01.07.11
Precious Bodily Fluids
“A foreign substance is introduced into the precious bodily fluids, without the knowledge of the individual and certainly without any free choice. That’s the way the commies work…??? — Jack Ripper
Decades after Strangelove, the character of Jack D. Ripper is finally vindicated. Sort of and not quite.
There has been too much of a good thing, reports AP.
Fluoride levels in water have crept up causing fluoridosis — or spotting of teeth — in children.
Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids’ teeth.
A reported increase in the spotting problem is one reason the federal government will announce Friday it plans to lower the recommended levels for fluoride in water supplies — the first such change in nearly 50 years.
About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride …
“Fluoridation has been fought for decades by people who worried about its effects, including conspiracy theorists who feared it was a plot to make people submissive to government power,” adds the story.
“Jack, when did you first develop this, er, theory about fluoridation?” — Group Captain Lionel Mandrake
“Have you ever loved a woman, Mandrake? Physically loved her?
“There’s a feeling of loss, a profound sense of emptiness. Luckily, however, I was able to interpret the signs correctly. It was a loss of essence. But I can assure you it has not recurred, Group Captain. Women sense my power, and they seek me out. I do not avoid women, Group Captain. But I deny them my life essence.” — Jack Ripper
“Mandrake chewed thoughtfully on his mustache … He did not know what to say to the General,” reads Peter George’s novelization of the movie.