Number one idiot of 2006

[Krispy Kreme]

Number One Idiot of 2006

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in
 toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this
woman called in
 very upset because she caught her little daughter eating
ants. I quickly
reassured her that the ants are not harmful and
 there would be no need to  bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed
down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her
 daughter some ant poison
 to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that
she better bring her
daughter into the emergency room right away.


My wife sent it to me today, enjoy. Some people  are  pure  gold. 

[slash666]

hmm ok...

[Mama Kin]

Seems perfectly logical to me.

[GNRreunioneventually]

\/\/o\/\/ just..........fucking \/\/o\/\/

the stupidity of some people is unbearable


  omg

[Walk]

Every survival nut will tell you that ants are loaded with some type of acid used in their bites that makes them inedible. If you're desperate, you can try and steal larvae from the hills, though.

[nycangel]

wow its incredible how stupid some people really are   

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Every survival nut

what's a survival nut?

[Walk]

A fanatic, geek, or someone highly devoted to esoteric knowledge. Ever heard of a health nut? They're people crazy about fitness. It's American slang. 

[Krispy Kreme]

hmm ok...

I bet you don't have to worry about being accused of having a sense of humor.

By the way, when I was in Boy Scouts, many moons ago, they put  us in the desert for 3 days with only tents and sleeping bags and said: survive. We tried catching fish (no line or poles, so that did not work). We tried catching snakes, no go. So we ended up eating ants and cactus. The ants aren't too bad really, sort  of like crispy bits  at the bottom of a popcorn bowl.

[Walk]

Holy crap, that sounds more like the Order of the Arrow cult than just the Boy Scouts!  If I had to survive in the desert for 3 days, I would find water first, if possible. You tried to catch fish, so I assume you had a source of fresh water, so that's helpful. If the time of the month is right, working at night to rest at day could be considered, if the moon is adequately bright. Away from light pollution and in an open area, the moon and stars can give a surprising amount of light, and the desert heat makes any exertion at day very difficult.

Cactus would mainly be useful if you could set up a solar still. Eating it is asking for hallucinations, and its food value is questionable. Ants are always a bad idea, and I hope you have a photographic memory if you considered hunting snakes for food. Maybe trying to trick vultures, Odysseus style, would work. 

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

Holy crap, that sounds more like the Order of the Arrow cult than just the Boy Scouts!  If I had to survive in the desert for 3 days, I would find water first, if possible. You tried to catch fish, so I assume you had a source of fresh water, so that's helpful. If the time of the month is right, working at night to rest at day could be considered, if the moon is adequately bright. Away from light pollution and in an open area, the moon and stars can give a surprising amount of light, and the desert heat makes any exertion at day very difficult.

Cactus would mainly be useful if you could set up a solar still. Eating it is asking for hallucinations, and its food value is questionable. Ants are always a bad idea, and I hope you have a photographic memory if you considered hunting snakes for food. Maybe trying to trick vultures, Odysseus style, would work. 

oh ! so you're a survival nut ?

i guess you could have built wooden cage ith sticks so that fishes enters from one hole, and grabbing the fishies then !

[Walk]

Like Chinese handcuffs? That requires lots of precision and luck. It works if it's done right, though.

[Krispy Kreme]

Holy crap, that sounds more like the Order of the Arrow cult than just the Boy Scouts!? If I had to survive in the desert for 3 days, I would find water first, if possible. You tried to catch fish, so I assume you had a source of fresh water, so that's helpful. If the time of the month is right, working at night to rest at day could be considered, if the moon is adequately bright. Away from light pollution and in an open area, the moon and stars can give a surprising amount of light, and the desert heat makes any exertion at day very difficult.

Cactus would mainly be useful if you could set up a solar still. Eating it is asking for hallucinations, and its food value is questionable. Ants are always a bad idea, and I hope you have a photographic memory if you considered hunting snakes for food. Maybe trying to trick vultures, Odysseus style, would work.?

It was called "survival" something or other. It was  supposed to prove how resourceful and tough we were. 14 year olds, in New Mexico. No whining babies there! Only for "elite leaders," which in English meant those who would not complain and say how ridiculous the whole thing was. I guess the show Survivor stole  the idea from the Boy Scouts.