# BS or truth? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 26, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982 "2005-01-26T11:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/1 "2005-01-26T11:37:56Z")
> A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom in Maui, Hawaii. > When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was > really filthy and that he had noticed dried mouse or > rat droppings in some areas. > > A couple of days later, he started to feel like he was coming down > with a stomach flu, complained of sore joints and headaches, and > began to vomit. He went to bed and never really got up again. > Within two days he was severely ill! and weak. His blood sugar count > was down to 66, and his face and eyeballs were yellow. He was > rushed to the emergency at Pali-Momi, where he was diagnosed to > be suffering from massive organ failure. He died shortly before midnight. > > No one would have made the connection between his job and his death, > had it not been for a doctor who specifically asked if he had been in a > warehouse or exposed to dried rat or mouse droppings at any time They > said there is a virus (much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and > mouse droppings. Once dried, these droppings are like dust and can easily > be breathed in or ingested if a person does not wear protective gear or > fails to wash face and hands thoroughly. > > An autopsy was performed on the clerk to verify the > doctor’s suspicions… > > This is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS carefully rinse off > the tops of canned sodas or foods, and to wipe ! off pasta > packaging, cereal boxes, and so on. Almost everything you > buy in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse at one time or another, > and stores themselves often have rodents. Most of us remember to wash vegetables and fruits but never think of boxes and cans. > > The ugly truth is, even the most modern, upper class, super store > have rats and mice. And their warehouse most assuredly does! > > Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you > wash the top with running water and soap or, if that is > not available, drink with a straw. > > The investigation of soda cans by the Center for Disease Control in > Atlanta discovered that the tops of soda cans can be encrusted with > dried rat’s urine, which is so toxic it can be lethal. Canned drinks and > other foodstuffs are stored in warehouses and containers that are usually > infested with Rodents, and then they get transported to retail outlets > without being properly cleaned. i think we’d all be dead by now if this was 100% true ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/2 "2005-01-26T11:39:40Z")
i dunno, i usually wipe off the tops of cans too… ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/3 "2005-01-26T11:45:16Z")
Bullshit. You can DRINK rat piss and it won’t hurt you. > **[Urban Legends](https://www.thoughtco.com/urban-legends-4132595)** > > Do you know if Niagara Falls can freeze or whether sewer monsters really exist? Can you tell a photoshopped image from the original? Debunk urban legends, fake news sites, and internet hoaxes here. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/4 "2005-01-26T12:03:44Z")
i’ve gotten lunch downtown where i would assume dried rat shit would taste better… ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/5 "2005-01-26T12:12:12Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > i’ve gotten lunch downtown where i would assume dried rat shit would taste better… if you like cheap italian, go to La Gondola in market square. it’s a tiny little pizza shop. they have one of the best calzones i’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/6 "2005-01-26T13:51:10Z")
my rat pisses on me all the time and im still here. ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/7 "2005-01-26T13:55:29Z")
:wackit: Maryland is strange :eek4: ---
**Author:** ![s14M3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@s14M3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14M3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/8 "2005-01-26T13:56:23Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > my rat pisses on me all the time and im still here. that sucks ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/9 "2005-01-26T14:03:22Z")
> [@s14M3](#): > > that sucks meh doesnt really bother me. Its just a little dribble of urine. If rats like you, they will try and mark you as theirs. aka, pissing on you. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/10 "2005-01-26T14:04:06Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > meh doesnt really bother me. Its just a little dribble of urine. If rats like you, they will try and mark you as theirs. aka, pissing on you. the truth… my buddy used to have rats for pets. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/11 "2005-01-26T14:08:09Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > the truth… my buddy used to have rats for pets. rats = :bowdown: ---
**Author:** ![bella\_03gt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bella\_03gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bella_03gt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/12 "2005-01-26T14:38:42Z")
im sure there had to be other things involved than just rats ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/13 "2005-01-26T14:42:28Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > meh doesnt really bother me. Its just a little dribble of urine. If rats like you, they will try and mark you as theirs. aka, pissing on you. i do that too… and use that excuse… “don’t get weirded out! it means i like you!” lol… ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bs-or-truth/171982/14 "2005-01-27T05:42:26Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#): > > if you like cheap italian, go to La Gondola in market square. it’s a tiny little pizza shop. they have one of the best calzones i’ve ever had. :bigthumb: