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Mon 28 Jul, 2003 10:03 pm
Did you know that there's a form of nicotine called 'freebase' nicotine? Some tobaccos have more natural freebase nicotine and some are processed to have more of that hard stuff. The process involves ammonia or urea (purified URINE folks! Yech!). There is testing happening now to rate the levels of freebase nicotine in major brands.
The higher the concentrations of said nicotine, the more addictive the smoke.
New Scientist
killjoy
a few months back you said that my drinking was over-moderation. then there was the suv thing, and now this.
i thought you were my friend.........
:wink:
Pueo - I still love ya, man! Don't take it personal, k? :wink:
Craven - tsk tsk? Too dramatic?
Quote:The process involves ammonia or urea (purified URINE folks! Yech!).
This explains why dirty ashtrays, smoker's cars, and cat boxes sometimes have similar scents.
Yes, I'm an ex-smoker and you'll never know how truly bad it smells until you've been away from it for a year or so.
Well, the wee IS purified! It's in fertiloser, that stuff, too - does that mean smokers are more fertile?
(Yes, I know they aren't!)
Good point Butrflynet!
Dlowan - I wouldn't be surprised if smokers were less fertile.
I knew that about pot smokers, didn't know that about tobaccy smokers.
Yep. You can only grow cactus on them
Generally compromised circulatory system - just one of the problems that affects everything - like placentas etc.
Ever heard of smoking your legs off? A lot of amputations are due to failed circulation due to smoking.
When I worked in a hospital, an old fella (usually fellas, though we gals will be up there soon) who had had both legs amputated, and who was on oxygen for his emphysema, and was also confused because of occlusion of the blood vessels to his brain, caused an explosion when he lit up a cigarette!
Livened up the ward considerable, that did!
here's a funny story. That hospital had a large central courtyard, with trees and a running stream and such. The stream supported a breeding population of ducks, (and a number of tortoises who had their shells cleaned regularly).
The hospital CEO used to sneak out there to smoke - though smoking was eventually forbidden there.
One day, for some unknown reason, a mummy duck took umbrage at his smoking. She flew up, grabbed the cigarette from his stunned fingers, doused it in the water, and proceeded to stamp on it, quacking furiously, until it was mush.
It was long rumoured that she was a fake duck, constructed in bio-medical engineering, and controlled by genius lab techs - but available evidence - like looking after babies and such - suggests she was real.
'Twas a very odd thing.
LOL !!!
Bet the duck was a reincarnation of a smoker's wife !!
No way! That duck story sounds a bit fishy.
LOL! It does, indeed - but those ducks were totally fearless - maybe she was frightened by fire/smoke where her babies were resting?
I don't think she was anti-smoking as such!
They used to steal food from your hands....
haha, but to stamp her wittle feets all over it?
God knows. They have big feets, actually. Webbed, and all.
Those ducks used to be culled, from time to time, she muttered darkly...
Rumours abounded about where their wittle carcases ended up.
Maybe that man ate HER mummy?