on the subject of the whole "date-rape beads"

[matronmalice]

listen, people, if the toy says "Not recommended for Children under 3 yrs of age" on the packaging, it's the parents' damned faults. srsly. when i was 3 i was given a set of "Pop-Beads" that were not much larger than these dots. guess how many i ate?! my parents taught me not to eat non-food items. duuuuuh

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[muhon]

one of the kids affected was 7 years old. Perfectly age appropriate. It's unsafe regardless, but the questions are 1) is it only when ingested directly? The stuff melts on to your hands and is difficult to wash off. and 2) was it known prior by the manufacturer?
I thought they were alot of fun and nearly bought them for camp- one of the main reasons I didn't is kids will eat anything.

[matronmalice]

you made the smart choice. you are wise.
ever since that incident with Dr. Bronner's, where for some reason an Organic Soap threw a positive result for GHB, I am leery of all such tests. The thing poisoned the kid. end of story. NO polymer is good when ingested. i am sure in a few days when the test results come back we'll see in direct ingestion was a component of the "dosing".
p.s. many inquiries as to your health. how are you doing?
hugs,
e

[matronmalice]

:-P

[acardart]

You remember last Spring when we both ditched out of work and devoted the whole day to exploring NYC? I don't think I'd ever walked as much as I did that day! Hudson river park, cloisters, through washington square to watch the dogs a bit, egg creams by tompkins...man. All the photos we took couldn't do the day justice, it was THAT good!

[matronmalice]

you rock. i love this memory.
hugs,
e

[matronmalice]

fuit?

[matronmalice]

i was like "maybe this is a thing they have in britain that we don't have here?"
obscure and vaguely reminiscent of this article in a Straightedge magazine i saw once, but i like it.
hugs,
e

Memory ain't what it used to be.

[drhaggis]

The image of you standing atop Mt. Rushmore in your coonskin cap has been scared into my retinas like a cattle brand. I know we were seconds away from being nabbed by agents from half a dozen organizations with initials, but why did you jump off Lincon's noggin with the diamonds?

You left me there to be tackled by a stout man from the ATF and a lovely woman from the FWS. They still write me, but do you?

Re: Memory ain't what it used to be.

[matronmalice]

*claps hands in delight* ohhh, delicious.
if we were partners in crime, i would SO not pull a DB Cooper on you.
hugs,
e

[tagancalera]

GHB = Date-rape drug right? I had some limited relations with a girl at DragonCON last year who later told me she tested positive for date rape drugs and thought I or someone might have slipped her something.

Well I use almost exclusively Dr. Bronners and if I had soap under my nails or something while fingering her *TMI, I know, but had to explain how it would get there* that could explain it.

*waves hands vaguely in a spherical shape*

[matronmalice]

that's kind of terrible.
the whole thing.
i don't think your dr. bronner's soap would have done it, though.
anyway, yeah. terrible.
how is your day otherwise?
hugs,
e

Re: *waves hands vaguely in a spherical shape*

[tagancalera]

Nah, she made no accusation against me specifically. But she did go to the ER two days later with some bleeding and thats when they told her about the GHB readout. I'm thinking whatever happened was the next night.

[matronmalice]

you're probably right.
nasty nasty chemicals.