[3062] in Humor
HUMOR:ant poison
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Freak on a Leash)
Wed Jan 5 21:23:51 2000
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 21:20:28 -0500
From: Freak on a Leash <descentr@MIT.EDU>
>I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the
>poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because
>she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her
>that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her
daughter
>into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation
>happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in
>order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter
>in to the Emergency room right away.
