Question of the Day

What's the dodgiest and/or straight-up unsuccessful substitution you've made for something that you had run out of or did not have access to for whatever reason?

Toilet paper for a coffee filter? Hand soap in lieu of shampoo? Saran wrap for a condom? 2% milk in a recipe calling for heavy cream? 'Fess up!

When I was a teenager, I once tried using lotion after I'd run out of conditioner. It did not go well.

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