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George, this absolutely takes the cake for message fakery. How do you find time for stock brokering? Rod Farb On Tue, 12 Dec 1995 HeyyDude@ao*.co* wrote: > Since everyone is cluttering the airwaves with the anti-oxidant argument... > > I have come upon a miracle safeguard against O2 hits - > > One day, before diving off the pier in San Pedro, I was hungry, so I ate my > usual lunch of 2 dozen Winchells Doughnuts (23 glaze and a Maple Long John > for dessert). I then commenced my dive to 400fsw. Unfortunately, I had > accidentally brought the O2 bottle from my dad's welding kit instead of the > acetylene bottle that me and Farb had modified for trimix. > > When I was down at 400, the 2 quarts of coffee that I drank for breakfast hit > me, so I had to remove my suit to go "number 2". I did my "number 2" on some > old tires on the bottom (being careful not to sit on any of the disposed > hypodermic needles from the medical waste on the bottom), and surfaced. It > was then, I realized that my 4 ft. tall bottle was indeed green, which meant > that I was breathing pure O2. "Dang", I sez to myself, I should be dead > right now" But I felt great. > > I later was speaking with my doctor who runs a divers clinic/auto repair shop > and he told me that recent scientific studies done by chemists at the San > Pedro Community Adult Evening Vocational School (which is run by none other > than Sally Struthers) had determined that the bread/sugar/yeast combination > of Winchells doughnuts seems to totally absorb free radicals. > > Seems like all the mucoidal buildup in your lungs from eating all those > doughnuts creates a coating that stops free radicals at their source. > > It also helps if you follow a strict regimen of doughnut and pork short-rib > diet on the days you are not diving. Also, watching a minimum of 8 hours of > football on Sunday (with at least 2 six-packs handy) seems to add an "extra" > level of protection. > > I plan to publish a book on the subject, available at your local second hand > dive shop- entitled "The Buoyant Diver - Sure You're Big and Fat, But Whales > Are Too". > > In the meantime, anyone who wants to follow this regimen has to pay me and > Farb a royalty fee - that includes George too, he' > s not the only one with great ideas on the net... <g> > > Kevin. > HeyyDude > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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