From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@ckent.org)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 19:51:25 MDT
I would doubt that piss removes toxins universally - a wet rag gets rid of
some smoke, and people tasked with cleaning up scenes of mass killings have
used kerchiefs soaked in gasoline to kill the smell...but it does nothing
for poisons...the alkaline nature of urine might be a good shield against
acids - which burning plastics tend to generate (HCl).
Urine is a good sterile fluid to use to wash out a wound, in dire straits -
IF the donor has no urinary infections...
Chuck Kuecker
At 05:26 10/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
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>Brian
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