Warn the girls you care for about this

[Izulde]

A buddy of mine tends bar down in Chicago and he flipped me this warning message that I figured would be useful for people at FOFC to pass on. What's below are in his words, not mine.


A woman at Zen nightclub this Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her.

Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes and along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood, was Progesterex, which is essentially a small sterilization pill. The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims.

Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Rumor has it that Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug.

As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop into the girl's drink.

The girl can't remember a thing the next morning, of all that had taken place the night before. Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later. The drug's effects ARE NOT TEMPORARY-They are P*E*R*M*A*N*E*N*T Progesterex was designed to sterilize horses. Any female who takes WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCIEVE. The weasels can get this drug from anyone who is in the vet school or any university. It's that easy, and Progesterex is about to break out big everywhere.

Believe it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it. Please COPY (NOT FOWARD) this to everyone you know, especially girls. Be careful when you're out and don't leave your drink unattended. Please make the effort to PASS this on to all you know.

[rkmsuf]

. What's below are in his words, not mine.


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Suuuurrrrrrrreeeee.

[Shkspr]

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/progest.htm

[Desnudo]

Snopesing before you post is half the battle.

[Shkspr]

Yo, Joe!

[rkmsuf]

Oh snap!

[Izulde]

Snopesing before you post is half the battle.

Pwned. I am so, so, so pwned.

Oh well, better to be safe than sorry, right?

[FrogMan]

Snopesing before you post is half the battle.
While I know the site, who doesn't, I'd never heard of Snopesing before, I like that... :D

FM

[Shkspr]

I have to admit, when I saw the thread title, I thought it would be abiout Subby and a 5 gallon jar of peanut butter.

[Raiders Army]

I would think that if the drug is used to sterilize horses, it would have chaotic effects on a human. Also, if this were true, it would be the end of civilization as we know it unless scientists perfect the cloning process.

[Subby]

While this might be a hoax, DO warn your girls not to masturbate with lobsters.

[cuervo72]

Yeah, that one took 30 seconds to look up...

[Izulde]

Lesson learned. I'll snopes this shit next time beforehand, so as not to feel like a total dumbass. :p

[QuikSand]

Snopesing before you post is half the battle.

Maybe 2/3

[Ksyrup]

Last call for Rufenol!

[Lathum]

"Bartender, Roofie Colada"

[sachmo71]

BTW, if you could sterilize a human with a pill, you would have heard about it before now.

[SackAttack]

BTW, if you could sterilize a human with a pill, you would have heard about it before now.

Like, about 60 years ago.

[sachmo71]

Like, about 60 years ago.


I don't follow.

[SackAttack]

I don't follow.

Holocaust? Nazi medical experiments with regards to sterilization of Jewish folks?

[sachmo71]

Holocaust? Nazi medical experiments with regards to sterilization of Jewish folks?


Ah. Nope, didn't think of this. I thought they used all sorts of acids and hooks and things.

[Klinglerware]

Remember, any e-mail with "Pass This Along!" in the tagline, is potential Snopes material...

[SackAttack]

Ah. Nope, didn't think of this. I thought they used all sorts of acids and hooks and things.

They did. What I'm saying is if they'd boiled the process down to "swallow a pill," we would've heard about it in the aftermath of concentration camp liberations.

[sachmo71]

They did. What I'm saying is if they'd boiled the process down to "swallow a pill," we would've heard about it in the aftermath of concentration camp liberations.


Gotcha. I'm sorry, I'm a little slow today.

[SackAttack]

They did. What I'm saying is if they'd boiled the process down to "swallow a pill," we would've heard about it in the aftermath of concentration camp liberations.

Dola - to clarify, because the easier they could make the process, the less resistance they'd face from the captive Jews, and the more easily they could lie to them. Kinda like how they told 'em the gas chambers were "showers."

[Raiders Army]

Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes and along with traces of Rohypnol in her blood, was Progesterex, which is essentially a small sterilization pill.
So is it a red pill/blue pill thing?

[cuervo72]

They did. What I'm saying is if they'd boiled the process down to "swallow a pill," we would've heard about it in the aftermath of concentration camp liberations.

I'm not folloing the logic here either...I mean, the Nazis had methods of sterilization, yes. But they *didn't* boil it down to "swallow a pill". However, many pills have been cooked up in the sixty years between then and now, by non-Nazis...just because the Nazis hadn't stumbled upon it doesn't mean somebody else wouldn't have after them, and if they had we'd have probably heard about it. Just because they couldn't do it doesn't mean it can't be done, yes?

(iow, I'm with sachmo)

[sterlingice]

While this might be a hoax, DO warn your girls not to masturbate with lobsters.
Subby, you're always such a fountain of useful information ;)

SI

[Pumpy Tudors]

This has got to be one of the strangest thread derailments I've ever seen here.

Good show, folks!

[Izulde]

This has got to be one of the strangest thread derailments I've ever seen here.

Good show, folks!

A lot of threads I start swerve off into something completely different from the original topic. :D

[cuervo72]

Well, when the original point of a thread is gone after 30 seconds, you gotta do *something* with it, right?

[Maple Leafs]

So wait, when Subby promised me I wouldn't get pregnant as long as I took that pill, he was lying?

[Shkspr]

No, but he was lying when he convinced you to let him administer it rectally.

[Samdari]

Pwned. I am so, so, so pwned.

Oh well, better to be safe than sorry, right?

Yeah, imagine the disaster you averted by posting that before spending 2 minutes snopesing it.

[Raiders Army]

Yeah, imagine the disaster you averted by posting that before spending 2 minutes snopesing it.
I know. I sent it out to about 200 people before it was "revealed" to be untrue by FOFC ala snopes. If those 200 people send it out to 200 people each and so on and so forth, this could be the end of civilization as we know it.

[Izulde]

Yeah, imagine the disaster you averted by posting that before spending 2 minutes snopesing it.

According to chaos theory, I might well have prevented a disaster somewhere by doing so. :D

[cuervo72]

According to chaos theory, I might well have prevented a disaster somewhere by doing so. :D

Keep at it...according to the infinite monkey theorem, someday you could write a great piece of literature.

[Izulde]

Keep at it...according to the infinite monkey theorem, someday you could write a great piece of literature.

But that gets into the question of intent versus randomness.

Edit: And as far as Shakespeare goes? OVERRATED! *clap clap clapclapclap*

[cuervo72]

But that gets into the question of intent versus randomness.


No, that's just me calling you a monkey.

[Izulde]

No, that's just me calling you a monkey.

*twirls finger*

[Shkspr]

But that gets into the question of intent versus randomness.

Edit: And as far as Shakespeare goes? OVERRATED! *clap clap clapclapclap*

But at least he can use Snopes. ;)

[cuervo72]

*twirls finger*

Wow...Dr. Patterson's work with you is really paying off!

[Izulde]

Wow...Dr. Patterson's work with you is really paying off!

Sure, dude. Whatever gets your rocks off.

[cthomer5000]

I'm not folloing the logic here either...I mean, the Nazis had methods of sterilization, yes. But they *didn't* boil it down to "swallow a pill". However, many pills have been cooked up in the sixty years between then and now, by non-Nazis...just because the Nazis hadn't stumbled upon it doesn't mean somebody else wouldn't have after them, and if they had we'd have probably heard about it. Just because they couldn't do it doesn't mean it can't be done, yes?

(iow, I'm with sachmo)
I'm with cuervo. It's not as if 60 years ago would have been the only time it could have been invented. So if it had been invened say... 15 years ago, why would we have heard about it 60 years ago?

[Raiders Army]

I'm with cuervo. It's not as if 60 years ago would have been the only time it could have been invented. So if it had been invened say... 15 years ago, why would we have heard about it 60 years ago?
Have you ever heard of 1.21 gigawatts of electricity?

[KWhit]

No, but he was lying when he convinced you to let him administer it rectally."Doctor, for all the good these suppositories are doing me, I might as well be shoving them up my ass!"

[Maple Leafs]

No, but he was lying when he convinced you to let him administer it rectally.
But he was so gentle and kind when he inserted it, the way he reassuringly placed one hand on my shoulder.

Um, come to think of it, he placed a hand on each shoulder.

Oh no.

[Draft Dodger]

So wait, when Subby promised me I wouldn't get pregnant as long as I took that pill, he was lying?

the sex you have with Subby you have very little chance of getting pregnant

[NoMyths]

the sex you have with Subby you have very little chance of getting pregnantBut Subby stands a very good chance of getting chapped lips.

[sterlingice]

the sex you have with Subby you have very little chance of getting pregnant
http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/20/63m.jpg ?

SI

[Draft Dodger]

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/20/63m.jpg ?

SI

you want an illustrated diagram?

[sterlingice]

you want an illustrated diagram?
no pix, pls, thx

SI

[Rizon]

A couple months ago my co-worker told me about how gang members were going to go around next weekend with their car lights off and kill people who flashed them.

I laughed for about 10 minutes straight. I thought everyone knew this urban legend.

She swore up and down that her father knew this cop that said it was true. After a little bit of pestering, it turns out her father knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this cop. I told her it was an urban legend, but she refused to believe it. I even told her to call the local sherriffs office and ask them.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

I heard that headlight one at least 10 years ago. I can't believe it is still making its way around.

As for the drug one started by this post, only a slight bit of critical thinking was needed. If such a drug existed, why would tubal ligations and vasectomies continue to be performed? C'mon people.

[QuikSand]

She swore up and down that her father knew this cop that said it was true. After a little bit of pestering, it turns out her father knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this cop.

The most fascinating part of the urban legend psychology, to me, is right there.

People who hear the story and believe it, for whatever reason, then want to retell it, But when doing so, they consciously decide that there are too many links in the story-telling chain -- they know they won't be credible if they say "my buddy's girlfriend had an ant and uncle who..." and so they contract the links in the chain to something like "my aunt and uncle did this..."

I always wonder how it is that people know the story is not believable based on the number of "who knows this guy who..." steps in the telling process, but they themselves believe it so stridently that they are willing not only to overlook the weaknesses in the story-telling, they actually edit them out in their own re-telling.

I had a friend who told the "dog from Mexico was a rat" story, and at first said it actually happened to his aunt and uncle. I knew the story as bogus, and pressed -- then he corrected himself and said it wasn't really his aunt and uncle, but a friend's. How can you make that mistake? Are you confused about who is in your own family? Of course not.

Hard to explain.

[cuervo72]

And in this case, the e-mail even stated Please COPY (NOT FOWARD), similarly looking to remove links in the story-telling chain.

[Raiders Army]

As for the drug one started by this post, only a slight bit of critical thinking was needed. If such a drug existed, why would tubal ligations and vasectomies continue to be performed? C'mon people.
Because vasectomies give guys an excuse to shave their nuts?

[Maple Leafs]

The most fascinating part of the urban legend psychology, to me, is right there.
It's one of the great Internet mysteries, right up there with "Why can't people forward something they find amusing without feeling the need to add George Carlin's name to it?"

[Tom_Cruise]

Hey man I've done research! Did you know there are using Progesterex as a street drug!!!!!

[rkmsuf]

Hey man I've done research! Did you know there are using Progesterex as a street drug!!!!!

Tom, can you give us at least one secret of the universe?

[Tom_Cruise]

Tom, can you give us at least one secret of the universe?
rkmsuf rkmsuf rkmsuf rkmsuf rkmsuf. rkmsuf.

rkmsuf
rkmsuf

rkmsuf if I gave you a secret of the universe how would I know you use it for good. Besides. I know about secrets! I've done research! Did you know there are people using secrets as a street drug!?

[rkmsuf]

Tom, I have to ask you what all of America wants to know. Are you gay? Is Katie just a front?

[albionmoonlight]

The most fascinating part of the urban legend psychology, to me, is right there.

People who hear the story and believe it, for whatever reason, then want to retell it, But when doing so, they consciously decide that there are too many links in the story-telling chain -- they know they won't be credible if they say "my buddy's girlfriend had an ant and uncle who..." and so they contract the links in the chain to something like "my aunt and uncle did this..."

I always wonder how it is that people know the story is not believable based on the number of "who knows this guy who..." steps in the telling process, but they themselves believe it so stridently that they are willing not only to overlook the weaknesses in the story-telling, they actually edit them out in their own re-telling.

I had a friend who told the "dog from Mexico was a rat" story, and at first said it actually happened to his aunt and uncle. I knew the story as bogus, and pressed -- then he corrected himself and said it wasn't really his aunt and uncle, but a friend's. How can you make that mistake? Are you confused about who is in your own family? Of course not.

Hard to explain.
On some level, it has to do simply with storytelling impact, I think. You may not be editing the chain to make the story more beleivable, but to make it more interesting. My dad's roommate's brother's landlord's . . . etc. is just a less tight and less impactful beginning to a story than my dad's old roomate . . .

Just like the story "I was in Hawaii, and the hotel I stayed in had these hot hula girls" is better than "I was in Hawaii, and the hotel that I was going to stay in, but then they messed up my reservation because their computers apparently had some problem with double booking through Orbitz when I made the reservations, so I had to go to this other hotel with a voucher from the first place. Anyway, that first hotel had these really hot hula girls in the lobby."

The second story may be more true, but the first story lets you get to the meat of it (I saw hot girls) while avoiding lots of pointless fluff.

It's probably a bit of both actually--trying to make it more believable and a tighter story.

[cuervo72]

Wow, that reminds me of the story of when I was on my honeymoon, and we were staying at Disney's Coronodo Springs resort for 4 days (we spent the first 3 days on one of Carnival's ships, which had a smelly Lido deck, and a topless sunbathing deck but I wasn't allowed to go up there so I didn't see anything, and I couldn't eat all I wanted because I was getting sick which really sucked), and when we got there they didn't have a king bed like we had reserved so they "freed" another room to put us in, but the reason nobody had been put in that room was because the toilet was backed up, so we had to wait outside for a while before they found us another room, but it was good in the end because they only ended up charging us for three days.

[cuervo72]

Pretty similar, except we didn't see any hot hula girls. I think they were at the Polynesian.

[sterlingice]

On some level, it has to do simply with storytelling impact, I think. You may not be editing the chain to make the story more beleivable, but to make it more interesting. My dad's roommate's brother's landlord's . . . etc. is just a less tight and less impactful beginning to a story than my dad's old roomate . . .
Dark Helmet: Before you die there is something you should know about us, Lone Star.
Lone Starr: What?
Dark Helmet: I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
Lone Starr: What's that make us?
Dark Helmet: Absolutely nothing!

SI