tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post5855556160590407007..comments2024-01-11T13:15:48.832-08:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit: Can Bleach and Ammonia Kill?Anne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-5264349975720425202017-05-28T11:32:28.923-07:002017-05-28T11:32:28.923-07:00CS--What a story! It's amazing what kids used ...CS--What a story! It's amazing what kids used to get up to back in the days before helicopter parenting. It sounds as if you wouldn't have had an Uncle Charlie if it hadn't been for the dry field and the local constabulary. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-58009965271725994182017-05-28T11:17:59.196-07:002017-05-28T11:17:59.196-07:00I heard the same bleach & ammonia rumor in my ...I heard the same bleach & ammonia rumor in my youth. Until reading this article, it hadn't occurred to me that one of our old family stories might be just perfect for a twisted fictional killer. Back in the late '40s, juiced up on WWII movies, my Uncle Charlie & his pals got the brilliant idea of using a bicycle pump to suck up gasoline & make their very own flame thrower. Amazingly, nobody died. However, the dry field they were playing in didn't fare too well. The boys were returned to their homes -- all safe & with all their limbs -- by the local police.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-16963384083849294062017-05-27T11:24:33.315-07:002017-05-27T11:24:33.315-07:00Anon--That would make a great scene! What idiots t...Anon--That would make a great scene! What idiots those people were to tell him to mix them. The gas affects everybody in the building. Thanks for the story. :-) Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-21861421546575547042017-05-27T10:00:09.940-07:002017-05-27T10:00:09.940-07:00Back in 1969 I was working at a restaurant which w...Back in 1969 I was working at a restaurant which was next door to a nice steakhouse. One Friday night our dinner rush was interrupted with fire trucks, ambulances and police cars showing up next door with red lights flashing and sirens wailing. Turns out a new busboy had been tricked into mixing bleach and ammonia to clean the kitchen floor. Everyone got out okay, but I have never forgot that episode. Maybe someday it will make it into a homegrown amateur wannabe terrorist scene in a novel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-16156865297718295142017-05-27T09:21:01.171-07:002017-05-27T09:21:01.171-07:00Patricia--My mother too! Every Saturday, we'd ...Patricia--My mother too! Every Saturday, we'd clean the bathrooms with buckets of ammonia. We'd wear long rubber gloves, but there was nothing to protect us from the smell. I guess that's why I always believed the "mustard gas" story. It smelled bad enough to kill all on its own. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-77706545072011506322017-05-27T07:14:38.816-07:002017-05-27T07:14:38.816-07:00The smell of ammonia is so off-putting that I can&...The smell of ammonia is so off-putting that I can't imagine using it for anything. I remember clearly my mother cleaning our bathrooms and kitchen floors with ammonia and water and I hated (and still do) that odor. Yuck! And not a fun way to go, even if it DID work!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512099085568969698noreply@blogger.com