The other day my wife and I were listening to Dr. Dean Edell's radio program when he reported on hospitals having to remove public access from alcohol-based hand gels because some people were stealing the gels and drinking them for their alcohol properties resulting in agonizing deaths. Dr. Edell explained that not alcohol is the same, which I thought was generally understood. Apparently not.
After the report, my wife turned to me and said, "In Darwinian terms, some people are so stupid, they don't deserve to live."
See also "The Darwin Awards"
Posted by: Ed S. | August 19, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Oh, yeah. The Darwin Awards came to mind. And I would guess those gel deaths have been chronicled in the DA.
Posted by: jeffrey McMahon | August 19, 2008 at 10:27 AM
In the olden days, winos used to swig Vitalis hair dressing and various after-shaves in stores. Now they inhale Nitric Oxide (laughing gas) from cans of whipped cream for kicks.
Posted by: Ed S. | August 19, 2008 at 11:28 AM
I saw a woman on Talk Soup who eats cigarette ashes and puts them on her ice cream.
Posted by: jeffrey McMahon | August 19, 2008 at 12:03 PM
That's a distinct illness, called "pica" I think.
Posted by: Ed S. | August 19, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Wow, a name for the illness of eating ashes.
Posted by: jeffrey McMahon | August 19, 2008 at 12:21 PM