I'm pretty danged smart

I don’t even have a garage. I make a point of having slower neighbors.

I live on the third floor. By the time they’ve eaten their way though my neighbors, I hope to have noticed that something is up.

…and yet you posted your OP on this message board instead of just keeping it to yourself, inviting second opinions as if they were what you wanted most in this whole wide world.

Sort of throws that thread title of yours in doubt, doesn’t it?

As an internet doctor, my considered diagnosis is a severe case of confirmationosis biasitis. Take 2 echidna’s and call someone in the morning. Where you take them is up to you…

At the risk of TMI, does it make your thing go “ting” when you tap it with a ring?

Take 2 echidnas what?

Well, don’t go camping in bear country and leave a cooler outside your tent. Just sayin’.

Perhaps it’s a unit of measure, in which case it should be "Take 2 echidnas of what?

No, no, no! The NRA tells us to arm bears!

I envy you!
I used to live on the top floor of a 12-storey dorm building.
But a clan of bears would have been able to feast its way all the way to me 'cause the kids downstairs were always sounding like that.

–G!

Ulfreida:

Maybe, but if people keep repeating that post, this thread is going to get very monotremous.

Wow, that really laid an egg.

It also sank the Titanic. I’m amazed we’re allowed near it.

In small amounts, it puts out fires, and makes crops grow; but in large quantities can drown people and cause tsunamis. Obviously the only answer is to regulate it heavily and have properly-trained, licensed users register their gallons with the Federal Government.

Tripler
I’ll tweet POTUS right now about the true threat of hydrogen dioxide to national security…

I’ve never been near the Titanic and I’m still okay.

Sorry, that should have read “Take 2 echidna’s kids (chids?)…”, becau’se I would never u’se the po’s’se’s’sive apo’strophe incorrectly.

and a real psychic surgeon would do it for free and without me knowing, just for the good of helping people.

have you ever tried to conceal and carry an armed bear?

No, but you’re constitutionally allowed to do so.

It can act as a dangerous acid in reaction to a base*!

*I, myself, am all about the base.

Going back to the OP, I dunno if anyone can call themselves smart if they were taking Colloidal Silver.

*Colloidal silver isn’t considered safe or effective for any of the health claims manufacturers make. Silver has no known purpose in the body. Nor is it an essential mineral, as some sellers of silver products claim.

Colloidal silver products are made of tiny silver particles suspended in a liquid — the same type of precious metal used in jewelry, dental fillings, silverware and other consumer goods.

Colloidal silver products are usually marketed as dietary supplements that are taken by mouth. Colloidal silver products also come in forms to be injected or applied to the skin.

Manufacturers of colloidal silver products often claim that they are cure-alls, boosting your immune system, fighting bacteria and viruses, and treating cancer, HIV/AIDS, shingles, herpes, eye ailments and prostatitis.

However, no sound scientific studies to evaluate these health claims have been published in reputable medical journals. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration has taken action against some manufacturers of colloidal silver products for making unproven health claims.

It’s not clear how much colloidal silver may be harmful, but it can build up in your body’s tissues over months or years. Most commonly, this results in argyria (ahr-JIR-e-uh), a blue-gray discoloration of your skin, eyes, internal organs, nails and gums. While argyria doesn’t usually pose a serious health problem, it can be a cosmetic concern because it doesn’t go away when you stop taking silver products.

Rarely, excessive doses of colloidal silver can cause possibly irreversible serious health problems, including kidney damage and neurological problems such as seizures.

Colloidal silver products may also interact with medications, including penicillamine (Cuprimine, Depen), quinolone antibiotics, tetracycline and thyroxine (Unithroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid) medications.*

Just ask this man

Yes, that is an actual, non-photoshopped image of a man who took so much colloidal silver that he turned blue.