From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 16:46:11 MDT
--- Brian Phillips <deepbluehalo@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> From: Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com>
>
> - --- estropico@virgilio.it wrote:
> > - when flying, carry with you a see-trough plastic bag and put it
> on
> > your head in case of fire. Apparently many air crash victims die of
>
> > smoke inhalation after the plane has crashed. The air in the bag
> > would allow you a few minutes - hopefully enough to get out of the
> > plane.
>
> Also, carry a handkerchief. If you take more than a few minutes to
> escape the aircraft, you will need more air than is in the bag. Tie
> the
> bag tight around your head just below your nose, so you can see and
> rebreath fine. Piss on the handkerchief, place it over your mouth,
> and
> breath through it. The piss removes the toxins in the air (this was
> the
> basis of the original 'duck head' French gas masks of WWI).>>>
>
> I don't know if this rates post-of-the-month but it should
> at least get an honorable mention...
>
> I'm *STILL* trying to figure out if this is serious...LOL.
Quite serious. The gas mask originally deployed by the French Army in
WWI was simply a wooly mask with goggle eyes. You were supposed to piss
on the mask before donning it, and your urine filtered out the toxic
gasses as you breathed air through the mask material.
I didn't say it wasn't a high icky factor, but when the choice is
survival or asphyxiation via painfully toxic gasses, what are you gonna
do? Given the state of French plumbing and water purification
technology for most of French society, I imagine that breathing pissy
air was no big challenge.
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