Comments | anthraciteowl: Joker Gas

anthraciteowl

Joker Gas

Jul 18, 2009 13:28

According to an article by Charles Q. Choi in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American magazine, the plant Water Celery(Oenanthe crocata) contains a toxin that forces a human's facial muscles to contract into a rictus. A potion using this plan was used in ancient Sardinia by Phoenician colonists to put a smile on the face of people condemned to ( Read more... )

dcu, babble

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aiyokusama July 18 2009, 20:38:54 UTC

There are days when you scare me :P

anthraciteowl July 18 2009, 20:47:57 UTC

Thank you? I'm sorry?

aiyokusama July 18 2009, 21:03:27 UTC

It's okay :) it's part of your charm ~_^

anthraciteowl July 18 2009, 21:06:22 UTC

Well, that's all right then. Just so I'm charming.

I can't decide whether this counts as life immitating art or art immitating life. Depends on whether the Joker's creators knew, I guess.

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darthbatgirl July 18 2009, 23:06:12 UTC

That is fastinating and a little bit scary.

anthraciteowl July 19 2009, 05:36:59 UTC

Thank you. I agree whole-heartedly.

quiet__tiger July 18 2009, 23:30:18 UTC

Sweet! ...or deadly, whatever. ;)

anthraciteowl July 19 2009, 05:37:13 UTC

Yes. To both.

iesika September 12 2009, 16:24:35 UTC

That...is definitely going into a fic. I love science. I love it SO MUCH.

anthraciteowl September 13 2009, 20:45:38 UTC

Yeah, me too! Science makes the world go round. (Gravitational physics, to be precise.)

So, historical AU Joker?