
"Urgh," he said, suddenly spitting the food back into the bowl. "These Cheerios are stale."
Local Man Can't Decide if Milk Still Okay
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