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Dihydrogen Monoxide strike california

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Excerpts from an AP News report, couldn't resist:

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.

Then they learned, to their chagrin, that dihydrogen monoxide — H2O for short — is the scientific term for water.

"It's embarrassing," said City Manager David J. Norman. "We had a paralegal who did bad research."

The paralegal apparently fell victim to one of the many official looking Web sites that have been put up by pranksters to describe dihydrogen monoxide as "an odorless, tasteless chemical" that can be deadly if accidentally inhaled.

...As a result, the City Council of this Orange County suburb had been scheduled to vote next week on a proposed law that would have banned the use of foam containers at city-sponsored events. Among the reasons given for the ban were that they were made with a substance that could "threaten human health and safety."...
 
Just proves that the inmates are running the asylum!
 
The Penn & Teller show on Showtime (that I'll refrain from naming) did a hilarious bit on this awhile back... went to some big tree-hugging festival of some sort getting everyone to sign their petition to ban the stuff. "It's in the streams, it's in the air, it's in your food." Thousands of companies dump millions of gallons of stuff every year...

Their point was that although there ARE serious environmental issues that do need to be addressed, being informed is a good thing, and blind hysteria doesn't help anyone.
 
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Thats just too funny.

Cheers,
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Walter
 
Just like "The Man show" when they went out and started a petition to "end the suffrage of women". Being a man I naturally laughed my asz off.
 
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