Never Mix Cough Syrup With Iodine

Text on the meme

Never take cough syrup and mix it up with Iodine and Lye Or go to a hardware store and then look Or go bring a pot into a rapid Never go to a farming store and then buy Those fuel cans that make outdoor grills light

What it means

A low-budget educational music video shows a presenter surrounded by children and hand-drawn illustrations while warning against bizarre ways of making dangerous mixtures, including combining cough syrup with iodine and lye, shopping at hardware or farming stores, and using grill fuel. The intentionally awkward safety advice, strange drawings, and cheerful performance make the clip absurd and useful as a reaction to reckless ideas or overconfident instructions. The audio is the song “Ignore ants” by RaydioActive, with an energetic, eccentric musical mood that heightens the joke.

Sound

♪ RaydioActive — Ignore ants

music / музыка

Objects

male presenter / мужчина-ведущий children / дети girl in pink shirt / девочка в розовой рубашке boy in striped shirt / мальчик в полосатой рубашке cough syrup bottle / бутылка сиропа от кашля iodine bottle / бутылка йода hand-drawn boat / нарисованная лодка hand-drawn hardware store / нарисованный хозяйственный магазин hand-drawn farming store / нарисованный фермерский магазин pot / кастрюля fuel can / канистра с топливом outdoor grill / уличный гриль meat / мясо rainbow / радуга microphone / микрофон black suit / чёрный костюм pink house / розовый дом hand-drawn background / нарисованный фон