Sunday, 15 February 2009
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Pepper Stray
Have you ever sprayed pepper spray over yourself and been paralyzed with pain for the better part of an afternoon and an entire evening? If yes, join the club. If not, lucky you!
To make sure you know of one trick to keep away from the elite clique of masochists, this is what to do:
Keep away from pepper sprays.
What with the apprehension of rapists, kidnappers, pick-pockets and irritating people at an all time high, a well-wishing friend got me this lethal spray from Uncle Sam’s land. With female-empowerment speeches and self-defense advices ringing true and clear within my ears, I turned the nozzle of the weapon and sprayed it right out of the window.
So far; so good. Blood red liquid squirted out tentatively. With a new-found confidence, I squeezed the nozzle a second time with the same vigor I would a deodorant before an important date. A jet streamed out laced with my very own sense of purpose. Self-reliance, self-importance, self-defense, all achieved without tedious classes in kick-boxing and karate surged through my veins.
That’s when I noticed little trickles of Oleoresin Capsicum forming rivulets on my hands. Indifference and nonchalance born of my feminist mood soon turned into a shock when even tap water refused to relieve me of the irritation that started as a pin-prick and went on to become a full-blown mind-numbing throbbing.
Research on Google and Wikipedia only told me that there was no way of neutralizing the effects. Cold water, cool air and milk were the only ways to soothe it. I sent my flat-mate helpfully entering with a bottle of lotion and coconut oil scurrying away when I found out that oil makes the particles firmly stick on to your skin. Then began the saga of me washing my hands with Vim Supreme, Garnier Fructis and lots and lots of water. And to top it all, I realized that this stupid ingredient is insoluble in water!
Well, documents claim that the effects last for 2-3 hours. It’s been 5 hours now, and well, if a distracting stinging that makes you want to squeal counts, I am still in pain. And yes, one out of 600 people has been reported to have died when exposed to pepper spray. ;)
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Comments (6)
A stitch in my side says I be deriving much pleasure from your pain. :)
Don't die, BabyK!
i have officially given u the title of "kiwerdo" - king of weirdos!!
Well , better take karate / self - defense classes next time. It is better to feel pain from a blow from an instructor rather than a self-inflicting one! Oh , and as long as you are in possession of that weapon of self-destruction , I hope I am always atleast as far away as the radius of pain of that particular aerosol bomb :)
These 'good ideas' are deviant more often than I would like them to be!
Somewhere, someone's life has changed.... His future holds a painful kick in the crotch instead of a burning face.
I'm so never going to piss you off. This article, and the comments, hurt me just reading it.
So now we know pepper spray is red and oily and should not be sprayedon yourself.. hahahahaha.. but seriously imagine the pain had your sprayed it in your eyes...