In bed, aged 99, shot by a jealous husband

[threemonkeys]

I'm conscious that I have not posted anything for a few days. But really, descriptions of sanding, cleaning, sealing and painting are, if anything, even less interesting than watching the paint dry. I can however report that if you get silicone sealant on your hands and you clean them as recommended using terps, they end up with a very strange dry slippery smooth feeling. Great for rubbing together and laughing maniacally.

I haven't even been reading much. To entertain myself I have been re-watching QI. You do learn some quite interesting stuff. For example the fatal dose of chocolate is about 22 pounds* (10 Kg). I suspect this is related to the fatal dose of caffeine but that varies a lot depending on the individual. Still, it does give me an answer should I ever play that old game of "how would you like to die".


*I originally wrote the "lb" abbreviation for pounds and then wondered, how many people reading this even remember such things.

Comments

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. To judge from your userinfo, you are a lot younger than the old codgers above (who are old friends and won't mind the description). Was it something you encountered in the school system or was it personal interest in trivia.

I'm curious too about non-lactose chocolate. I presume it exists but can you easily (relatively inexpensively) get it in this dairy dominated country.

[bytheseaside.livejournal.com]

I took Latin and Classics in High school, but I think it was actually something I picked up from mother. Or from a history lesson, I'm not sure. I used to pay attention to the oddest things.

[bytheseaside.livejournal.com]

As for the chocolate, I eat just the regular stuff. Dark chocolate (the darker, the better) has relatively little. But then I love the milk stuff. A little bit and I'm all right. Anymore, and it's up to me if I can put up with the (sometimes very painful) stomach aches, usually though I'm very careful.