The `Do not induce vomiting’ is actually pertinent. If you drink something that is toxic, you generally should induce vomiting, as the thing will exert bad effects by being absorbed through the stomach. So you want to get it the heck out of the stomach asap. On the other hand, if you drink acid, it does its badness by corroding the trachea. The stomach’s pretty good at handling acid (that’s what it’s normally filled with anyway), whereas inducing vomiting would just give the acid a second chance to corrode away at your throat… So depending on what kind of nasty thing you swallowed, inducing vomiting is either the right or wrong thing to do; they therefore tell you right on the bottle.
Dammit, Doghouse, I’m only 24! This means that I missed out on a lot of cool toys, apparently…I’m going to call Mom and demand a toy that is factory-issued with batteries. Just to cover all those OTHER Christmases. sigh
And maybe ask her to send me a bottle of something heinous, too, just so I can carefully read and comprehend the enormous importance of all its warning labels. I don’t think I have anything toxic enough presently.
Look on the bright side, you can play with all the toys you can afford, and get drunk off your rear end while you’re at it!
BTW, I’m about a decade older than you. When I was a kid, all we had to play with were bricks and toy guns. Our idea of an action game was dodging traffic on a dare. We had only one play station, and it made us go blind.
Now let me see if I understand: I just asked you if you are happy with your current long distance provider. [pause] Sir, for quality assurance, I will record the next portion of our conversation. Now tell me again, was your answer yes or no?
