17 Apr
2002
17 Apr
'02
5:07 p.m.
Rumor has it that there is an expression "tapping the torps", which was a
result of sailors drinking the alcohol fuel for torpedoes. To solve the
problem, some compound was added that would make one pee bright orange.
Fact or fiction, I dunno. But I've heard that from several different
sources, and considering that submarine duty is considered high-stress, I
wouldn't doubt that it was tried.
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Alexander Schreiber
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 17:22 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: cure equiepement that was in the rain... best practices???
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:10:40PM -0400, Sridhar the POWERful wrote:
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Sipke de Wal wrote:
True, but there will still be some lusers trying to drink the stuff. To
keep father Darwin from dealing with those, usually some sufficiently
vile tasting (and very hard to remove) agent is added. Yes, there _have_
been incidents of soldiers drinking rocket fuel (where this was simply
alcohol) and getting blind/dying from it (reportedly from the russian
army).
Regards,
Alex.
--
We're gonna be body guards for teen rock-stars. Wouldn't the
cause of freedom
be better served if we killed them instead?
-- Schlock from the ''Schlock Mercenary''
comic strip Alcohol vapourises quickly ! Over in the
Netherlands we've got
Spiritus which is a rather non-agressive 75% alcohol
(ethanol+methanol) solution with some analine added to make it
undrinkable. (It's got a blueish color).
If it has methanol in it, it doesn't need anything added to make it
undrinkable. Methanol causes blindness, ulcerated stomach, then death.