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Hi there


I feel a bit weird starting a thread about such an odd topic but it's one that has been perplexing me for quite some time now!


Somebody is leaving bottles of an orange liquid at the top of Worlingham Road where it meets Crawthew Road.


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Until recently there were loads on the BT box and more in an old recycling box:


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Somebody cleared them all away a couple of weeks ago but more have come back since.


Although I try not to speculate too much as to what it could be in those bottles... cider making gone wrong... an abundance of orange squash...? I can't help but wonder what and why?


I really hope it's something relatively innocuous... nobody could be that dehydrated surely?! My son guessed at workmen without a loo - I hope to God he's wrong!


Can anyone shed light on this bizarre occurrence?

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I'm so glad soneone else has mentioned this. I thought it was only me that thought it strange. It's not cooking oil, the liquid is too clear (yes, I've peered at the bottles). It's can't be pee either (too orange!). And there are too many bottles for it to be an (drugs) advertisement. So... If anyone has any insights, do let us know. Several bottles appear, then are mysteriously collected. And it has been going on for a few weeks now.
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Bottles bought in a Super Store such as Asda, Tesco's, Sainsbury's, state on the lable their name, if you have a reciept for one of those items they have no alternative than change it.

I am not recomending that anybody does this it is just possible.

I collect any bottles plastic or glass, just leave them at Worlingham Road where it meets Crawthew Road.

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KidKruger Wrote:

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> If anyone is living nearby in a campervan this

> could be their stored-up urine perhaps dumped in

> batch at intervals.

> Open a bottle and tip it out and you'll have your

> answer.


Looks too colourful to be urine to me but I was thinking the same thing, why doesn't someone who's concerned open a bottle and give it a sniff? I'd wear rubber gloves and don't sniff too hard though! If someone is dumping old cooking oil or some other substance that could be toxic it needs to be stopped.

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I put a post on about this too, under "Yellow fluid"

If anyone wants to open it and have a sniff, they're welcome. I don't fancy it myself. And if it was a camper van or cooking oil or anything vaguely reasonable, well, there are drains. It's honestly disturbing to think that someone is this weird when you live nearby. I feel sorry for the Council's cleaning people (and it's not often I say that)

Lynne

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This thread is making me giggle, I have walked past it for a few weeks and meant to start a thread on here but kept forgetting. Dared my flatmate today to open one but he bottled it (pun intended). They seem to have whitish creamy residue in the bottom, flatmate's theory is that it's leftover orange squash made up for a sports team.
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My first thought was someone's spit from chewing tobacco. I once had a friend whose father had the charming habit of "chewing" indoors and spitting in a bottle and it was absolutely vile. But that's kind of what it looked like and a committed "chewer" could probably fill a bottle in a couple of days. It's hard to tell from the photos but the colour would be a kind of tobacco stain yellow/orange.


So gross!

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Bottles of urine!

There was a similar problem with bus drivers chucking bottles like this into Camberwell Old Cemetery from Forest Hill Road a year or two ago. It could be that colour because they don't drink enough fluid, often hold it in for a long time and may have no access to toilets at the end of the route as was the case with the No 63 drivers concerned.

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