Scary article on this stuff called 'Gerin Oil'.
This stuff must be banned, for the sake of the children!!
-Ghoti
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Ghoti Nyak
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09-28-2005 17:37
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Cybin Monde
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ouch.
09-28-2005 17:42
that's completely horrifying!
i will keep this nugget tucked away for near future use to spread it, as well as far term for personal safety. thank you. _____________________
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Chance Abattoir
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This sounds like such bullshit fear-mongering.
09-28-2005 17:57
Anecdotal and situational evidence suggests that the Salem witch trials (and many other witch hunts) were precipitated by an outbreak of ergotism much like the well-documented case in France in 1951.
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Chance Abattoir
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09-28-2005 18:04
Anecdotal and situational evidence suggests that the Salem witch trials (and many other witch hunts) were precipitated by an outbreak of ergotism much like the well-documented case in France in 1951. LOL... even though I didn't believe the article was true, I was still had. DOH. Totally missed the anagram. _____________________
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Bertha Horton
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09-28-2005 18:41
The four doomed flights of 11th September were, in a very real sense, Gerin oil trips: all 19 of the hijackers were high on the drug at the time. This is not to say Gerin oil is not the monster that it is being made out to be, but rather that there are greater monsters that breathe fire that are running our government. MY SOURCE: "Crossing the Rubicon" by Michael Ruppert http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865715408/qid=1127958003/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4895819-1997631?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 |
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Juro Kothari
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09-28-2005 19:05
They're not getting it, Ghoti.
edited: OK, now they're getting it.  And I agree, its dangerous and has wreaked much pain on this world. Muahaha. _____________________
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Torley Linden
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09-28-2005 19:10
This reminds me of a certain article of dihydrogen monoxide.
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Rathe Underthorn
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09-28-2005 19:11
LOL, I get it, that's funny.
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Zuzu Fassbinder
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09-28-2005 19:12
lol, that was great
 oh and wrt ergotism Theories on the Salem Hysteria: ERGOT Linda Caporael's "Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem?", Science, Vol. 192, No. 4234 - April 2, 1976 puts forth a theory on the Salem witchcraft hysteria which suggested that those involved had Ergot toxicity caused by a mold that can grow on rye and has hallucinogenic effects. The theory was refuted almost immediately by Nicholas P. Spanos & Jock Gottlieb in a subsequent issue of Science. The basic problems with the theory which Spanos and Gottlieb point out include: 1) specific digestive-tract symptoms of ergot poisoning are not reported in the afflicted; 2) the symptoms would come and go in a group in unison, which is more indicative of a psychological basis for the fits than a biological one; and 3) whole households would be more likely to be affected by a poison in a dietary staple, but only one or two members of any given household were affected. The theory has a firm place in the current folk theory of the events in Salem, and was used by Robin Cook in his novel "Acceptable Risk." Both articles from Science are available in Marc Mappen's excellent anthology about how historians have viewed the events in Salem: "Witches & Historians: Interpretations of Salem" [Keiger: Malabar, Florida. 1996]. This is unfortunately now out of print but could possibly be found through a used bood [sic] dealer. it was more likely caused by gerin oil addiction, perhaps combined with greed and egotism _____________________
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Chance Abattoir
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09-28-2005 19:44
lol, that was great oh and wrt ergotism it was more likely caused by gerin oil addiction, perhaps combined with greed and egotism Damn you, PBS. Where did you link that from (, Zuzu)? I want to read more. _____________________
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Ghoti Nyak
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09-28-2005 20:18
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Lianne Marten
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09-28-2005 20:21
I've never been interested in Gerin Oil myself. I know a few people that take it regularly, but i've never been able to get a real factual explanation for why they do so...
If I ever do I might try it myself, but I doubt that will ever happen. _____________________
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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09-28-2005 20:30
I had to think about that for a while. Well worth it though.
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Ardith Mifflin
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09-28-2005 20:37
I was just about to ask where I could obtain some of this delighftul fluid... then I caught on.
I feel duped. You all owe me some mind-altering narcotics! |
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Ghoti Nyak
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09-28-2005 21:17
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Chance Abattoir
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09-29-2005 00:41
Nero had a very unusual method of using gerin oil to light torches. Too bad it fell out of fashion.
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Laukosargas Svarog
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09-29-2005 04:09
There's got to be a commandment against this. LMAO ! We'll nave Nun of that in these forums please ! Anyway I thought that Gerin Oil nonsense was banned in American schools ? Isn't that why your President is fighting a war against Tourism ? . |
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Laukosargas Svarog
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09-29-2005 04:18
I must admit i did wonder what Richard Dawkins had to do with this
Nice find Ghoti! |
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Colette Meiji
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09-29-2005 06:27
The sub title is a dead give away to anyone who has read that quote from Marx.
The author should have left it out hehe it would have taken me longer to figure it out.  |
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Nolan Nash
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09-29-2005 06:47
I heard that the fishermen of Brancaster Staithe, on the Norfolk coast, are immune to Gerin Oil.
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