r/mildlyinteresting • u/mareloquent • 16h ago

My bag of rotini from Aldi had a turtle shaped noodle in it.

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u/sara666grind 15h ago

Better than finding a hare in your food

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u/sandiegodak 14h ago

Unless it's of the Annie's variety

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u/LilZoeCarter 13h ago

A slow surprise instead of a fast one

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u/poseidon1111 ​ 11h ago

Would have gave you an award if I had one, what a perfect comment

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u/Narrow-Following-870 16h ago

May you be protected from IT

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u/ShadowEeveeCringe 14h ago

Ah yes, horrifying Information Technology

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u/ericshootsraw 12h ago

May maturin protect us all

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u/very_old_boat 13h ago

Impasta!

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u/Ok-Usual5051 16h ago

Hey it’s Franklin.

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u/Last_Tax9564 13h ago

He was probably just too slow and didn’t make it into the animal shaped pasta bag.

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u/CattyCattyCattyCat 12h ago

This is the content I'm here for tbh

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 16h ago

Days were that only crackerjack had a prize inside

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u/PuddinHead742 15h ago

I’d rather have a turtle shaped noodle than a shurtle naped toodle.

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u/last-of-the-mohicans 14h ago

So that’s where Mitch McConnell has been.

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u/Famous_Sherbert_4670 13h ago

love this for you

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u/deepmoss47 12h ago

that turtle survived the entire manufacturing and packaging process just to end up boiled alive, what a journey

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u/Key_Sail_4075 11h ago

That is definitely a stray from their Under the Sea themed kids pasta. Aldi swaps those seasonal shapes so often that a rogue turtle or starfish usually ends up getting stuck in the machinery and dropping into the regular rotini batches later. I found a single pumpkin in a bag of shells once right after Halloween lol. Little guy looks lost.

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u/Betray-Julia 14h ago

They’re evolving

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u/agentgaitor 12h ago

Turtley righteous

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u/-ferth 11h ago

Turtlini.

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u/PolymorphicFox 10h ago

A treasure 🤩

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u/Lazy-Bad-8607 15h ago

It's so funny to see a pasta name that only Americans use, which in Italian means nothing.

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u/Upbeat-Door- 13h ago

Crazy how words work

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u/Red7StandingBy24 15h ago

Does it mean he’s finally gone?! Are we free of turtle man?!

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u/SummerWave_69 13h ago

Time to buy a lotto ticket!

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u/hypnohighzer 12h ago

They heard you liked turtles.

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u/ericshootsraw 12h ago

See the turtle, aint he keen....

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u/trschaosz 11h ago

It’s a sign to buy a turtle

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u/CelticCynic 10h ago

Well you should have checked it before you paid for it!

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u/EntireCakeEater 10h ago

fun little surprise, honestly it would make my day to find a random little turtle in my food

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u/Ok-Attention-9762 9h ago

That's the sign, you're gonna live past hundred years! But you'll be slow as a turtle.

https://giphy.com/gifs/cZe0cYtV3pByHHp5vA

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u/hornygayjack 8h ago

That's LEGO Darth Vader, my guy

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u/ManyInterests 5h ago

If you were allergic to turtles you could have died

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u/vanillercandles 4h ago

Take him to the nearest lake or pond and free him!

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u/mareloquent 2h ago

He's swimming in the pond in my stomach

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u/lowkeytokay 2h ago

Aren’t those… fusilli?!!

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u/mareloquent 2h ago

Tomato tomato

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u/lowkeytokay 44m ago

After some googling, looks like “rotini” is used mostly in the states. So, more like “pomodoro tomato”

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u/Moppo_ 2h ago

How is it a noodle if it's not a string?

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u/mareloquent 2h ago

It's a term of endearment