I'm pretty danged smart

[ioioio]

I was taught as a child that the way to prevent almost anything bad from happening was to run around the house three times without thinking of a fox.

[Darren_Garrison]

@Doctor_Jackson

Sorry, that should have read “Take 2 echidna’s kids (chids?)…”,

Puggles.

[doorhinge]

@BuckChongo

20 years ago a friend of a friend, hearing that I had the flu even though I’d had the shot, told me she took 1 capsule of standardized Echinacea every 3 or 4 days and had not had the flu in years. So I tried it, and haven’t had the flu or a rhinovirus cold since. But everybody I recommend it to tells me it’s a proven fact it doesn’t work. So I say I’m pretty danged smart for having tried it. Though I’ve tried all kinds of crap that doesn’t work, glucosamine, colloidal silver, the stock market, Ashley Madison…

Can I assume that you experimented with all of that crap that doesn’t work over 20 years ago, because you haven’t had the flu, or rhinovirus, in the past 20 years?

[AskNott]

@Darren_Garrison

Take 2 echidnas what?

Take 2 echidnas shopping, or take them to the movies! I wouldn’t advise taking an armed bear with you, though. It might scare the echidnas, and they’d widdle on the car seats.

[Hopeful_Crow]

@Darren_Garrison

I heard that swallowing an echidna gives you immunity to cancer.

I thought they were to prevent maladies of the echidnies. My bad.

@Doctor_Jackson

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…

I took mine ice skating but then some armed bears showed up and made us leave.

[furryman]

@Darren_Garrison

I heard that swallowing an echidna gives you immunity to cancer.

Seeing a Orange talking echidna means your in a video game.

[Two_Many_Cats]

Whatever happened to ‘bears in the air’? Apparently, they were all over the place in the seventies, but I’ve never even seen a winged bear in my life!

[cmkeller]

People just had it with those m-fing bears on m-fing planes!

[Hopeful_Crow]

I developed a large lump on my side. My skin became all scaly, smelled a bit like a skunk and hurt in a few spots. I went to the doctor, who had a look. After a moment, she said, “Yeah, I can remove that. Give me a moment and you’ll be pangolin-free.”

[Darren_Garrison]

@furryman

Seeing a Orange talking echidna means your in a video game.

Means my what in a video game?

(I’m starting to feel déjà vu here.)

[Darren_Garrison]

@Hopeful_Crow

I developed a large lump on my side. My skin became all scaly, smelled a bit like a skunk and hurt in a few spots. I went to the doctor, who had a look. After a moment, she said, “Yeah, I can remove that. Give me a moment and you’ll be pangolin-free.”

**“**All right, just give me a Pangolin Free.”
**
"*If you want a Pangolin, pal, you’ve gonna to pay for it!"

[Sam_Stone]

@furryman

Seeing a Orange talking echidna means your in a video game.

Or watching the State of the Union address.

[Darth_Hamsandwich]

@Czarcasm

…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?

Lighten up, Francis.

[Knowed_Out]

@Chimera

Everyone who has ever died has drunk water in their lives. True story.

Dihydrogen monoxide:
[ul]
[li]is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.[/li][li]contributes to the “greenhouse effect”.[/li][li]may cause severe burns.[/li][li]contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.[/li][li]accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.[/li][li]may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.[/li][li]has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.[/li][/ul]

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
[ul]
[li]as an industrial solvent and coolant.[/li][li]in nuclear power plants.[/li][li]in the production of styrofoam.[/li][li]as a fire retardant.[/li][li]in many forms of cruel animal research.[/li][li]in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.[/li][li]as an additive in certain “junk-foods” and other food products.[/li][/ul]