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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2006Remember the angel trumphet I was worried about
this is what it does to humans http://www.local6.com/news/6269732/detail.html > this is what it does to humans > http://www.local6.com/news/6269732/detail.html Yes, it's beautiful but highly toxic. Along these same lines, I refuse to have an oleander in my yard. Again, they are gorgeous when in bloom, but they are so toxic that any part of the plant can kill. There are other beautiful plants that are not so dangerous -- so I just enjoy plants like this "at a distance." I do not want to take *any* chances that I could be the cause of sickness or even death (two-legged or four-legged). MaryL >> this is what it does to humans >> http://www.local6.com/news/6269732/detail.html [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >MaryL Yikes. I had not heard about this one. This is why the gov't should distribute free marijuana in public schools. It would eliminate the need for kids to brew poisonous tea in an effort to get high. Other legal trips: Salvia divinorum -- a mexican plant that can be smoked like pot, it causes terrifying, full-blown hallucinations and is seldom used more than once. Morning glory seeds -- first you puke, then you puke some more. After a couple of hours you get light-headed like the first stages of an acid trip. Then you get a headache and feel lethargic for a day or two. Nutmeg -- smoked or eaten, it delivers a buzz not too unlike that of marijuana, for about half an hour. Then a splitting headache sets in and lasts for about 6 hours. Dextromethorphan -- enthusiasts take about 12 times the dose on the label and experience a toxic delirium that involves disorientation and impaired vision. Charlie > This is why the gov't should distribute free marijuana in public > schools. It would eliminate the need for kids to brew poisonous tea > in an effort to get high. Why majority of kids in school now adays are dumb as it is why take the chance of actually becoming something away from them >> This is why the gov't should distribute free marijuana in public >> schools. It would eliminate the need for kids to brew poisonous tea >> in an effort to get high. > >Why majority of kids in school now adays are dumb as it is why take the >chance of actually becoming something away from them I'm a utilitarian, Matthew. Someone has to bear the cost of fancy medical care, and it damn sure isn't the tea-quaffing pinheads who end up needing it. The MDs are fitting that kid out for a pacemaker while some old grannie waits at the back of the line. I ask you as a fellow citizen, is that justice??? Charlie >>> This is why the gov't should distribute free marijuana in public >>> schools. It would eliminate the need for kids to brew poisonous tea [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Charlie Sounds to me like he deserves a Darwin award.  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ 3 things that never can be debated with out emotion sex religion politics I refuse to answer any question that may involve me loosing my manhood to a pissed of wife > I ask you as a fellow > citizen, is that justice??? > > Charlie so it would be cheaper for you to say...email me a joint? just be sure to encrypt it! > The MDs are fitting that kid out for a pacemaker while > some old grannie waits at the back of the line. > Charlie so how do you feel being associated with a Godless man? >> The MDs are fitting that kid out for a pacemaker while >> some old grannie waits at the back of the line. >> Charlie > >so how do you feel being associated with a Godless man? ??? Are you referring to Jeremy Bentham? Charlie > Are you referring to Jeremy Bentham? > > Charlie Oh, no, Darwin! but, iiii see what catnipped meant now whooh at first, i could not decide what darwin had to do with Charlie witty women, mmm mmm mmm! > >> this is what it does to humans > >> http://www.local6.com/news/6269732/detail.html [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > Yikes. I had not heard about this one. See the film "White Oleander." It's great. > Other legal trips: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > label and experience a toxic delirium that involves disorientation and > impaired vision. Is peyote still legal if you can prove it is part of your religious observance? Now THAT is a neat cactus. Fresh, it has the consistency of the firm part of a tomato but with a gritty, bitter taste. It is best eaten with oranges, they sweeten it sufficiently. It was just like the tops of those cacti that have had red, five-lobed knobs grafted on. You had to cut out the little knots and peel it. While everyone else ate nine buttons and threw up and saw "God," I would do two and find that it seemed to peel away a kind of dullness that builds up on our senses over time. So that colors were still the same but more intense. And the soul was predisposed to joy. :) I remember being very quiet and just looking around a lot. Stained glass windows in a NYC church were arresting. It was the same for all the senses, touch, taste and hearing, too. I actually came to think of it as an "anti-drug" because it seemed to sharpen instead of dull, to clear instead of blur. >> this is what it does to humans >> http://www.local6.com/news/6269732/detail.html [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > MaryL You brought back another memory. I must have been about five years old --maybe seven - my Dad had two oleander plants planted in half barrels and placed in our back yard. My Mother warned me NEVER to smell the flowers because they were poison. So doing what kids do, I smelled the flowers. Nothing happened but they got rid of the plants. Thanks for the memory. MLB > Yes, it's beautiful but highly toxic. Along these same lines, I refuse to > have an oleander in my yard. Again, they are gorgeous when in bloom, but [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > MaryL Oleander is really popular in central CA. I never saw any cats get sick from it, which is a surprise since it was so abundant. We had it in our yard and I hated it because the blossoms are so messy. -L. > > Yes, it's beautiful but highly toxic. Along these same lines, I refuse to > > have an oleander in my yard. Again, they are gorgeous when in bloom, but [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -L. We have it all over here in AZ, too. Our house, which is old, has a line of them across the back of the lot and down one side. Really tall ones, about 12-plus feet high, very dense. It would be very expensive to pull them all out and put something else up as they serve as the border/fence. My cats don't go out except for a small patch of the yard where we have occasionally taken a couple of them out supervised, and where there are no oleanders, so it is not an issue for my cats but there are tons of outdoor neighborhood cats with homes and tons of strays around at times and they go in and out of those oleanders and sleep in them and I have never seen a problem. I feed outdoor cats and worry sometimes that oleander petals or leaves will blow into their bowl and they'll eat them by mistake but so far my fears seem unfounded. Candace
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