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Curiouser and curiouser....
#13992 02/02/11 06:56 PM
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I watched a news item this morning about people getting high by snorting bath salts....which is apparently an extraordinarily dangerous practice. However, the first question that came to my mind was 'How do people discover this?'. Who first asked the question: "I wonder what would happen if we draw some bath salts up our nose?"

It's a little like people who lick toads. Who was first? "Hey, look what I found, a big, ugly, slimy toad. What should we do with it?"

"I dunno. Maybe we should lick it."

Gads

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It has been said that the bravest man who ever lived was the first one to drink cow's milk. He said to himself, "I think that I'll squeeze one of those things and drink whatever comes out." grin


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ryck #13998 02/02/11 11:05 PM
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The article I saw indicated those particular bath salts are sold almost exclusively in Head Shops are expensive and come in containers about the size of a 35mm film cartridge (if you are old enough to remember 35mm film). It sounds suspiciously as if they were purpose made and not accidentally discovered.


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joemikeb #14000 02/02/11 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: joemikeb
....come in containers about the size of a 35mm film cartridge (if you are old enough to remember 35mm film).

Remember? I've still got my old OM2 and, believe it or not, a mint Kodak Retina Reflex S with extra lenses. When film makes a comeback I'll be ready.

Originally Posted By: joemikeb
It sounds suspiciously as if they were purpose made and not accidentally discovered.

But you're okay with that toad thing? grin

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jchuzi #14001 02/02/11 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted By: jchuzi
It has been said that the bravest man who ever lived was.... grin

And the dumbest kid was the one who, on a dare, licked the steel fence at St Pat's Church in the middle of a prairie winter. Oh wait, that was me....never mind. blush

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