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hissingnoise
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Dislike liver generally - now pussy . . .
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Pussy must be thoroughly washed and prepared prior to eating.
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MagicJigPipe
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I always thought benzaldehyde smelled like maraschino cherries
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Me too! I LOVE the smell of BzO (easier to write that way and it's technically correct). I have had a few friends smell it and most don't know what
it smells like at first but when I mention cherries they say, "Oh, yeah, that's it!". However, 1 person out of all those people said it smelled like
almonds like right off the bat. And this person absolutely had no idea what it was.
Interesting I say.
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Dislike liver generally - now pussy . . .
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Uhhhh, why?
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Oh I get it. I thought you were saying you disliked pussy.
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You douche.
[Edited on 10-9-2010 by MagicJigPipe]
"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry ... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any
question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. ... We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and
that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think,
free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Reviewing available sources one can conclude that among those humans
who possess the ability to discern this odor the smell is largely subjective.
See - first paragraph here _
http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUSgdZUGr4C&lpg=PA705&...
See - " Warning Properties " on second page of
Occupational Health Guideline for Hydrogen Cyanide
www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0333.pdf
Posted on www.chemicalforums.com , January 14, 2006
by pantone159 ( also a sciencemadness member )
" I did a quick search of sci.chem comments about HCN smell, and the
general opinion is that, depending on the individual, the smell of HCN is
extremely variable.
Some cannot smell it at all.
Some find that it does, indeed, smell like almonds.
Others find that it has a distinct smell, but not at all like almonds. 'Acrid',
'unpleasant', 'metallic' were some of the adjectives used.
To calibrate your own nose, one can (careful!) create a known
concentration, much less than a dangerous amount, and see what you
smell yourself.
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The WiZard is In
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Quote: Originally posted by franklyn  | Reviewing available sources one can conclude that among those humans
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I'll probable get yelled at again by the usual dolts - as I have posted this here before.
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When 244 persons were tested, 12% (29) could not smell hydrogen cyanide.
And off the 88% (214) that could 25% (53) could make the
determination only with difficulty. [5]
[5] Kirk RL Stenhouse NS: Ability to smell solutions of potassium cyanide.
Nature 171:698-99, 1953
[109] Carmelo, S: [New contributions to the study of subacute-
chronic hydrocyanic acid intoxication’s in man.]
Rass Med nd 24:254-71, 1955 (Ita)
In:—
NISOH Criteria for a recommended standard…….
Occupational exposure to Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts
(NaCN, KCN and Ca(CN)2)
US Dept of HEW
October 1976
A reference to cigar smoking as an aid in detecting cyanide.
Gattermann, Ann. 357, 318 (1907)
(Cited in: Organic Syntheses Collective Volume I. Pg. 315)
Byda — I shelve:
TJ Meredith & et al editors
Antidotes for Poisoning by Cyanide
IPCS/CEC Evaluational of Antidotes Series 2
Cambridge University Press 1993
djh
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The Chymists are a strange Class of Mortals, impelled
by an incomprehensible Impulse to take their Pleasure
amid Smoke and Vapour, Fume and Flame, Poison and
Poverty - Yet among all these Evils, I seem to live so
sweetly that may I die if I would change places with the
Persian King!
Johann Beccher
Physica Subterranea, 1703
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Morgan
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My dachshund used to eat the loquats that fell off my tree, and sometimes spit up the large, smooth, gold-brown seeds. I decided to chop the fairly
tall tree down just to be on the safe side. Fortunately he never chews most foods, being more of a gulper.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12398304
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat
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