hole in scooper, leaks, gets emptied out

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Talking about scooping formula milk:

Did the hole under the scooper get bigger? It's leaking so fast now, I barely have enough time to check if my scoop is level before it gets emptied out.
 

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Well, holes don't leak, but something can leak because it has a hole in it. In any case, I can't figure out what the question is.
 

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Why is there a hole in the scoop at all (except the one at the top, of course!)? A scoop usually has a solid bottom. You collect the formula (or whatever) in it and then tip it into another container.
 

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http://www.hoersun.cc/news/2015-2-6/805.html

Did the hole under the scooper get bigger? The milk (Or should I say powdered milk?) is leaking so fast now, I barely have enough time to check if my scoop is level before it gets emptied out.

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One more thing, from the link above, what does poke up mean? A small hole at the bottom of the powder spoon is not just poke up, there is scientific evidence of (shouldn't this be for?) its existence.

And, do you call it a scoop, scooper, or powder spoon?
 
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I would call it a scoop. And if there was a hole in it it wouldn't be any good. So I would throw it out and get a new one.
 

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"Milk does not leak out from the hole in the bottom of the spoon."

Well, why doesn't it?

If there was a hole in the bottom of my coffee cup, do you think the coffee would stay in the cup?

The stuff on that website makes no sense.
 

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The text on the site you've linked to was written by someone who does not know English very well. Much of it makes no sense.
 

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Yeah, you guys are right. I didn't really read much of the text on the site until now. I was just trying to find a picture of a scoop with a hole in the bottom.

But, our scoops here do have a tiny hole in the bottom (and that scoop comes with the formula milk). It normally doesn't leak out the powdered milk, but we just got one that did.
 

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Well, I still don't understand why a scoop would have a small hole in the bottom but if the one you have bought has a hole that is allowing formula to fall out, I would return it to the shop where you bought it and get a refund!
 

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(Or should I say powdered milk?)

Powered milk is simply dehydrated milk- it is not formula milk for babies.
 
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