Posted on 01/19/2005 3:45:03 PM PST by Libloather
Eeeeeeeewwwwwwww!
Wed Jan 19, 8:40 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - The makers of the handy spray lubricant WD-40 proudly list 2,000 uses for their product, from unsticking rusty screws or squeaky bicycle chains to polishing frying pans.
But British police have found another -- keeping the public from snorting cocaine off toilet lids in bars.
Police in the English city of Bristol said Tuesday they have been advising pub and nightclub owners to spray the colorless lubricant on toilet seats and other flat surfaces in the lavatory that customers often use to snort drugs.
Apparently, cocaine and spray lube don't mix.
"A chemical reaction takes place with the cocaine that causes it to congeal and become a mess so it's unusable," a police spokesman said. "It's one very small, very cheap way in which you can very seriously restrict the amount of drug use in your premises."
Constable Graham Pease, a liquor licensing officer, said he discovered the trick a few years ago while discussing with pub owners how to reduce drug use on their premises.
"We were discussing with licensees how we could keep cocaine from being snorted from surfaces," he told Reuters. "It came about that we wanted to spray something on surfaces that cocaine would stick to. And somebody mentioned WD-40."
The new use seems to have taken its makers by surprise.
"Its not meant to be ingested. It says so clearly on the can so we wouldn't advocate it for that purpose. But people will use it how they will," said a British spokeswoman for the San Diego, Calif-based WD-40 Co.
At Bar Excellence in Bristol, deputy manager Julian Barraud said it was part of the drug fighting arsenal.
"It does work. It's one of the tricks that we've got to try and tackle the problem," he said.
Use it for removing sticky labels. Much better than Goo-Gone...
People snort cocaine off bar toilet lids? EWW!!!
The bar toilets I've seen in my day should be enough to scare anyone straight...
or you could use ground pepper or ground up hoola hoops - so what?
its pretty decent hand cleaner also.
As long as it doesn't get on the seat.
That frickin disgusting! Snorting cocaine off a public toilet. That's pretty bad.
You could slide off the seat into the crapper and drown....
So if I sit on one of these TREATED Seats, does my butt become a congealed mess???
Are they not aware of car "keys"?
Try it to remove crayon marks off of walls - works great.
I must admit that when I read 'WD-40' and 'eeewwwwww' in the title, I had an unpleasant thought of Mark Morford.
Serious thought - I wonder how many drug users have had an epiphany along the lines: "here I am on my hands and knees in a public toilet sniffing drugs off a toilet seat. It's time for me to start changing my life."
Spray it on a glass cutter for a nice, smooth cut.
It's good for cleaning your hands of some of the newer nasty synthetic caulking formulas.
This struck me as your kind of thread!
Isn't that Britney Spear's favorite pasttime?
In my day we snorted it off my roommate's table, which was pretty much a public toilet, truth be known....
``heap way in which you can very seriously restrict the amount of drug use in your premises.``
That's about the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Let's see; key bumps, bullets, crook of your thumb and index finger, straw in bag, womens compact and various other cocaine dispensers. Only a vagrant dumbass would snort it off of a toilet seat. And the law thinks this will "seriously restict" cocaine use.
I must admit that when I read 'WD-40' and 'eeewwwwww' in the title, I had an unpleasant thought of Mark Morford.
That would be Vaseline...not WD 40
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