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hlthe2b

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2. Exactly... Although Emory University Hospitals (with big Coca Cola $$ endowments) used to use

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:07 PM

Apr 28

Coca-Cola enemas in some cases--they may still do so for osmotic effects. I'm not saying it doesn't work and would be inappropriate in some instances, mind you, but it does seem unusual at a minimum. And with the original cocaine formulation, it would be like adding caffeine to the mix (which also works, btw).

So, brake-fluid-confusion? Well...

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Coca-Cola cans from 1936. [View all] red dog 1 Apr 28 OP

Oh wow,.... it looks like a retail brake fluid can for the car. magicarpet Apr 28 #1

Exactly... Although Emory University Hospitals (with big Coca Cola $$ endowments) used to use hlthe2b Apr 28 #2

Those type of cans were quite common in beer also MichMan Apr 28 #3