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08-27-2007, 11:04 PM
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Young kids buying large amount of rubbing alcohol/wtf are they up to?
I was at the convenience store near my house and 4 or 5 10-12 year-old kids carrying skateboards came up behind me and put three bottles of green-colored, "spearmint" rubbing alcohol (btw, rubbing alcohol comes in flavors now? news to me) on the counter.
They were not buying any other items, and were sort of speaking to each other in hushed tones that indicated they might be up to something. I looked at one of them and said, 'what are you doing with that? is it in case you guys get cuts from falling down skateboarding?' (a joke, and a mistake of one i realized a second later), the kid replies, 'YEP, it's in case we get cut.' LOL. 3 bottles? GTFOOH. I asked if they were drinking it but honestly they didn't look like druggies and I don't think they were lying when they said 'no'. Is my drug-user radar busted and they're making meth or something? Also the Hispanic clerk asked me before he rang them up, "Alcohol, iss okay to sell them?" I couldn't put these kids on a hand so I didn't really see fit to interfere so I told him to go ahead and sell it. But wtf man. 
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#3
08-27-2007, 11:14 PM
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Re: Young kids buying large amount of rubbing alcohol/wtf are they up
Gotta be in their pyro phases.
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#5
08-27-2007, 11:16 PM
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Re: Young kids buying large amount of rubbing alcohol/wtf are they up
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....and WTF, Making rubbing alcohol in flavors only encourages drinking it [/ QUOTE ] Well, it not really a flavor, just a scent that masks the pungent alcohol odor with mint.
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#6
08-27-2007, 11:16 PM
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Re: Young kids buying large amount of rubbing alcohol/wtf are they up
My guess is some sort of petty vandalism.
Did you at least tell them that drinking it can kill them?
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#7
08-27-2007, 11:21 PM
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Re: Young kids buying large amount of rubbing alcohol/wtf are they up
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My guess is some sort of petty vandalism. Did you at least tell them that drinking it can kill them? [/ QUOTE ] My read was that they were telling the truth about their intention not to drink it, and in any case I guess I thought pointedly asking if they were going to would at least serve as somewhat of a warning. Still though, maybe I should have intervened, I could have told the clerk I didn't think selling it was a good idea. I think the fact that I was setting [censored] on fire in the same neighborhood ten years ago may have subconsciously steered me away from dissuading them. Ah the good old days...
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#8
08-29-2007, 07:14 PM
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balls on your face
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in any case I guess I thought pointedly asking if they were going to would at least serve as somewhat of a warning. [/ QUOTE ] More like a really cool idea they had never thought of before.
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#9
08-29-2007, 11:54 PM
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Re: balls on your face
This many posts and nobody mentions the obvious? They're probably cleaning marijuana pipes. Easy clean method is to soak a resin-coated pipe in a ziplock bag with rubbing alcohol and some salt. Shake until everything is loose then clean under water.
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#10
08-29-2007, 11:56 PM
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Re: balls on your face
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This many posts and nobody mentions the obvious? They're probably cleaning marijuana pipes. Easy clean method is to soak a resin-coated pipe in a ziplock bag with rubbing alcohol and some salt. Shake until everything is loose then clean under water. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] also to clean glass bongs/pipes. [/ QUOTE ]
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