I have always been concerned about sulfites in wine but now I have learned that wine contains varying amounts of a substance called DHMO (Dihydrogen Monoxide). I have heard that this substance is a constituent of many known toxic substances, dieases and diease-causing agents, enviormental hazards and can be leathal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful. I am somewhat concerned. Your take on this will be helpful to the group.
"DHMO" is a synonym for "H2O," the scientific name for water. Replace every instance of "DHMO" and "dihydrogen monoxide" in the message above with the word "water," and you'll get the joke (if you didn't already).
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Luk
Wine will kill you
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
Dulce et decorum est pro vina mori :)
Life will kill you
Mark Lipton
^^^^ Ack!! OK, so wine is neuter in Latin, but it'll always be feminine to me :P
Mark Lipton
Oh, DHMO is fine stuff. No problem at all. I just consumed
32 ounces of it this morning, and I think I'll have another quart of it now. Gotta be careful, though - there's some DHMO out on the street that's not pure, that can be very bad.Dana
Probably green vitriol, which would be ferrous (ferric?) sulfate. A couple of others come to mind: oleum (sulfuric acid), and how could we forget phlogiston? ;^)
Tom S
What on earth is phlogiston??? Sounds like a name of a band, a heavy metal one of course ;-))))
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
Kewl, Mike! R0x on!!! Phlogiston was the fifth Aristotelian element (after earth, air, fire and water), believed to be required for combustion. It was known that substances that burned would often lose weight, which was attributed to the loss of phlogiston. The loss of all the phlogiston was also used to explain why ashes wouldn't burn any more. It was Lavoisier who finally put an end to the idea of phlogiston and renamed "dephlogisticated air" as oxygen (Gr. acid maker, from the mistaken idea that all acids contained oxygen), thankfully before the Terror put an end to Lavoisier.
Mark Lipton
So without phlogiston, all winds would be wimpy and spineless. Thank goodness for phlogiston
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
??? Was Lavoisier murdered by a bunch of Terroirists?
Tom S
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