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Re: Booth's Electrostim... IT'S A TRICK! ... BEWARE!! BEWARE!!!
> Booth wrote:
> >I believe I did some research on this back in 1994. The results are
> > archived at:
> > >http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts/Humor/Electrostim.htm
> > >George Booth in Ft. Collins, Colorado (booth at frii_com)
>
Dwight <boukmn at mindspring_com> responded:
> > He gets a MAJOR kick out of this prank at least once a year! Usually
> 'round
> > April 4th! It SOUNDS so devilishly logical...you WANT to believe it!
> It
> > has just enough logic in there add his own status as an expert and it
> > suspends your disbelief...and sucks you in!!! IT'S FIENDISH!!! E's
> > already claimed one victim... don't let 'im get YOU!! >:-)
>
Dwight's right. When I first read that post back in '94, it
completely sucked me in. I had been to his house and
seen his tanks (they are quite impressive), and his experiment
seemed so real at the time. I actually read the conclusion,
paused, and tried to rationalize heavy metal aggregation in
tissue that may cause this to happen!
The word, "fiendish" is right on.
Since I've been such a sucker in the past, I still haven't figured
out after all these years if that post about exhaling into a garbage
bag with an air pump blowing CO2 into the tank was a joke or
not. Well, was it? I actually set that up to figure it out, but my
results were inconclusive.
--charley
charleyb at cytomation_com
P.S.-- BTW, I hold the title of the only person on planet Earth
that has stiffed George and Karla out of $20 for their book (it
was $15 at that time.) What's more, is that I stiffed them for
a couple years before I actually apologized and paid back the
money with interest and penalties in 1997 or so.... sorry
about that, George.