--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > Bonus points for those who come up with > *legitimate* instances of alcohol or cocaine use that > promotes > > > survival (there are several, but they don't > involve addiction either). > Re: alcohol > > Disinfectant for wounds. > > Can possibly be used as a propellant for fire. (Is > propellant the right > term?) So, if you're stuck in the Alps and need a > fire to survive.... > > I've also seen a few B movies where the town drunk > escaped being poisoned by > something in the drinking water. > > Those are my guesses. :-)
Hard liquor can also be used in a pinch (like being stuck in the woods far away from any help) to disinfect instruments (eg tweezers) for 'field surgery' (like plucking gravel out of the knees). I think the term is accelerant? If the town drunk drinks _methanol_, thus risking blindness and death, the ER will ply him with whiskey or similar spirits to avert Darwinian fate (the VA pharmacy used to stock "Everclear" for such situations). We Were Briefly Popular While Working At The Soil Testing Lab (which stocked Everclear) Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
