discussion points arising from yesterday's birthday lunch

[dubdobdee]

i: badgers are SO NOT a kind of pig so-called "dr" v!ck
ii: the famous botulism picnic which ma and pa s enjoyed frightened small dubdobdee and his smaller sister -- the picnickers found dead with tainted sandwiches still raised to their mouth -- was NOT actually a picnic (it was at the loch maree hotel in 1922) and the first death didn't occur till the following day --> still EIGHT salmon fishermen* did die, basically of eating bad tinned duck pate, and botulism does cause paralysis, which is :( in itself as well as ---:0 for discovering yr mum and dad when young told their kids GIANT WHOPPERS to amuse themselves

*i wonder if this is the part that caused the picnic bit of the meme to arise

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parental honour semi-salvaged!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

"Some of the guests of the Loch Maree Hotel set off for the day on a fishing trip, supplied with a bulging picnic hamper of potted cold meat sandwiches. At lunchtime they set about the delicious food with great relish. Within an hour they felt dizzy. Their eyelids drooped and their throats began to tighten. They began to vomit and sweat and could hardly move their arms and legs. Within two days eight had died."

"bulging" <--- ED NOTE: i don't trust the provenance of this claim! it is there bcz it makes the story better, not bcz the teller has the slightest idea whether they had a hamper or personal sandwich packs!