[ILUG] [Wayyy OT] Smoking at AGM

[Justin Mason]

Gerard J. Keating said:

> However, while it is well proven that second hand smoke can be a cause
> of cancer, alcohol or urine soaked clothing is not a recognized cause of
> any major disease or illness.

http://www.forteantimes.com/artic/95/stdeaths.html -- and I quote:

  GOLFER DAVID BAILEY, 40, of Clondalkin, County Dublin, was killed by a rat
  which ran up his trouser leg as he hunted for a lost ball at Caddockstown
  golfcourse in County Kildare. He startled the animal when he jumped into a
  ditch at the first hole. It shot up his leg and urinated on him. His playing
  partners advised him to take a shower immediately, but he laughed off the
  encounter, saying he had no cuts or bites. He took a shower four hours later
  after finishing the round.  However, before this he had touched his leg and
  smoked a cigar.  Doctors believe that the deadly Weil's disease carried by the
  rat was passed from his fingers to his mouth. He was admitted to a Dublin
  hospital with severe jaundice two weeks later, but he died in intensive care
  when his kidneys collapsed. D.Mirror, 30 Aug 1996.

So there y'go -- urine-soaked clothing *AND* smoking prove harmful!!

--j.