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Bender Bending Rodriguez

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Since: May 07, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:21 pm
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Recently saw Cronenberg's adaption of Burrough's "Naked Lunch".

Naturally assumed the "getting high on bug powder" theme was fictional
.... until I bought some cockroach spray and saw this message on the
can:

"INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
CONTENTS CAN BE HARMFUL OR FATAL".

The ingredients are listed as 0.7g/kg imiprothrin and 2.0g/kg
cypermethrin.

So what's the deal here ? Do people actually get high on bug spray ?

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somaBoy MX

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 10:01 am
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"Bender Bending Rodriguez" wrote...
> Recently saw Cronenberg's adaption of Burrough's "Naked Lunch".
>
> Naturally assumed the "getting high on bug powder" theme was fictional
> ... until I bought some cockroach spray and saw this message on the

I'm sure it's a metaphor for addictive substances in general, and AFAIK it's
Cronenberg's idea - not Burroughs'.

> "INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
> CONTENTS CAN BE HARMFUL OR FATAL".

Of course it's harmful; it kills roaches doesn't it?

> The ingredients are listed as 0.7g/kg imiprothrin and 2.0g/kg
> cypermethrin.
>
> So what's the deal here ? Do people actually get high on bug spray ?

Hell, go ahead and try it.
Make sure to report your findings here. If you're still capable, that is.


..soma

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Bender Bending Rodriguez

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 7:54 pm
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"somaBoy MX" <none.RemoveThis@nonesuch.net> wrote in message news:
>
> > Naturally assumed the "getting high on bug powder" theme was fictional
> > ... until I bought some cockroach spray and saw this message on the
>
> I'm sure it's a metaphor for addictive substances in general, and AFAIK it's
> Cronenberg's idea - not Burroughs'.

You're right - Burroughs never wrote about bug powder as far as I
know.

> > "INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
> > CONTENTS CAN BE HARMFUL OR FATAL".
>
> Of course it's harmful; it kills roaches doesn't it?

Obviously - but my guess is it wouldn't take much heroin to kill a
roach either :)But the message on the can seems to imply that there IS
"intentional misuse" - the idea seems ludicrous to me so I was looking
for an explanation ..
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dtravel

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 5:37 am
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"Bender Bending Rodriguez" <benderbendingrodriguez.RemoveThis@despammed.com> wrote in
message news:89873633.0405081854.3eeffa58@posting.google.com...
> "somaBoy MX" <none.RemoveThis@nonesuch.net> wrote in message news:
> > >
> > > "INTENTIONAL MISUSE BY DELIBERATELY CONCENTRATING AND INHALING
> > > CONTENTS CAN BE HARMFUL OR FATAL".
> >
> > Of course it's harmful; it kills roaches doesn't it?
>
> Obviously - but my guess is it wouldn't take much heroin to kill a
> roach either :)But the message on the can seems to imply that there IS
> "intentional misuse" - the idea seems ludicrous to me so I was looking
> for an explanation ..

Well, you see, there is a basic flaw in your thinking. The idea of getting
high by committing slow suicide is only ludicrous if you assume that humans
are rational. If you can just get that silly little fairy tale out of your
head <g> then it becomes so much easier to accept the fact that some people
are physically incapable of thinking past "sniff poison, feels good, keep
doing it".

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Multiversal Mercenaries. You name it, we kill it. Any time, any reality.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 11:07 pm
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