Gothamist: Do Not Drink the Tiki Torch Oil!

Spiritof76

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:36:23 -0500

We're not being flip about people dying but you have to have certain level of intelligence to garner any sort of sympathy. Uh, somebody poured the oil for the dead woman. You fools are so quick to judge that you don't bother to read. It must make you feel so superior, as if you never made mistakes in your life. Ditto for the Jersey bigotry. I know people in Jersey who are almost certainly more intelligent than the rabid bunch here. Where's Jake or Jen when you need them?

MisterTissue

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:28:51 -0500

Everyone's amazed that these people could make such mistakes, but need I point out, it IS Jersey we're talking about here...

robingee

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:12:59 -0500

Mistook the oil for bottled water?? Then someone else mistook the oil for baby formula, then someone else thought it was cough medicine, then someone else...

1987porsche944

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:03:21 -0500

Tiki Torch Oil looks like apple juice. Actual kerosene is a similar substance, but it is clear. Matty - I agree, the level of compassion exhibited by most of this site's posters is on par with the employees at Kings County Hospital.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:47:02 -0500

Plus, water and apple juice do not have the same consistency as kerosene. Reminds me a bit of the SNL commercial for clear gravy that mocked Clear Pepsi.

jaycjay

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:35:07 -0500

"Kerosene is usually clear. "But the other person thought it was 'apple juice' which isn't clear. It's either clear or yellowish." Fortunately, there's a picture of it right at the top of the page so this debate can be settled. It's clearly yellowish.

Rocknrope

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:12:17 -0500

Myrna: "What do you have to drink?" Oscar: "Brown juice and Green juice." Myrna: "What's the difference?" Oscar: "Two weeks."

bjornsaucey

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:39 -0500

"Soda, purple stuff.. Hey, Tiki Torch Oil!"

schadenfreudian mensch

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:51:25 -0500

@matty "How do you mistake a yellowish oil for water??" Kerosene is usually clear. But the other person thought it was "apple juice" which isn't clear. It's either clear or yellowish. The article did say that, "the bottle has a warning label, written in both English and Spanish." We're not being flip about people dying but you have to have certain level of intelligence to garner any sort of sympathy.

allie25

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:33:10 -0500

wouldnt you know after the first whiff that it wasnt apple juice or water? morons.

matty

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:29:48 -0500

"How do you mistake a yellowish oil for water??" Kerosene is usually clear.

schadenfreudian mensch

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:29:29 -0500

How do you mistake a yellowish oil for water??

matty

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:29:28 -0500

You guys are awfully flip about someone dying. People get poisoned all the time from accidental ingestion. I wouldn't call that funny.

EricRoberts

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:14:45 -0500

Darwin used to call these stupid-clusters

nyctheblog

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:36 -0500

hmm...last week nyc poison control had a table set up at an home expo that focused on bed bugs, lead paint, asthma triggers, etc... the poison control dept had a whole table set up with household cleaners and the like, next to food or bevergage products that look very similar. def an 8 yrl old could make that mistake. I think they had a small bottle of kerosene next to a bottle of honey.

chuzzlewit

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:46:42 -0500

just the thing to wash down that chore-boy sandwich

whantmoore

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:21:27 -0500

With the earths limited resources we need to start doing this more. I am going to start putting tiki oil in the frige at work in the same tiki bottle and let the fun begin.

Snoopy

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:16:16 -0500

Who keeps their Tiki oil in the refrigerator?

Kojak

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:13:08 -0500

Retards. Watch them sue claiming that they did not properly label the bottle with big enough letters so that their blind dumb asses can read.

kearnj

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:08:27 -0500

They weed themselves out. Tiki Torch Oil != Water for a coffeemaker.

zodak

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:59:20 -0500

my pee looks like apple juice. would they drink my pee, if i put it in a bottle labeled "pee"?

Ralph

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:33:04 -0500

Sounds like Darwin almost had a good night.