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puritans are like mental cripples
Tuesday, 18 September 2007 11:37 pmDo you know why methylated spirits is called that? It is really ordinary ethyl alcohol (like in booze) with methyl alcohol added.
Do you know why methyl alcohol is added to it? It's because puritans have such a problem with people gaining access to cheap, raw alcohol that they add methyl alcohol to deter people from drinking it. So why add methyl alcohol? Because it makes you go blind. Obviously puritans must think that a person going blind is far preferable to them getting booze.
Previously they used to add ground glass to cheap alcohol, thinking that would prevent people drinking it, but puritans are notoriously stupid. People simply filtered the ground glass out.
Are puritans horrible mental cripples or what?
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Do you know why methyl alcohol is added to it? It's because puritans have such a problem with people gaining access to cheap, raw alcohol that they add methyl alcohol to deter people from drinking it. So why add methyl alcohol? Because it makes you go blind. Obviously puritans must think that a person going blind is far preferable to them getting booze.
Previously they used to add ground glass to cheap alcohol, thinking that would prevent people drinking it, but puritans are notoriously stupid. People simply filtered the ground glass out.
Are puritans horrible mental cripples or what?
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.