capsaicin cream [was Re: Japanese tapas]

Sun Mar 2 20:29:55 UTC 2008

At 2:38 PM -0500 3/2/08, Wilson Gray wrote:
>...
>[Far OT: I put capsaicin cream on an arthritic knuckle, forgot about
>it, and rubbed my eye. 'Scuse me while I go and cry.
>...

Yowch.  One of the two worst items to touch after handling hot pepper
parts and products.  The other one, which you may or may not have
also encountered, provides an a powerful argument for widening the
distribution of the bidet.
[Ob ADS]  a.k.a. b-day.
[cf. archives for 2006, "eggcorn alert: when misparsing becomes a fixture"]

LH

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