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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:26 PM
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You know what doesn't sting?
I cut my hand once and this old lady put kerosene on it. It felt good, warm and soothing.

Why did she do that? Has anyone ever heard of this before?
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:28 PM
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1. Never heard of it...
but I wouldn't imagine it would be very healthy (petroleum distillates are carcinogenic).
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:30 PM
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3. yeah, that's what I'm thinking, but this was back in the late 60s.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:28 PM
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2. No--but stay away from open flames.
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:34 PM
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4. Another kerosene cure I just heard...
A coworker told me not twenty minutes ago that she used to give her children two drops of kerosene on a spoonful of sugar in order to cure the croup.

I am aghast, I tell you. Aghast.
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