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In a message dated 6/12/2002 10:04:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> I don't know about Drano, but both my older kids were caught as toddlers
> about to drink ammonia that their grandmother refused to lock up. I can't
> even imagine thinking about drinking it.

A kid down the street from us drank turpentine - he was FIVE and he could
read, but he didn't know what turpentine was, so reading the name on the can
didn't help. WHY would a kid DRINK it? I have no idea. He was in a coma for a
day -- but came out of it and suffered no long-term effects.

He and his mom were standing at the counter at a hardware store and Nick
opened the can and took some big guzzles before anybody noticed.

He's a smart kid, too. It seems like a very odd thing for him to have done.

--pamS


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