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Sunday, March 14, 2004  

Too much dihydrogen monoxide can kill you!

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - 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.

"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.

Then they learned that dihydrogen monoxide - H2O for short - is the scientific term for water.


Via Instapundit

posted by Mark Butterworth | 4:50 PM |

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