Chlorine is used in our pools! Will no one think of the children?
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 9:06:51 am PST #23450 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 9:07:50 am PST #23451 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, ask her if she agrees dihydrogen monoxide should be banned.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 9:12:55 am PST #23452 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Chlorine is in hydrochloric acid, which is in our stomachs.
ION, I want this watch: Belt-driven Devon Tread watches
New in the Watchismo Vault collection, the $17,500 Devon Tread watches, which use a cunning system of belts and optical sensors to keep and display the time. No, I don't have $17.5K to drop on something like this, but if you asked me to imagine what a $17.5K watch should look like, it would be something much like this: "The exposed movement is a mesmerizing display of the patented interwoven system of conveyor belts. This series of belts includes critical elements that allow the optical recognition system to know every belt position at all times."
Ginger - Feb 23, 2012 9:15:47 am PST #23453 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Chlorine saves us from getting awful diseases from tap water. It's not entirely benign, but way better than typhoid fever, E coli, cholera and dysentery.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2012 9:15:49 am PST #23454 of 30001
brillig
I stopped making the bed some decades ago.
Wrod. I shouldn't blame my lack of bed-making on Hubby and the cat. They're just convenient. And cute.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2012 9:16:06 am PST #23455 of 30001
brillig
It's not entirely benign, but way better than typhoid fever, E coli, cholera and dysentery.
But those are natural!
Jesse - Feb 23, 2012 9:16:41 am PST #23456 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, ask her if she agrees dihydrogen monoxide should be banned.
That's my favorite.
Ginger - Feb 23, 2012 9:16:46 am PST #23457 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I love the unnatural modern world.
-t - Feb 23, 2012 9:17:45 am PST #23458 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sugar processing is pretty scary, too. I took the train that goes past the C+H plant yesterday, and there's a big tank of sulfuric acid right there (and something else fairly frightening and not what I associate with sugar but not, I guess, as memorable). Which is maybe not a strong argument, but I keep chlorine bleach in the house and I wouldn't want sulfuric acid lying around. Which almost makes some kind of point?
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 9:26:03 am PST #23459 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If you're unfamiliar with the evils of dihydrogen monoxide...
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
More at the link.
eta: Of course, the chemical industry says, "Without dihydrogen monoxide, life itself would be impossible." OK, that's technically true....