anyone watching this witch thing on PBS?

[JesusCow]

it's about people who were throught to be witches, but now people are saying (on PBS) that they just ate some poisonious grain... making them freak out and see things for days. very interesting...

 

[RaoulDuke]

sweet. nothing like good hallcinugens (sp).

 

[JesusCow]

i know, i want this seed theyre talking about

 

[RaoulDuke]

what's it called? morning glory?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

It is called ergot, and comes from moldy rye. The active ingredient is, I believe, ergotamine.

 

[RaoulDuke]

ahhh ergot. i'd rather get me some good old peyote.

 

[Buddhist]

lysergic acid Diethylamide ,aka LSD also comes from moldy rice.
maybe thats what they were talking about...
-M.T.O

 

[RaoulDuke]

lsd does NOT come from rice, it's synthesized.

 

[JesusCow]

fire, wild animals and blood dripping from the ceilings...

 

[vi edit]

If it's ergot, you really, really, don't want it. It's causes miscarriages in pregnant women, serious vascular damage, and if taken in high enough doses, it will kill you.

I thought that it came from a shrub or a bush of some sort.

 

[JesusCow]

yeah, it's ergot. is anyone else watching this?

Buddhist: they just said lsd comes from ergot (fungus/mold)

good call

 

[vi edit]

I believe that an LSD LIKE derivitive comes from ergot.

LSD itself is strictly a man made drug.

 

[Dually]

That has been known as a likley theory for some time. I think its about right.

 

[RaoulDuke]

<< I believe that an LSD LIKE derivitive comes from ergot.

LSD itself is strictly a man made drug. >>



yah, like morphine and opium (that's right isn't it?)

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

<<

<< I believe that an LSD LIKE derivitive comes from ergot.

LSD itself is strictly a man made drug. >>



yah, like morphine and opium (that's right isn't it?) >>



Not exactly - more like methadone and opium. Morphine, like heroin, is a highly refined opiate, but it does in fact come from opium. Methadone, like LSD, is a synthetic compound.

 

[shiner]

A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch!
We have found a witch, might we burn her?
Burn her! Burn!
How do you know she is a witch?
She looks like one.
Bring her forward.
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
But you are dressed as one.
They dressed me up like this.
No, we didn't -- no.
And this isn't my nose, it's a false one.
Well?
Well, we did do the nose.
The nose?
And the hat -- but she is a witch!
Burn her! Witch! Witch! Burn her!
Did you dress her up like this?
No, no... no ... yes. Yes, yes, a bit, a bit.
She has got a wart.
What makes you think she is a witch?
Well, she turned me into a newt.
A newt?
I got better.
Burn her anyway!
Burn! Burn her!
Quiet, quiet. Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Are there? What are they?
Do they hurt?
Tell me, what do you do with witches?
Burn!
Burn, burn them up!
And what do you burn apart from witches?
More witches!
Wood!
So, why do witches burn?
B--... 'cause they're made of wood...?
Good!
Oh yeah, yeah...
So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
Build a bridge out of her.
Aah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
Oh, yeah.
Does wood sink in water?
No, no.
It floats! It floats!
Throw her into the pond!
The pond!
What also floats in water?
Bread!
Apples!
Very small rocks!
Cider!
Uhhh, gravy!
Cherries!
Mud!
Churches -- churches!
Lead -- lead!
A duck.
Oooh.
Exactly! So, logically...,
If... she.. weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood.
And therefore--?
A witch!
A witch! A witch! A witch!
We shall use my largest scales!

 

[Kueay]

Good call Shiner.

 

[Zach]

I saw that thing about the grain a year ago...