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On Tue, 12 May 2009 14:44:55 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
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>> 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?
No, one is a British Crown Dependency the other was in a colony ;)
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Stephen
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2009 19:03:21 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:
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>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Lethal doses of pure capsaicin that I've read about are about 47 mg per
>>> kg of the victim.
>> So we're talking like a half-teaspoon of capsaicin here? That would
>> indeed be a scary amount.
>
> Per KG of weight for the "victim" - so if you weigh 150 KG, that would be
> a pretty significant amount.
I must have messed up a unit conversion somewhere then, since I
definitely don't weigh 150kg.
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On Wed, 13 May 2009 20:12:18 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 13 May 2009 12:28:34 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>
>>Per KG of weight for the "victim" - so if you weigh 150 KG, that would
>>be a pretty significant amount.
>
> That is 23 stones 8.7 pounds or 330.7 pounds !!!
:-)
I was listening to News Quiz last night (older episodes from a few years
ago) and they related a brief story of a personal ad looking for someone
who weighed 50 stone.... ;-)
Jim
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On Wed, 13 May 2009 12:20:19 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 May 2009 19:03:21 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Lethal doses of pure capsaicin that I've read about are about 47 mg
>>>> per kg of the victim.
>>> So we're talking like a half-teaspoon of capsaicin here? That would
>>> indeed be a scary amount.
>>
>> Per KG of weight for the "victim" - so if you weigh 150 KG, that would
>> be a pretty significant amount.
>
> I must have messed up a unit conversion somewhere then, since I
> definitely don't weigh 150kg.
Not many people do. :-)
Jim
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On 13 May 2009 15:48:16 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 May 2009 20:12:18 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 13 May 2009 12:28:34 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>
>>>Per KG of weight for the "victim" - so if you weigh 150 KG, that would
>>>be a pretty significant amount.
>>
>> That is 23 stones 8.7 pounds or 330.7 pounds !!!
>
>:-)
>
>I was listening to News Quiz last night (older episodes from a few years
>ago) and they related a brief story of a personal ad looking for someone
>who weighed 50 stone.... ;-)
>
What to roll on them :)
Pervs! :)
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Stephen
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On Wed, 13 May 2009 21:13:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>I was listening to News Quiz last night (older episodes from a few years
>>ago) and they related a brief story of a personal ad looking for someone
>>who weighed 50 stone.... ;-)
>>
>>
> What to roll on them :)
>
> Pervs! :)
LOL
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>>>> 4) Why is it called a "drive-through" even though you are supposed to
>>>> stop?
>>> You're supposed to stop?!
>> Is this why "drive-by killings" happen?
>
> LOL
Yay! My humour is not lost here...
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On 12-5-2009 21:29, Warp wrote:
> Since Andrew hasn't done this in a long while, I'll do it myself:
> 4) Why is it called a "drive-through" even though you are supposed to stop?
To read the Braille instruction?
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Capsaicin is a toxin and not just an anesthetic - too much without a
> tolerance can cause severe problems and can in fact be lethal.
>
> Handling of pure capsaicin requires the use of hazardous materials
> protection gear.
>
> Lethal doses of pure capsaicin that I've read about are about 47 mg per
> kg of the victim.
http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Capsaicin_Natural-9923296
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Invisible wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> Capsaicin is a toxin and not just an anesthetic - too much without a
>> tolerance can cause severe problems and can in fact be lethal.
>>
>> Handling of pure capsaicin requires the use of hazardous materials
>> protection gear.
>>
>> Lethal doses of pure capsaicin that I've read about are about 47 mg
>> per kg of the victim.
>
> http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Capsaicin_Natural-9923296
Incidentally, Wolfram Alpha fails to provide an LD50 reading.
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