Did Pterry write that first? Or did Jack Handey?
Trump yesterday talking about 30 special operation veterans with traumatic brain injuries underwent ibogaine treatment and supposedly experienced 80% to 90% reduction in symptoms. “Can I have some, please?”
Couldn’t hurt.
*noting my previous speculation that he’s been getting ibogaine infusions through a vein in his left hand, so maybe it’s not working all that well.
When I was a kid, it was a sure cure for nausea. I remember dad going through the drive-through at Jack In The Box, and getting a small Coca Cola syrup (just the syrup; no carbonated water) when I was vomit-y.
Absolutely they should get him some stat…
In the heart, ibogaine causes long QT syndrome at higher doses, apparently by blocking hERG potassium channels and slowing the heart rate.[20][21]
Death can occur,[21] especially if consumed with opioids or in people with comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease or neurological disorders
I don’t think Handey ever did.
It kind of sounds like one of his “Deep Thoughts” but I don’t see it recorded as such.
I seem to recall a similar “experiment” where a human tooth was dropped into a glass of (I think) Coca-Cola. In some short period of time (48 hours maybe?) the tooth had completely dissolved.
The reason it sticks in my mind is because of the company’s response when it was made public: “We strongly suggest you not hold a mouthful of Coca-Cola for 48 hours.” Perfect.
Yeah, we had a bottle (obtained by prescription, no less!) in our medicine cabinet when I was a little kid. I don’t remember if I ever had it.
My brother and I didn’t touch it for a while since it came from the pharmacy with a label on it like medicine would have, but eventually realized what it was and would take sips. Mom was pissed when she went to get some and there was little left. Like alcohol a few years later.
What?! You totally forgot about the cocaine! Cocaine was used for pain relief. Novocaine was invented to replace it.
The context in which CocaCola was invented: A few years earlier, coca wine called Vin Mariani was widely popular. It was basic red French table wine infused with coca. It could get you high. Pope Leo XIII endorsed the stuff in advertisements. Coca-Cola was an attempt to make a non-alcoholic version of Vin Mariani.
True; the kola nut was added to “coca wine” in the first formulation. Coca wine was cocaine mixed with wine. It was the addition of the kola nut that set it apart from other coca wines of the time, which is why I mentioned it specifically, as the cocaine was not novel. The wine was left out to get around alcohol prohibitions at the time (but not cocaine, as it didn’t have the reputation then that it does now), and it was made into a soft drink. And of course they eventually dropped the cocaine as well.
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I get no kick from champagne.
Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all,
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you?
Some get a kick from cocaine.
I’m sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrific’ly too
Yet I get a kick out of you.…
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Originally from the 1934 Broadway musical, Anything Goes (Act 1 Scene 1)
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Now I want to go watch Blazing Saddles.
Are you ME?
Ffs, this is the most frustrating thread to follow. I keep coming back for updates on Trump’s health and then wonder how I stumbled into the MMP.
Eh, this is the thread for wishful thinking about Trump’s health. When there’s real news about it, there will be dozens of posts, not a handful.
I don’t think so, but anything’s possible!
Lazt night, without comment, Trump tweeted a 4-minute video of Frank Sinatra singing “My Way”.
Trump is also behaving in a manner that is somehow even more unhinged than usual, making both Republicans and his own advisors worried.
Not sure if it’s a mental health issue or just a reaction to extreme amounts of stress due to a cascading series of massive failures on his part, but I’m sure it’s not a good sign for him.
To quote Denholm Elliot at the end of Trading Places, “Why can’t we have both?”
Top generals and admirals in the military want him out of the situation room because his erratic behavior…