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Sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get you into trouble
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Posted on 09/29/2005 4:07:31 PM PDT by holymoly
Police in Germany are warning motorists that sucking a Fishermen's Friend could get them into trouble.
It comes after a 24-year-old driver was found to be over the legal drink-drive limit during a routine control in Munich.
He was taken to the police station where blood tests found he had no alcohol in his system.
The man was released after officers found the strongest thing he had taken was a Fisherman's Friend.
Forensic doctor Thomas Gilg said the essential oils contained in the throat sweets reacted in the same way as alcohol on hand-held breathalysers.
He said in tests they found just three of the mentholated sweets could cause a motorist to test three times over the legal limit.
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KEYWORDS: fisherman; friend; suck; sucking
Ok, now how many of you thought this article would be about "throat sweets"?
Be honest.
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:07:34 PM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
At least it's not a plumbers friend.
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:08:26 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: holymoly
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:08:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: holymoly
I would expect something similar from Halls.
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:09:07 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: holymoly
Some of my best friends are fisherman.
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:09:12 PM PDT
by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
To: holymoly
I thought it was about treble hooks.
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:09:59 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Let us read from the book of Ruger, chapter 3, verse 57.)
To: holymoly
What's with the strange headlines lately? THAT headline REALLY brought out the imagination!
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:10:06 PM PDT
by
madison10
To: holymoly
All kidding aside, what is your right to demand a blood test if you get a faulty Breathalyzer reading?
All kidding front and center, if he did that to the friend, what did the fisherman get?
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:16:01 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
To: NonValueAdded
maybe he got the reach around?
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posted on
09/29/2005 4:27:52 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
(Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1700 replies and not a single post!)
To: holymoly
"Throat sweets"Sucking a Fishermen's Friend can also pay the rent--- if you're a "hooker".
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posted on
09/29/2005 5:24:38 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday they'll wish their Jihad...Jihadn't.)
To: holymoly
so that's why they wear those big yellow overcoats.(hides his fishstick)
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posted on
09/29/2005 7:31:30 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
To: holymoly
Ok, now how many of you thought this article would be about "throat sweets"? "Fisherman's Friends" are pretty effective cough supressants, but the damn things are anything but sweet. They're about like taking a piece of hard chalk soaked in camphor. Nasty! (Available at Wal-Mart and other fine stores).
To: holymoly
LOL! My thoughts exactly...
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posted on
09/29/2005 7:56:51 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: holymoly
"12 Men and a boat...what more could you ask for?"
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posted on
09/29/2005 7:57:39 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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