Uncategorized 07 May 2008 09:36 pm
Mineral oil shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
Savannah linked to a ridiculous thread about the safety of mineral oil.
As I said in her journal, I learned all sorts of things from that thread:
- Mineral oil causes miniaturization, or rather the illusion of miniaturization.
- Shooting yourself in the foot can kill you, but will probably just make you look stupid.
- Crackers don’t breathe.
- Some people swear that mineral oil can turn your eyes to coal.
- Which is funny, because coal is actually caused by old bush fires.
- Even smelling mineral oil kills children.
- Mineral oil is THE #2 CAUSE OF ELDERY DEATH.
I suspect that the person who thinks that the smell of mineral oil kills children is repeating something garbled about lipid pneumonia; probably they didn’t quite have a handle on what “aspiration” meant in that context. It’s true that mineral oil in the lungs is bad news.
on 07 May 2008 at 10:39 pm 1.Kristin said …
Aw, what does old coal-for-eyes know?
(Sorry, I just wanted to say something about eyes of coal. Did they also have a carrot nose?)
on 07 May 2008 at 10:44 pm 2.surlyben said …
“Mineral oil is THE #2 CAUSE OF ELDERY DEATH.”
#1 is, of course, sharks.
on 07 May 2008 at 11:27 pm 3.Kristin said …
#1 is, of course, sharks.
Bears.
on 08 May 2008 at 10:23 am 4.Savannah said …
Oh my God, surlyben slays me. Also: Kristen.
on 08 May 2008 at 10:36 am 5.Ted said …
Hmmph. If crackers don’t breathe, then what are those holes for?