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The Oat Milk Carton

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At 7:41 on a Monday morning, a man reached into his own fridge for the oat milk.

The carton weighed nine grams.

Someone had poured, shaken, and put it back. There was enough left for nobody.

All four members of the household denied it. Mom switched to almond at Easter. Tyler doesn't drink it. Maddie was at practice.

Text messages

Who put the empty oat milk back

Mom: Not me, I've been on almond since Easter

Tyler: I don't drink that

Maddie: was at practice

It wasn't me either

Brennan, who asked, denied it too. He is the only one in the house who drinks it. He has since asked the group chat if you can get dementia at forty-four. Maddie replied: You asked that last Monday.

It had happened before. Three times. Always on a Monday.

On screenEMPTY CARTON March: Monday July: Monday Sept: Monday I am keeping track. · - Dad · fridge

This weekend, the family set up a camera facing the fridge. It recorded eight hours of fridge.

On Sunday, a new carton went into the fridge. This morning it weighed eleven grams.

Satire. Everything in this reel is made up for comedy.

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