# Ddt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddt/355716>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 7, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddt/355716 "2006-05-07T01:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ddt/355716/1 "2006-05-07T01:24:00Z")

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A mosquito was heard to complain  
That a chemist had poisoned his brain;  
The cause of his sorrow  
Was para-dichloro-  
Diphenyl-trichloroethane.