The scariest plant in the world, Datura aka (jimson weed)

[John Fenna]

It's a jungle out there!
Scary plants indeed - lots of things to hurt you grow all around us!

[EdS]

yes.

Barley is dangerous stuff. I've had a number of injuries caused by a zymological l preparation of barley.

[British Red]

Not as good as a distillate of said zymologically affected barley though

Now ergot on barley (or more commonly rye) can give a nasty burning sensation!

[EdS]

that reminds me, BR you have PM

[Toddy]

Now ergot on barley (or more commonly rye) can give a nasty burning sensation!

I've had medically administered ergotamine...........in one short phrase..."NEVER AGAIN!!" absolutely and utterly hellish
Imagine a migraine x10 and then make it a whole body migraine. No wonder it could incapacitate entire towns and armies.

M

[British Red]

that reminds me, BR you have PM

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries


Thats the first time a PM cost me sixty quid!

(Thanks Ed)

[Tengu]

Ergot, yes that is scary.

But not as scary as the Neopagan friend who asked me how to get some.

[Toddy]

Your friend is totally off his/her rocker even considering messing around with that stuff
Loads of ways to reach any kind of alternative consciousness, but that one's just down right stupid. In it's purified and carefully dosed form it's used post childbirth and as a migraine remedy........despite the fact that the rebound headache is a doozy
The contra indications include gangrene Very weird Russian roulette taking it tbh.

Sorry Tengu, no offence intended, we all have friends like that. Usually we tolerate our friend's foibles and eccentricities knowing they tolerate ours too

atb,
M

[demographic]

Look, in order for a plant to be scary its got to be able to chase people about and kill them Triffid stylie.
Till then its just a poisonous plant that also gets people off their face.

Admittedly it doesn't sound like the kind of thing I want for breakfast or anything but I can't see it chasing me round the room so I reckon I'll be OK just near one.

[demographic]

also WMD and 45 minutes.

Yeah but who really believed that old chestnut?

[British Red]

Was some a (B)liar then?

[Nagual]

I've worked with a few Weak Minded Ditherers who always seem to take 45 minutes to do a job that should take 5 minutes...

[Tengu]

Yes, I thought my friend was exploring a whole new continent of insanity there.

I said as such, and they told me this was what our ancestors did.

(presumably the ones who were not ancestors as they did not live long enough to have descendents...)

[xylaria]

Yes, I thought my friend was exploring a whole new continent of insanity there.

I said as such, and they told me this was what our ancestors did.

(presumably the ones who were not ancestors as they did not live long enough to have descendents...)

I cant imagine why anyone past or present would take ergot to get mashed/spiritual, there is and always were better herbs for that. People survived ergot poisoning, I cant imagine 12 hours of serious cramps mixed with LSD being a paticularly spiritually enlightening. However as herbs go, the compounds in it have saved a lot of lives as they stop women bleeding to death in child birth.

[NetFrog]

I was in Costa Rica for 4 weeks and the locals pointed Dacura out to me and told me is was good for insomnia, placed under your pillow it shoudl give you a great nights sleep apparently ;-)