OMG! Lipstick=Lead=Cancer! Run! Hide!

The BBQ Pit
#1

My friend sent me this very important email about how lipstick contains lead which causes cancer, and instructs me to throw out all my lipstick after performing the following “lead test”. :eek:

Smear the lipstick on you hand and then rub your gold ring into the smear. If the lipstick turns black, it contains lead which causes cancer. Throw it away!! :rolleyes:

The email even contains all the name brands that have already failed the lead test, so it must be true!

I’d send her the Snopes on that, but I know her response already: “They” are in on it, too, and want you to get sick so “they” can make big money off your treatment.

Or maybe she just wants a bunch of new lipsticks.

#2

We’ll see who is laughing when you catch elephantitis of the lips.

#3

If Angelina Jolie is any indication, more women could use some unrestrained cell proliferation in their lips.

Just a little though.

#4

Don’t waste any time, throw out the e-mail too. You can’t be too careful.

#5

I like this. Please don’t put lipstick on your lips, instead put the lead onto you hand. Brilliant!

#6

I can’t recall which thread specifically, but just yesterday some Doper linked to some page about how lipstick causes cancer. Just sayin’- the idiocy isn’t limited only to, well, the idiots.

#7

Is there anything that doesn’t cause cancer? At least this is cancer with style. Now if you told me that granny panties cause cancer, I would say “Down with them!”

#8

I thought about listing all the problems with the email, but then realized I can waste time in other, more interesting ways.

#9

That’s why I never kiss em on the lips.

#10

Angelina Jolie’s lips remind me of Mr Limpet

#11

I was reading a white paper the other day that linked saliva and stomach cancer.

It’s really nothing to worry about though, because it’s only a risk if it’s swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.

#12

Hot.

#13

I don’t have a gold ring. Will I die?

#14

You’re already dead. Inside.

#15

I personally feel that all panties should go in that direction.

#16

I say “Down with all panties, then off!”

#17

I know lead can be hazardous and even fatal, but I can’t recall it being a carcinogen.

#18

That’s just what the Chinese want you to think.

#19

Would you be surprised to learn that there have been instances where imported clothing has contained unacceptable levels of formaldehyde, an irritant and a carcinogen? The next time you buy ladies panties, you should wash them before wearing them.

#20

You think you are being funny, but you don’t know the story of my Tarzan costume.