My brother (he's gonna hate me for this)...
...once came running to the kitchen sink, foaming at the mouth and nose and with (rightly so) a look of panic on his face. After minutes of spitting, dry heaving, trying to drink water etc to clear it all, he was finally able to explain.

He'd had a dodgy stomach, hadn't bothered to read the instructions on a packet of alka-seltzer and assumed they were to be swallowed with water like every other pill he'd ever come across...
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Thu 27 Dec 2007, 15:11, 4 replies)

Sounds familiar...


You're not originally from Texas, are you? If so, Mike Judge might owe your brother a few bucks for inspiration...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 27 Dec 2007, 15:56, closed)

My Father in law
had an upset stomach in the middle of the night and went downstairs in the dark to have a swig of milk of magnesia.

Except in the darkness of the kitchen, he pulled out a bottle of calamine lotion and had a swig of that instead.

The missus thought they had been burgled when she saw the state of the kitchen the next morning.
(Hagis, Thu 27 Dec 2007, 19:42, closed)

Ha!
You don't happen to know what episode that is do you, Mr Loon? (the big G gives nowt but lists of favourite quotes).

It's particularly appropriate as he (Steve) and his mate (Ben) are referred to by us Steavis and Benhead...
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 10:54, closed)

Yup.
It's called "Rabies Scare".

(I happen to do a frighteningly good imitation of Beavis...)
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 28 Dec 2007, 18:05, closed)