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Today, we ran out of tea bags. All hell broke lose. MLID
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Jun 15, 2009 12:41 AM - Everyday Desi Household - by chaimaster (man)

i love the way you put it, "all hell broke lose"
#291 - Jun 22, 2009 09:00 PM by bhatti
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fyi, you can have set up an account directly with Tetley, and have a huge package delivered to your house every month... ;-) my family's solution.
#498 - Jun 26, 2009 10:41 PM by closetFOB
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I agree with closetFOB, make sure you negotiate, and don't forget most desi's like lipton :p
#557 - Jun 27, 2009 06:38 PM by minnie
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but it's okay if we run out of bread and milk and....soap.
#1071 - Jul 4, 2009 03:52 AM by DeDeKhan
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HAHA dude i can TOTALLY relate to this :P too funny LOL
#1114 - Jul 4, 2009 05:10 PM by monica
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haaa, this one is my favorite cause of the "all hell broke loose" :)
#1173 - Jul 5, 2009 04:15 PM by monsta_wayne
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lmao...i died reading this...cos it reminds me of the scenrio at my house. MLID
#2101 - Jul 15, 2009 06:35 PM by missions
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LOL. we don't use tea bags, yaar, we use the actual tea. when we don't have that and/or we can't find our tea strainer, EVERYONE LOSES IT.
#2172 - Jul 16, 2009 10:27 AM by falulatonks
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haha i wish we ran out of tea bags! cause im the one that has to make the chai :(
#3031 - Jul 27, 2009 07:59 PM by crispeebrowngirl
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i thought indns hate teabags?? and they like the loose powdered kind and boil chai in a saucepan and then strain it.... lol at least in my house.
#3280 - Jul 30, 2009 04:21 PM by desigurl2fly
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lolz nicely put. but yeaa, we use loose tea, not tea bags. my dad cant stand those. he says: 'chai mein capreyy ke taste aathi hai' im like uh okie lolz
#5632 - Sep 7, 2009 11:18 AM by ViKi Jaan
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#13, me too! but then...i'd rather make the tea then see what happens when we don't. *shudder*
#6438 - Feb 9, 7920 12:53 PM by curryandricegirl
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http://tiny.cc/MyLifeIsDesi So? Be Indian, re-use them :P
#8917 - Sep 30, 2009 04:25 PM by indianbwoi
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OMGG !!!!!!!LMFAO0O0 ! ii legit started laughing on the flo0r when ii read this......just remebering wht happened in muh housee the other day, cuz of tea...it was an emegency to the indian grocery store, even if it was a 3o min drive LMAO0 ........ ........just like every desi household ; )
#8761 - Sep 27, 2009 04:52 PM by pRinc3ssRZ
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rotflamo! My dad goes nuts if he doesn't get at least three cups of tea a day...
#9326 - Oct 8, 2009 03:22 PM by pinkpaint33
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rotflamo! My dad goes nuts if he doesn't get at least three cups of tea a day...
#9327 - Oct 8, 2009 03:22 PM by pinkpaint33
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i make sure tea doesnt run out. i dont wanna see all hell break loose
#10104 - Feb 9, 4617 12:56 PM by desirani
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My dad makes sure we get more than enough tea bags so we never run out.
#10176 - Feb 9, 2593 12:56 PM by sania12
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this is absolutely one of my most favorite MLID posts. LOL
#10673 - Feb 9, 4046 12:57 PM by ishbabe427
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LOL good one... I flipped out last week for the same reason
#10715 - Nov 8, 2009 10:37 AM by Simply_Fobulous
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i almost got killed cuz people in my house were going iNSANE.
#16467 - Jan 17, 2010 02:59 PM by sanj25
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hhahah that would probaly be somethin that would happen at my house... lol
#17921 - Feb 15, 2010 01:00 PM by lolsmileyface
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IKR my parents would be devastated if that ever happened to us!
#20989 - Jul 13, 2010 07:40 PM by desi4lyf
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y does every one say all hell broke loose?
#27428 - Feb 20, 2011 06:09 PM by sarker2013
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this was actually the first post on MLID to use that phrase, all others followed suit. lol
#29452 - Feb 9, 4464 01:02 PM by desigurl2fly - reply
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