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"hey max, speaking of toxic poisonings, can you die from inhaling ammonia fumes? i was in close quarters in the mud room yesterday, cleaning out xspup's disgusting cage and poured a bunch of ammonia on it, and thought was going to asphyiate myself."

I don't know about ammomia fumes, XS, but when I was on an overseas assignment, I was cleaning a newly leased apartment in anticipation of the arrival of my wife. The toilet bowl had lime build-up and some rust spots, so I poured a gallon of ammonia into the bowl and determined that bleach is also used for whitening. I poured a gallon of bleach on top of the ammonia.

A white smoke cloud arose from the bowl, I took one breath and my eyes did the old Linda Blair head-spin trick from "The Exorcist". I literally ran out of the apartment to get air.