Collection of Lame Jokes

[WWGD]

 

[fresh_42]

 

[fresh_42]

 

[phinds]

 

[fresh_42]

I should watch my drinking habits.
Have now had the first beer in front of a mirror:
looks good!​

 

[strangerep]

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That one took me a few minutes. It reminded me of the cow+abattoir cartoons on "The Farside".

 

[WWGD]

 

[WWGD]

 

[fresh_42]

Please do not shower or wash your car during this heat wave.
The beer breweries need the water more urgently!​

 

[fresh_42]

 

[BillTre]

Got a watermelon?
Got a dog?
They go well together for the hot weather:

 

[fresh_42]

 

[davenn]

 

[BWV]

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That would be about $500 in street value and a lethal dose of cocaine for most people

 

[berkeman]

about $500 in street value

What's that in 1894 dollars? Asking for a friend.

 

[mathwonk]

presumably a nickel.

 

[fresh_42]

What's that in 1894 dollars? Asking for a friend.

If you really found that bottle in your basement, do not drink it. Dry and sniff it.

 

[berkeman]

presumably a nickel.

"Find a nickle, pick it up, and all the day, you'll have good luck!" Um, that was a text from my friend...

 

[mathwonk]

according to the highly recommended book, "For God, country and coca cola", by Mark Pendergrast, the predecessor of coca cola, Vin Mariani, contained about .72 grains of cocaine per 6 ounce bottle. the book also contains an apparent original recipe for coca cola, using 4 ounces of "fluid extract of coca" to several gallons of other liquids.

 

[berkeman]

contained about .72 grains of cocaine per 6 ounce bottle

Grains, grams, potatoes, potahtos...

 

[Baluncore]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_(unit)
“A grain is an obsolescent unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and Apothecaries' system, equal to exactly 64.798 91 milligrams”.
0.72 grain = 46 mg

 

[mathwonk]

so 3.5 grams is about 80 times as much as .72 grains? hence probably not correct as the amount of cocaine ever in a bottle of coca cola.

 

[Baluncore]

so 3.5 grams is about 80 times as much as .72 grains? hence probably not correct as the amount of cocaine ever in a bottle of coca cola.

I expect an error in translation of the unit.
3.5 grain in a bottle is possible, but not 3.5 gram.

 

[fresh_42]

I expect an error in translation of the unit.
3.5 grain in a bottle is possible, but not 3.5 gram.

Guess we'll have to wait until @berkeman's friend sniffed it.

By 1903, 1 liter of Coca-Cola contained about 250 mg of cocaine.

3.5 grain are 223,61 mg. Hypothesis confirmed. (250 mg = 3.9 grain)

 

[mathwonk]

according to pendergrast, these cocaine containing products were actually recommended for babies and children, and endorsed by thomas edison, emile zola, william mckinley, queen victoria, buffalo bill cody, and 3 popes! we atlanta residents are obviously more interested in this history than normal people, but i found the book "For God, country and coca cola", quite entertaining.

 

[Borg]

Did you know that they were also drinking radioactive water in the 1920's for its health benefits?

 

[fresh_42]

Did you know that they were also drinking radioactive water in the 1920's for its health benefits?

And they x-rayed basically everything for fun. And the sources were far stronger than nowadays.

 

[berkeman]

And they x-rayed basically everything for fun. And the sources were far stronger than nowadays.

I hope I didn't hurt nobody! I was just a young scientist learning about the world!

https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker...ewbX4MaAqW-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#&gid=1&pid=3

 

[fresh_42]

 

[BillTre]