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cosmolinguistJenn walked upstairs and it was dark and I was watching TV. As far as I can tell she got here just in time to hear "Allergy medicine and tractor starter fluid put through a coffee filter makes amphetamines." (Or was it "methamphetamines"? I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to know, and I can't remember what happened three minutes ago.)
"Tractor starter fluid doesn't kill you?" said the other voice on television.
"Oh, yeah it will," said the other voice. "But you'll get pretty high first."
"What are you watching?!" Jenn asked.
"The West Wing," I said. Obviously!
"Oh. Because, I was gonna say..."
"They're chasing down people who set off pipe-bombs," I said. "Or something... Apparently tractor starter fluid and allergy medicine filtered through a coffee filter will...explode, or something."
"I bet it doesn't, really," she said.
"Oh, I suppose they just made something up. Kinda sounds made up..." Not, you understand, that I know anything about this either.
"Because I know at least three people that would try it!" she went on. I smiled. I don't doubt that she does.
"Tractor starter fluid doesn't kill you?" said the other voice on television.
"Oh, yeah it will," said the other voice. "But you'll get pretty high first."
"What are you watching?!" Jenn asked.
"The West Wing," I said. Obviously!
"Oh. Because, I was gonna say..."
"They're chasing down people who set off pipe-bombs," I said. "Or something... Apparently tractor starter fluid and allergy medicine filtered through a coffee filter will...explode, or something."
"I bet it doesn't, really," she said.
"Oh, I suppose they just made something up. Kinda sounds made up..." Not, you understand, that I know anything about this either.
"Because I know at least three people that would try it!" she went on. I smiled. I don't doubt that she does.