Re: [CH] chile heat article

Keith Stephenson (keith@stephensonk.freeserve.co.uk)
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:45:23 +0100

Carp, been there, done that, i got a mouthfull of 40% caustic soda once,
clear strips the skin off your tongue, cheeks, gums & lips, i didn't have
any 'friends' to force feed me lemons though so only got half as distressed
as you.

Keith

>carp Wrote,
> > Whoa.  Dude.  I got a mouthful of that stuff and it was like, well,
> drinking raw lye.  I immediately started gagging and spitting out whole
> gobs of the white skin that lines your mouth.  Man, that skin was hanging
> off of my lips like drool and I was gasping for air and thinking I was
> going to Hell for sure and this was just the first step of burning.   One
> of my buds, aghast that I was in such torment and was making such odd
> strangling noises decided that he would apply the only first aid he knew
how.