# Salt makes atheists shrivel up like slugs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921 "2005-03-23T19:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/61 "2005-03-24T17:56:21Z")
_sprinkles salt on her Humanities professor_ …Hmm. Not working… _checks grade on latest assignment_ #$)_()&#_! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/62 "2005-03-24T18:19:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > We’re supposed to be all contrite, **sober** and repentant. Deal with it! (bolding mine) Sober? Methinks you need a bit more sacramental wine;) BTW: anyone have any reliable info on whether the whole salt killing demons thing is related to the origin of tossing a pinch of salt over one’s left (I think it’s left) shoulder? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/63 "2005-03-24T18:35:47Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > BTW: anyone have any reliable info on whether the whole salt killing demons thing is related to the origin of tossing a pinch of salt over one’s left (I think it’s left) shoulder? Try these links: [http://www.islandnet.com/~luree/silly.html](http://www.islandnet.com/~luree/silly.html) [http://www.halloween-website.com/superstitions.htm](http://www.halloween-website.com/superstitions.htm) [http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/bad\_luck.html](http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/bad_luck.html) _blows a kiss to **iampunha** , runs off to class_ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/64 "2005-03-24T19:13:43Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Salt makes [zombies](http://death.monstrous.com/origin_of_zombies.htm) dead, again. > Brine has salt. > Zombies are always calling ouf for “Braaaaaains”, which sounds like brine, kinda. > > Hmmmm… That’s why Australia has no zombie problem – think about how one says “Braaaains” in Strine! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![passiveaggressive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@passiveaggressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/passiveaggressive)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/65 "2005-03-29T03:28:25Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > I was also thinking of a jism-chrism joke, but I can’t formulate it… Jism-chrism? Sanctum santorum? :eek: _Mon Dieu_, I think I’ve just stumbled upon my new favourite website. Anything which makes me laugh THAT hard deserves applause. I think I even peed a little. :o Thus endeth my first post. Yay me (but really yay YOU). ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/66 "2005-03-29T04:09:31Z")
We may be looking at this from the wrong angle I couldent find it on the internet but does anyone know if they threw it over their left sholder? ---
**Author:** ![Testy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/67 "2005-03-29T12:34:14Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > Sounds like “Good Season” salad dressing to me. > > And what’s this about frankinsence _if easily available_ ? Who the hell knows where to get frankinsence? I don’t think I can just pop down to the Winn Dixie, go to the spice rack, and get a little jar. Besides, **HAVE YOU SEEN HOW EXPENSIVE SPICES ARE?** Well, if you need some myrrh and frankinsence just drop me a line. We have tons of it over here. Testy ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/68 "2005-03-29T12:38:42Z")
Why go all the way to Saudi Arabia, when you can just go to your friendly neighborhood witchcraft supply store? That’s where I get mine. 🙂 Oh, right. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/69 "2005-03-29T14:54:51Z")
> [@passiveaggressive](#): > > Jism-chrism? Sanctum santorum? :eek: > > _Mon Dieu_, I think I’ve just stumbled upon my new favourite website. Anything which makes me laugh THAT hard deserves applause. I think I even peed a little. :o > > Thus endeth my first post. Yay me (but really yay YOU). Welcome to the greatest time sink on the internets. You’ve been warned. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/70 "2005-03-29T14:55:36Z")
> [@passiveaggressive](#): > > Jism-chrism? Sanctum santorum? :eek: > > _Mon Dieu_, I think I’ve just stumbled upon my new favourite website. Anything which makes me laugh THAT hard deserves applause. I think I even peed a little. :o > > Thus endeth my first post. Yay me (but really yay YOU). Welcome, **passiveaggressive**. Yes, the level of wordplay in this place can be addictive. And I’ve learned things here that I never could have imagined. (The whole “chrism” thing seems almost unbelievable–what _were_ they thinking to continue to use a term like that in this day and age? Seems they were just laying themselved open to Bad Jokes.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/71 "2005-03-29T19:13:36Z")
> [@alaska56](#): > > I couldent find it on the internet but does anyone know if they threw it over their left sholder? I’m hoping they threw it into a stiff breeze. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/72 "2005-03-29T22:11:38Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > Besides, **HAVE YOU SEEN HOW EXPENSIVE SPICES ARE?** I went to buy a vanilla bean, but the loan approval form took too long to fill out. ---
**Author:** ![passiveaggressive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@passiveaggressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/passiveaggressive)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/73 "2005-03-29T23:12:44Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Welcome to the greatest time sink on the internets. You’ve been warned. Thanks **Homebrew** and **Sunspace**! The way I figure it, message boards are a much healthier addiction than chat rooms. (Ahhh, denial, I loves ya.) Today I tried to write a ‘religious’ haiku entitled “Requiem for the Limax” (latin for _slug_) using the words “genuflect” and “sodium chloride” (with “hypocrisy” thrown in for good measure), but dammit, my muse is on the fritz. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/74 "2005-03-30T00:46:51Z")
Well, if ever caught in a situation of civilizational collapse where we may be forced to eat dry, undressed salad, now y’all know you can rummage through some looted Church to see if the pillagers, in their rush to carry off the wine, left behind the oil and salt. [hijack] > [@Polycarp](#): > > Nah, you just get christened. 🙂 Though it might produce interesting CGI scenes – Matt or Hamish, who’s that preacher/superhero character from Trigun? Can you visualize him “smiting the ungodly” by anointing them? 😃 [quote] Nah, Wolfwood’s gig would be to do the Ash Wednesday thing on their foreheads using the output of his his appalling consumption of cigarettes. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/75 "2005-03-30T01:32:00Z")
> [@passiveaggressive](#): > > Today I tried to write a ‘religious’ haiku entitled “Requiem for the Limax” (latin for _slug_) using the words “genuflect” and “sodium chloride” (with “hypocrisy” thrown in for good measure)… It has potential. But irreverent parody haiku are sooo last month! 😃 > [@](#): > > … but dammit, my muse is on the fritz. :mad: And Fritz is enjoying not having to do all the work for a change! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/76 "2005-03-30T01:41:06Z")
C’mon now, let’s get serious. Shrivel up like slugs, _indeed_. The salt does nothing but improve our gustatory qualities. But why be so boring? I go great with a Cajun rub. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/77 "2005-03-30T04:07:43Z")
passiveaggressive writes: \> Today I tried to write a ‘religious’ haiku entitled “Requiem for the Limax” (latin \> for slug) using the words “genuflect” and “sodium chloride” (with “hypocrisy” \> thrown in for good measure), but dammit, my muse is on the fritz. Requiem for the Limax Sodium chloride, Tossed on genuflecting slugs: Such hypocrisy. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/78 "2005-03-30T05:19:04Z")
> [@passiveaggressive](#): > > but dammit, my muse is on the fritz. :mad: If you unscrew the bottom piece and clean off the little rubber ball… Wait… _gets his reading glasses_ Ohhhh…never mind! ---
**Author:** ![hammerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hammerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerbach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-makes-atheists-shrivel-up-like-slugs/295921/79 "2005-03-30T06:18:05Z")
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