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Since Andrew hasn't done this in a long while, I'll do it myself:
1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
2) What's the difference between New York and York? What's the difference
between New Jersey and Jersey?
3) What's wrong with couch potatoes?
4) Why is it called a "drive-through" even though you are supposed to stop?
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Warp escreveu:
> Since Andrew hasn't done this in a long while, I'll do it myself:
I smell sarcasm... :)
> 1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
I enjoy nachos better. Still alive! :)
> 3) What's wrong with couch potatoes?
what's wrong with it?
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Warp wrote:
> Since Andrew hasn't done this in a long while, I'll do it myself:
>
> 1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
I dunno, but as I understand capsaicin merely activates pain receptors
instead of causing any actual (direct) damage, so it's probably quite a few.
> 3) What's wrong with couch potatoes?
They're generally crushed in to many pieces?
> 4) Why is it called a "drive-through" even though you are supposed to stop?
That explains why I never seem to get my food at those places.
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Warp wrote:
> 1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
As many as you can stand to eat. They're not toxic.
> 2) What's the difference between New York and York? What's the difference
> between New Jersey and Jersey?
One's in the United States, The other isn't?
> 3) What's wrong with couch potatoes?
Getting them stuck between the cushions and having them rot is annoying.
> 4) Why is it called a "drive-through" even though you are supposed to stop?
There are some placed where you literally drive through the building.
Sure, there is a momentary pause when you get your beer, but ...
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>> 1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
>
> I dunno, but as I understand capsaicin merely activates pain receptors
> instead of causing any actual (direct) damage, so it's probably quite a
> few.
On the other hand, last weekend I ate a pizza with some chillis on it.
First my throat was burning. Then my mouth was burning and my nose
started to run. Then my *lips* started burning and my eyes were
streaming. And by the time I finished the thing, my *stomach* felt numb! O_O
An entire TWO HOURS later, my lips, mouth, throat and stomach were still
numb.
And to think Shelly asks for them to replace the chillis with jalipenos!
Crazy woman!!
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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > 1) How many habanero chilis can an adult man eat without dying?
> As many as you can stand to eat. They're not toxic.
But I understand that if you get an overdose of capsaicin, you could get
severe respiratory problems from the shock, among other symptoms. Not that
the capsaicin itself would cause the respiratory problems, but how it affects
pain receptors.
A friend of mine gets severe hiccups if he eats too much chili in one go
(and believe me, he can eat a lot).
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> And to think Shelly asks for them to replace the chillis with jalipenos!
> Crazy woman!!
They are jalape?os, and they are one of the mildest chilis.
"Chili" in itself refers to the entire genus of capsicum plants, and
encompasses an enormous variety of them. Just saying "chili" doesn't
really say how hot it is, but often it's something slightly hotter than
jalape?os (which are chilis too).
Habaneros are the most popular chili which is really, really spicy.
On the hottest end of the scale (only a few other species surpass it).
Not to be confused with the jalape?os: They are almost as opposite as
it can get. (Only the bell pepper would be more opposite, as it has no
capsaicin at all.)
Not that jalape?os aren't hot. If you take a bunch raw in your mouth,
it will be rather spicy.
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Completely random and silly questions
Date: 12 May 2009 16:57:11
Message: <4a09e2a7@news.povray.org>
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Warp wrote:
> They are jalape?os, and they are one of the mildest chilis.
>
> "Chili" in itself refers to the entire genus of capsicum plants, and
> encompasses an enormous variety of them. Just saying "chili" doesn't
> really say how hot it is, but often it's something slightly hotter than
> jalape?os (which are chilis too).
>
> Habaneros are the most popular chili which is really, really spicy.
> On the hottest end of the scale (only a few other species surpass it).
> Not to be confused with the jalape?os: They are almost as opposite as
> it can get. (Only the bell pepper would be more opposite, as it has no
> capsaicin at all.)
>
> Not that jalape?os aren't hot. If you take a bunch raw in your mouth,
> it will be rather spicy.
...I guess this must be how normal people feel when I tell them that
differential equations are really hard to solve unless you use the
Laplace transform, which is a generalisation of the Fourier transform,
and happens to turn differential equations into algebraic ones.
Dude, seriously, how the hell do you know so much stuff about chillis? o_O
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Dude, seriously, how the hell do you know so much stuff about chillis? o_O
Ever heard of wikipedia?
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> An entire TWO HOURS later, my lips, mouth, throat and stomach were still
> numb.
This property actually has medical uses, and capsaicin is occasionally
used to cause as an anesthetic, where it has the advantage that the
effects can last for a long period of time. It's applied to an area
already treated with a short-term local anesthetic of course (otherwise
I think the cure would be worse than the disease!) Aparently it works
by basically over-exerting and depleting the pain receptors in the area.
Note, of course, that the concentrations used for this would be vastly
greater than those on your pizza, so you can imagine how the numbness
could last for quite a while.
As a side note, I've actually eaten (very small) amounts of a hot sauce
which was essentially a 50% capsaicin solution. It's unbelievably hot
stuff, and if you've only had jalapenos and such it's literally
difficult to imagine how strong it is. Needless to say I don't try that
sort of thing often.
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