My wife likes Lilac Vegetal but she really hates...

[Topgumby]

The bottle.

I'm slightly amazed that she approves of the scent, but she hates the bottle with a passion. Words like "cheap plastic drugstore trashy thing" get used. She pronounces it unfit to reside on the counter.

She thought the Tabac decanter was ridiculously big, but she didn't hate it. She lives with the Old Spice bottles and mugs. She tolerates it when a bottle of Aqua Velva (glass, come to think of it) C.O. Bigelow Bay Rum gets left out on occasion.

That bottle of the Veg, however, sends her into a towering rage if she catches a glimpse.

Should I:

1. Decant
2. Hide it in the fridge
3. use it as a weapon
4. Plumb the house for a Vegetal distribution system so I'm never more than a few feet away from a spigot just waiting to provide plenty of that Hussar juice to splash freely all over the body.

I need to come up with a solution.

 

[rummwa]

I went to the dollar store (the same one I get my Ivy Club from) and bought a cheap olive oil dispenser bottle. It has a rubber stopper top with an integrated pouring spout that has a little tip attached. It holds about 15 ounces (I buy the 12 oz bottles of LV) looks great, and with the aerated pouring spout, my LV pours in a much more controlled manner. Posted by luvmysuper 9/22/09

Souds like this would work.

 

[ramblin-wreck]

The bottle.

I'm slightly amazed that she approves of the scent, but she hates the bottle with a passion. Words like "cheap plastic drugstore trashy thing" get used. She pronounces it unfit to reside on the counter.

She thought the Tabac decanter was ridiculously big, but she didn't hate it. She lives with the Old Spice bottles and mugs. She tolerates it when a bottle of Aqua Velva (glass, come to think of it) C.O. Bigelow Bay Rum gets left out on occasion.

That bottle of the Veg, however, sends her into a towering rage if she catches a glimpse.

Should I:

1. Decant
2. Hide it in the fridge
3. use it as a weapon
4. Plumb the house for a Vegetal distribution system so I'm never more than a few feet away from a spigot just waiting to provide plenty of that Hussar juice to splash freely all over the body.

I need to come up with a solution.

You failed to mention "Get rid of current wife and find a new one that doesn't beat me up over such a simple thing as a bottle" which I think is the most logical solution. Of course you must promise not to tell me wife that I said this or I will be forced to stand in the corner wearing empty Pinaud bottles taped to my head while singing the UGA fight song (I'm a GA Tech man).

 

[Deltaboy]

Decant it in a green glass Vingar bottle.

 

[insomniac]

What about a 2-liter soda bottle?

 

[luvmysuper]

I went to the dollar store (the same one I get my Ivy Club from) and bought a cheap olive oil dispenser bottle. It has a rubber stopper top with an integrated pouring spout that has a little tip attached. It holds about 15 ounces (I buy the 12 oz bottles of LV) looks great, and with the aerated pouring spout, my LV pours in a much more controlled manner. Posted by luvmysuper 9/22/09

Souds like this would work.

That is exactly what I did before I found my vintage glass bottle for the veg.

The oil bottle with pouring spout now holds my Clubman.

But there is something to be said for the plumbing idea.

 

[brianw]

Or you could use Phils approach to witch hazel....put it in a 5 gallon bucket and just dip your head in

 

[The Nid Hog]

The bottle.

I'm slightly amazed that she approves of the scent, but she hates the bottle with a passion. Words like "cheap plastic drugstore trashy thing" get used. She pronounces it unfit to reside on the counter.

She thought the Tabac decanter was ridiculously big, but she didn't hate it. She lives with the Old Spice bottles and mugs. She tolerates it when a bottle of Aqua Velva (glass, come to think of it) C.O. Bigelow Bay Rum gets left out on occasion.

That bottle of the Veg, however, sends her into a towering rage if she catches a glimpse.

Should I:

1. Decant
2. Hide it in the fridge
3. use it as a weapon
4. Plumb the house for a Vegetal distribution system so I'm never more than a few feet away from a spigot just waiting to provide plenty of that Hussar juice to splash freely all over the body.

I need to come up with a solution.

Sit down with her and look through eBay for some vintage bottles, or maybe spend the day searching antique stores. Make it a team project.

 

[DFrancis]

I would say decant. Keep your eyes open for a nice glass bottle someplace. Or better yet, send of your wife to find a bottle that she would approve of just in case you get it wrong.

 

[Defcon5]

Women love little craft projects. Have her make a disguise for it. I'd go with the classic big nose, glasses and fake mustache.

 

[luvmysuper]

Women love little craft projects. Have her make a disguise for it. I'd go with the classic big nose, glasses and fake mustache.

I think it would be a mistake to put a big nose on a bottle of the Veg.

 

[Defcon5]

It's like those Bonsai trees. You have to calm your mind and wait for the veg to speak to you. It will tell you what it wants to wear.

 

[coolbluewater]

Sit down with her and look through eBay for some vintage bottles, or maybe spend the day searching antique stores. Make it a team project.

+1.

Top, the U-District is loaded with import shops and passing by some I've noticed unique-looking bottles that could be used for decanting. Check out University Way between 41st and 45th streets.

 

[Topgumby]

Some good ideas here.

She already nixed my first effort.

 

[VR6ofpain]

Should I:

1. Decant
2. Hide it in the fridge
3. use it as a weapon
4. Plumb the house for a Vegetal distribution system so I'm never more than a few feet away from a spigot just waiting to provide plenty of that Hussar juice to splash freely all over the body.
5. Dump it in a garbage can, to exterminate Oscar the Grouch

I need to come up with a solution.

I would definitely opt for #5, and knock off Oscar. No one likes him, since he smells.

 

[HoratioCaine]

What about a 2-liter soda bottle?

I was going to vote for the custom plumbing, but I have to admit, a 2-liter soda bottle is a classy option.

 

[DFrancis]

I was going to vote for the custom plumbing, but I have to admit, a 2-liter soda bottle is a classy option.

Actually they do make built-in stainless soap dispensers for faucets. Instead of soap fill it up with the Veg.

 

[HoratioCaine]

Actually they do make built-in stainless soap dispensers for faucets. Instead of soap fill it up with the Veg.

I'm trying to imagine what would make Top's wife more furious - a cheap Veg bottle on the counter, or custom bathroom hardware dedicated to what's in it.

 

[jpadilla88]

looks like it's a good thing I'm not married yet

 

[HoratioCaine]

looks like it's a good thing I'm not married yet

Well, there's a tradeoff with everything. As I said in another thread...

"Or you could just be single, like me. My house is my castle, and I can have as much shave crap as I like, taking up as much room on the counter, under the counter, in the shower, and in the closets (yes, more than one), as I see fit. On the other hand, I don't get laid all that often."