Comments on: Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

By: col

col — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:01:44 +0000

Some people don’t know shit from shinola

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:36:14 +0000

… or mouthwash?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:57:40 +0000

If aware doesn’t know what Vitalis is, he certainly won’t know what Shinola is!

This guy in the story was 27 years old. Why didn’t he just drink whiskey?

By: grouchosuave

grouchosuave — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:27:09 +0000

“if you’re going to ingest something harmful and nasty like shoe polish, what’s the advantage in straining it?”

Ever try to pee shinola? Obviously not.

All this reminds me of a Russian carpenter I worked with: as little kids in the Russia of the 80s, they would drink stolen bottles of perfume. To get the (equivalently) dollar-a-bottle vodka, they would break into the morgue of the neighboring hospital and steal the coins put on the eyes of the dead. Found syringes would also double as squirt guns.

By: aware

aware — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:43:23 +0000

1. re the sanitizer drinker: if a patient is suicidal – don’t leave him alone in the room!

2. what’s Vitalis?

3. if you’re going to ingest something harmful and nasty like shoe polish, what’s the advantage in straining it?

By: eek

eek — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:33:09 +0000

I once rotated thru a Psychiatric ward as a student, and one of my patients was caught drinking Vitalis. After Vitalis was prohibited, he began straining white shoe polish through bread.
Very innovative…