# Di-hydrogen monoxide is falling from the sky!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 24, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187 "2012-07-24T00:24:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187/41 "2012-07-25T21:10:53Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> [QUOTE=Hari Seldon]
> Last night, we had a great fall of it accompanied by a spectacular sound and light show that caused me to turn my computer off. This morning, there is a giant fusion reactor in the sky and it is much cooler.
What kind of weird place do you live in, anyways?
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I liked the user name / post enough to take the trouble to double quote.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187/42 "2012-07-27T22:32:51Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#):
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> I Am Not A Doctor, but I’ve heard that the antidote is an eclectic cocktail of gases known technically as AIR. Sounds radical, but if you’re lucky enough to find some, doctors advise inhaling it continuously, and you should be okay. _Disclaimer: As always, consult a physician first._
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> Here’s hoping you read this in time. And you’re welcome.
WARNING: Exercise extreme caution if considering this approach. The gaseous mix that **Esox Lucius** recommends contains well over 20% of a substance implicated in house fires, corrosion of metals and spoiling of foods, and which is a key component in the primary cause of global warming. I recommend keeping your mouth closed and your nostrils pinched shut.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187/43 "2012-07-27T23:06:25Z")
Several nuclear submarine disasters have been traced to DHMO leaks.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187/44 "2012-07-28T08:10:21Z")
> [@Princhester](#):
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> WARNING: Exercise extreme caution if considering this approach. **The gaseous mix that Esox Lucius recommends contains well over 20% of a substance implicated in house fires, corrosion of metals and spoiling of foods, and which is a key component in the primary cause of global warming.** I recommend keeping your mouth closed and your nostrils pinched shut.
And if that ain’t scary enough…
That same above-mentioned noxious component of “AIR” is also a component of “DHMO”!!!
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/di-hydrogen-monoxide-is-falling-from-the-sky/629187/45 "2012-07-29T23:22:20Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> The description in the Guide said, “Mostly harmless.”
“_Mostly_ harmless”? You got the updated version and you didn’t _tell_ us?
Beast.
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