This is weird, almost as weird as the hidden receptacle (see hidden power). For the past several years, there was a green tinge of … well, a kind of goo, stuck to one of the receptacles in the kitchen. I often wondered, “Where is this green coming from?” I wracked my brain (but not much of a brain wrack – just a things-that-make-you-go-hmm kind of wrack), wondering what would cause it.
I finally figured it out. My Mom must have dribbled a little green food colouring on the end of the cord to the mixer. The mixer is about 45 or 50 years old – a Sunbeam, I think. Every time I beat some whipping cream, I got some green on the outlet. Duh.
The funny thing is, Mom hated the colour green.