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Old 12-21-2008, 01:10 AM
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I love mythbusters it is such a great show! Thanks for the upadate.
I'll refrain from urinating on myself in the future...
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Old 12-21-2008, 02:59 AM
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I'll refrain from urinating on myself in the future...
LOL I say that every day but as I get older (Darn timmies)
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Old 12-27-2008, 03:34 PM
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for bristle worm spines soak your hand in vinegar for a while, it will dissolve the spines.

Oh and the Urine for jelly fish stings, Mythbusters proved it false.

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Wish I had of read this yesterday, my boyfriend got two fingers full of bristle worm spins FYI tweezers don't work to well.

As for the urine, I always wondered if it was really true or not. Thanks for the info.
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Old 12-27-2008, 04:15 PM
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As for the urine, I always wondered if it was really true or not.
YEs peeing opn your feet or hands will kill all bacteria. I wouldnt do it on my hands since I bite my fingers.

But in Afghanistan I had soem infected feet so when i got achance I would do the nasty on my feet and it works..
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YEs peeing opn your feet or hands will kill all bacteria. I wouldnt do it on my hands since I bite my fingers.

But in Afghanistan I had soem infected feet so when i got achance I would do the nasty on my feet and it works..
How did we go from jellyfish stings to bacteria? I thought we were talking about salt water problems not hygiene LOL what about the bacteria that is in your pee that they test for when you are sick? its still alive as they do cultures..

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Old 12-27-2008, 08:11 PM
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Oh and the Urin for jelly fish stings, Mythbusters proved it false.

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See Steve it all started from you some one took it the wrong way like hairytank,...
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How did we go from jellyfish stings to bacteria? I thought we were talking about salt water problems not hygiene LOL what about the bacteria that is in your pee that they test for when you are sick? its still alive as they do cultures..

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Your own healthy urine is sterile to you.


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Old 12-28-2008, 02:38 AM
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I still love telling people to try the pee thing. Cracks me up to think of them peeing in there hand for no reason. lol
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all zoo's are toxic the more colourfull the more toxic. the Giant sun polyp ( Protopalythoa grandis ) was used by Hawaiian natives to tip spears in for mortal combat.



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Do you know of any scientific evidence to support this?
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Do you know of any scientific evidence to support this?

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