I used to find huge cockatrices in Florida. One day I opened a jar of peanut butter and one was inside. I'm not sure if someone had left the top loose, or the cockatrice had opened it on its own.

Ok so now they're clearly just making this shiat up.

BPA. Old news.

geckoone: Nice obscure Nethack reference (or rogue or hack, depending on your bent).

came in to say this +1 subby. well played.

There are scientists who believe BPA can interfere with the hormonal system by copying oestrogen.

Well, good thing we don't have that one here in the US. We probably did until the oester beds off Long Island and the Chesapeake Bay went dead...

What dangerous tinned food might look like:

So we have this well-known storage device that we commonly call a "tin can."

In the UK, we say that something is "tinned." In the USA, we say that something is "canned."

It's as if these two cultures were completely cut off from each other and their languages diverged as a result of the isolation. Soon we'll be unable to converse at all.

JasonOfOrillia: What dangerous tinned food might look like:

Can someone clue me in? I'm failing to see the connection between tin cans and cockatrices. Some meme, or clever (or not-so-clever) word play I'm not getting?

Nevermind, geckoone's post gave me a clue and a quick bit of google-fu gave me the answer.

remember, if your gonna wield a cockatrice, PUT GLOVES ON FIRST.

Yeah I know my nerd is showing.

calbert: Oznog: JasonOfOrillia: What dangerous tinned food might look like:

pfft amateur



/now we're talking

This is why I always stock up on gold needles/softs.

It's not always the chemicals that will kill you.

/delicious

Sweet Sue? Sweet Jesus.

/seriously, when that thing falls out of the can the head is still attached and it's alive and it pecks your eyes out. Gnarly.

Dammit!

Didn't read the article yet, but I was wondering what kind of chemicals were found?

RatMaster999: calbert: Oznog: JasonOfOrillia: What dangerous tinned food might look like:

pfft amateur



/now we're talking


That, that is absolutely disgusting.

/satisfaction guaranteed?

Stomponfoot: Didn't read the article yet, but I was wondering what kind of chemicals were found?


BPA was found in various foods including popular baby foods. In amounts lower than European standards.

That's the entire article, in a nut shell can.

unalivezombie:
That, that is absolutely disgusting.

It's somebody's job to take them out of one container and put them in another. I wonder what kind of resume is required. I mean, exactly what kind of skill set are employers looking for?

Stomponfoot: Didn't read the article yet, but I was wondering what kind of chemicals were found?

BPA

The biggest problem with removing BPA is that there is currently nothing that can replace it, especially in high acid (low pH) systems.

The second biggest problem is that we can detect it at ppb or even ppt levels. Food/drinking water doesn't contain more "chemicals" than they used to, we just do a better job of detecting them and a worse job of understanding that just because we can detect something doesn't mean that it is suddenly dangerous.

Jesus Christ, a Nethack reference!

taking organic chemistry right now, this is relevant to my interests.

booo hooo BPA. bonus for gender bender.

also why does there need to be a plastic lining.

is just having straight tin even worse for you.

had some fun this summer synthesising Bisphenol Z

RogermcAllen: The biggest problem with removing BPA is that there is currently nothing that can replace it, especially in high acid (low pH) systems.

also it is to my understanding that the BPA in plastic is residual amounts that have remained unreacted in the polymerisation.

TheShavingofOccam123: will someone please invent an inert, cheap safety glass. please.

you mean glass?

Asa Phelps: A dead cockatrice aint bad to have around, as long as you have a pair of gloves.

*hands Asa Phelps a lodestone*
*watches Asa Phelps attempt to go down stairs*
*admires new statue of Asa Phelps*

gregoropolis: RogermcAllen: The biggest problem with removing BPA is that there is currently nothing that can replace it, especially in high acid (low pH) systems.

also it is to my understanding that the BPA in plastic is residual amounts that have remained unreacted in the polymerisation.

TheShavingofOccam123: will someone please invent an inert, cheap safety glass. please.

you mean glass?

Make sure it's not leaded...

This is also a dangerous tinned product

A++ Nethack joke, would LOL again

Oh yeah look at this:

Dammit again!

Sgeo: Asa Phelps: A dead cockatrice aint bad to have around, as long as you have a pair of gloves.

*hands Asa Phelps a lodestone*
*watches Asa Phelps attempt to go down stairs*
*admires new statue of Asa Phelps*

No that never happened to me... not in a million years! Well except that one time.

/usually dies from Team Ant
//or choking on food
///sounds fat

Hay guys, here's another scary tinned food that's not yet been seen on this thread!

Plush_Cthulhu: Sgeo: Asa Phelps: A dead cockatrice aint bad to have around, as long as you have a pair of gloves.

*hands Asa Phelps a lodestone*
*watches Asa Phelps attempt to go down stairs*
*admires new statue of Asa Phelps*

No that never happened to me... not in a million years! Well except that one time.

/usually dies from Team Ant
//or choking on food
///sounds fat

Choking on food is entirely preventable (I think)

You consume Szechuan lichen.

farkingismybusiness: It's not always the chemicals that will kill you.

/delicious

technically, cholesterol is made up of chemicals. in fact, almost all foods are made up of chemicals.

the jury's still out on what Twinkies are made of, tho.

has anyone mention the scary dangerous canned pork brains in milk gravy yet?

JonnyBGoode: Can someone clue me in? I'm failing to see the connection between tin cans and cockatrices. Some meme, or clever (or not-so-clever) word play I'm not getting?

It is from an old video game called NetHack (also called Rogue). The game was like a dungeons and dragons sort of adventure but was graphically represented with text -- in other words very simple graphics made up of letters.

Anyway, it also had some humor and some puzzles, and so as I remember if you found a tin of meat (which could be used as food to restore health) it might be cockatrice meat, which could turn you to stone. But you could also pick up the cockatrice corpse if you had gloves and use it as a weapon to turn other things into stone. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that was the gist.

It really was a great game. You can still find versions to play for free on the net.

Much better product: