Tom , should we bring back the warning stickers on 5 gal buckets question
again . Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Conus information
 
 
>> What kind of idea is that.  I have been working with Cone Snails for a
>> while now, but I don't have any info on C. tinianus but I would never do
a
>> thing like that.  Doing that could get yourself killed.
>Whenever I visit the USA, I look at labels on, for example, lawnmowers
>which say things like : 'Don't put your fingers in the whirling blades' or
>'Don't smoke while pouring gasoline'; then I look at Saturday Night Live
>and it strikes me that both common sense and irony are dead for whole
>swathes of humanity. Anyway, to free myself of any legal obligation to
>cone-sting victims, please take note of the following warning :
>CAUTION : My previous instructions for getting stung by a cone were a
>'joke', an arcane form of humorous exercise. Do not attempt to get yourself
>stung by a cone in the manner described, as the nurses will laugh so much
>you'll probably snuff it before they get round to treating you.
>Sheesh.
>