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Don't drink the water!

 
 
No star here laces
15:43 / 07.01.03
London in suspected Al Quaeda poison attack!

Apparently they reckon it was destined for the water...
 
 
rizla mission
15:46 / 07.01.03
crikey.
 
 
Bear
15:46 / 07.01.03
Is it just me or is all this totally fucking scary, doesn't help when people tell me not to take the tube because they had a vision of me dying!

And the results of Ricin don't sound like much fun either -

"In very small doses, ricin causes the human digestive tract to convulse — hence the laxative effect of castor oil. But in larger doses ricin causes diarrhea so severe that victims can die of shock, as a result of massive fluid and electrolyte loss."
 
 
Ethan Hawke
15:47 / 07.01.03
The Associated Press story mentions Iraq in the lede...
 
 
Mazarine
16:02 / 07.01.03
Ricin just made an appearance on CSI last week, with their usual detailed instructions on how it works. Weird.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
16:05 / 07.01.03
So, um...do we have any evidence that this is connected either to al-Q'aida or Iraq?

Not that it changes the fact that *we're all going to die*, but, you know...press ethics...
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
08:25 / 08.01.03
You mean you were drinking it before????
 
 
Loomis
08:31 / 08.01.03
I've no problem with dying, but would rather do it in a more dignified manner. Why can't they put something in the water that makes you die peacefully in your sleep? Or that causes you to drive your car off a bridge with high levels of alcohol and amphetamines in your blood? Now that's the way to go.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
09:41 / 08.01.03
Anti-terrorist police are desperately searching for a quantity of the lethal poison ricin following the arrest in London of a potential al-Qaida cell that is suspected of plotting some form of chemical attack in the UK.

Note 'potential'. Note 'suspected'. Also... "It is understood that the suspects, who have been under investigation for a month following a tip-off to MI5, have no connection to Iraq..." But then, I wonder how quickly that line will be played down or ignored completely by news services.

Gotta love those self-fulfilling prophecies.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
09:58 / 08.01.03
Somebody (I'm not sure who, cos I was half-asleep, but he was some kind of "expert") was on R4 last night saying Ricin was pretty crap as a WMD, because it has to be ingested itself, and distributing it in the water supply would dilute it way too much for it to have any effect. His reckoning was that it was more likely destined for a focussed attack for psychological effect rather than a lot of people.

Of course, they only found traces... we can but wonder where the rest of the stuff is.
 
 
illmatic
10:00 / 08.01.03
I dunno, I find it fucking really scary. I'm sure you all remember the Nail Bomber from a couple of years back - guy who blew up the Admiral Duncan. That was fucking horrible.
 
 
No star here laces
10:09 / 08.01.03
The main point (to me, anyway) is that "they" are now interested in the UK, and not just the US.

Which is fucking great, obviously. Cheers Mr Blair.
 
 
Ganesh
10:30 / 08.01.03
Yeah, ricin is effectively a contact poison: a great way to assassinate individuals but not at all easy to distribute either via water, gas or aerosol. Which is only a minor relief, really.

I reckon it's all a scam perpetrated by Evian...
 
 
Saveloy
12:25 / 08.01.03
Ganesh:
"I reckon it's all a scam perpetrated by Evian..."

It's probably in the Evian. Much easier to get a concentrated dose in a bottle. Get everyone stocking up on it, then tell everyone it's in the tap water. Eek. I'm sticking to booze.
 
 
No star here laces
12:34 / 08.01.03
Much better to stick it in the booze. That way you eliminate the possibility of killing devout muslims.

I'm sticking to rainwater.
 
 
Ariadne
12:36 / 08.01.03
Well, I did consider the possibility that this morning's 'snow' was actually ricin, seeded into the clouds. Did anyone catch any on their tongue? How about those cats, Ganesh?
I'm digging my own well.
 
 
Bear
12:36 / 08.01.03
Rainwater in London, might aswell just drink from the Thames!

Is there anything else left? I'm going to stick to drinking the blood of rats.
 
 
that
12:48 / 08.01.03
I heard on the news that aerosols would actually be the best way to disperse the stuff - that it is more immediately devastating if inhaled. It's all quite disturbing really, innit.
 
 
Saveloy
12:52 / 08.01.03
Bear:

"I'm going to stick to drinking the blood of rats.


More fool you - rats love poison, they eat it all day, and ricin is probably their favourite. I'm sticking to bubble mixture.
 
 
rizla mission
14:02 / 08.01.03
I'm pretty sure nobody's tampered with my granddad's stash of 10 year old Port.. ah, sweet oblivion!
 
 
Sax
14:28 / 08.01.03
Oh, I don't know. Dying on the toilet seems a pretty good way to go.

Hey... al-Qaida killed Elvis! Shit!
 
 
Loomis
14:34 / 08.01.03
Then maybe the poison is in the cheesburgers. Did the police find any red wigs and stripey outfits at the houses of the suspects?
 
 
Ariadne
14:35 / 08.01.03
It is Mr Presley's birthday, we'll have some respect, if you please.
 
 
Ariadne
14:36 / 08.01.03
Some strange comma action going on in my last post.
 
 
Loomis
14:37 / 08.01.03
Is it really his birthday? No shit? (if you'll excuse the pun ...)
 
 
Tryphena Absent
14:38 / 08.01.03
We're all going to die! Run for the hills!
 
 
Ariadne
14:38 / 08.01.03
It is. And scarily, the first thing I thought when I looked at the calendar this morning was "Oh. It's Elvis's birthday."

My brain is full of miscellaneous rubbish.
 
 
Sax
14:39 / 08.01.03
Al McQaida and his Crappy Meals. Beware the clown.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
14:40 / 08.01.03
(A little less conversation, a little more action please!)
 
 
Baz Auckland
14:40 / 08.01.03
As my brother is wont to say: "Al-Queda put a hole in my shoe"
 
 
w1rebaby
15:43 / 08.01.03
If this is al Qaeda I'll eat my Mac.

I'm not even sure it's real at all.
 
 
Bear
15:52 / 08.01.03
Nobody eats Macs anymore, is there a thread about this anywhere on Barbelith?
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
20:20 / 08.01.03
"dunno, I find it fucking really scary. I'm sure you all remember the Nail Bomber from a couple of years back - guy who blew up the Admiral Duncan. That was fucking horrible."

The most horrible thing of all the horrible things in that horrible tale was the bitter irony of the deceased's nomenclature.

The ONLY two straights in the whole fucking bar, and they were called Mr. & Mrs. Dyke.

Now, someone in Cosmic Coincidence Control Center was having a twisted fucking larf at someones expense there.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
23:14 / 08.01.03
I've just been out on the piss to celebrate The King's birthday. And I figured any bio-attack would have involved some hideous gastro-bug. So we'd all die on the toilet.

Not funny, but I'm just chuffed I managed to spell it all properly.
 
 
Char Aina
03:07 / 09.01.03
I heard on the news that aerosols would actually be the best way to disperse the stuff - that it is more immediately devastating if inhaled.

well, when i saw that on the news, my first thought was "didnt goldfinger already show us how?"

lets just hope Pussy Jihad, or whatever she's called, is as susceptible to our agents charms as Ms Galore.
 
  
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