Comments on: Four Bad Bladder Stories http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810 Feel Smart Again Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:40:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jem http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-143089 Jem Mon, 25 May 2009 04:10:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-143089 In the movie "In the Shadow of the Moon", Buzz aldrin says that as he stepped off the lowest rung of Apollo 11's ladder and onto the surface of the moon, he paused a few moments for a wee. Thus he now claims that whilst he was not the fist man to walk on the moon, he was the first to go on it. In the movie “In the Shadow of the Moon”, Buzz aldrin says that as he stepped off the lowest rung of Apollo 11’s ladder and onto the surface of the moon, he paused a few moments for a wee.

Thus he now claims that whilst he was not the fist man to walk on the moon, he was the first to go on it.

]]> By: Kari http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-143072 Kari Sun, 24 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-143072 All I can say about this story is eww All I can say about this story is eww

]]> By: Tom http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-143003 Tom Sat, 23 May 2009 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-143003 The notion that Tycho poisoned himself is weak. Tycho, an Alchemist, used Mercury for everything including dressing the gaping hole in his face where his nose used to be (lost in a duel). Today, we have Mercurochrome, an effective topical antimicrobial. Though still widely used outside the US, Mercurochrome is no longer FDA approved due to poising concerns. That Tycho would use Mercury in an attempt to relieve his tragic but unsurprising. The notion that Tycho poisoned himself is weak. Tycho, an Alchemist, used Mercury for everything including dressing the gaping hole in his face where his nose used to be (lost in a duel). Today, we have Mercurochrome, an effective topical antimicrobial. Though still widely used outside the US, Mercurochrome is no longer FDA approved due to poising concerns. That Tycho would use Mercury in an attempt to relieve his tragic but unsurprising.

]]> By: tomk http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-143002 tomk Sat, 23 May 2009 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-143002 The notion that Tycho was poisoned is weak. As an alchemist, Tycho used Mercury in everything, including the nightly dressing of the gaping hole where his nose used to be (lost in a duel). Today we have Mercurochrome, no longer FDA approved due to poisoning concerns but, an effective topical antimicrobial still widely used outside the US. That he would use massive amounts of Mercury to relieve his bladder problem is not surprising. The notion that Tycho was poisoned is weak. As an alchemist, Tycho used Mercury in everything, including the nightly dressing of the gaping hole where his nose used to be (lost in a duel). Today we have Mercurochrome, no longer FDA approved due to poisoning concerns but, an effective topical antimicrobial still widely used outside the US. That he would use massive amounts of Mercury to relieve his bladder problem is not surprising.

]]> By: catherine ann http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-142961 catherine ann Fri, 22 May 2009 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-142961 The team that came in 4th on this season's Amazing Race would've had been in the top 3 (who ran the final leg for the million dollars) if one of the girl's had not stopped to use a port-a-potty outside the Bird's Nest in Beijing--yes, it was that close. I woulda just had it running down my leg... The team that came in 4th on this season’s Amazing Race would’ve had been in the top 3 (who ran the final leg for the million dollars) if one of the girl’s had not stopped to use a port-a-potty outside the Bird’s Nest in Beijing–yes, it was that close. I woulda just had it running down my leg…

]]> By: Steve http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-142957 Steve Fri, 22 May 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-142957 Yeah, seeing how that incident happened in my hometown (and was documented in photos!), where's the Fergie story? Yeah, seeing how that incident happened in my hometown (and was documented in photos!), where’s the Fergie story?

]]> By: Joel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810/comment-page-1#comment-142956 Joel Fri, 22 May 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25810#comment-142956 Hmm... where's Fergie? Hmm… where’s Fergie?

]]>