DON'T mess around with pepper spray.

[anubis404]

Last night, I was checking to see if my pepper spray was working, or if it was clogged or anything. I sprayed a little, just to see if the nozzel was working properly. It was, so I cleaned up the floor where a little had gotten, washed my hands thoroughly, and that was that. Then when I was in bed reading, I kind of put my finger in my mouth. Not fully, just the edge of my knuckle. Its kind of an involuntary thing, however when I did, I got an unpleasant surprise. Pepper spray is oil based, not water based, so no amount of water will get it off. My mouth and lips were burning, it felt like someone was taking a cigarette lighter to them. It just kept getting worse. I ran into the bathroom and tried washing my mouth out with water to no avail. I tried tons of soap, but my mouth still hurt badly. Luckily, I found an antidote on a website: a mixture of water and dishwashing detergent.

Lesson to be learned: DON'T mess around with pepper spray unless you're getting mugged. It really sucks :x.

 

[LaFoto]

Oh dear. Some people have to learn about things the hard way!
I once did, too, with something else but Pepper Spray, and in a different manner, which I am not going to explain, but ... you had me jump up and down in agony then, too.

 

[anubis404]

Yea, I don't like learning things the hard way. But at least now I know lol.

 

[Joves]

Thats nice!

 

[Easy_Target]

Were you using a chemical pepper spray or a natural pepper spray?

 

[anubis404]

Probably natural. It said "made from the hottest peppers in the world" or something like that.

 

[inTempus]

Reminds me of a funny story.

It was a nice balmy 100 degree Kansas afternoon. I was driving down the road and came to a stop light. There was a single car in front of me, and old Toyota Supra with two guys in it.

We had only been stopped at the light a few moments when all of a sudden both men leaped from the car and ran in two different directions. They appeared to be in very bad pain, one dropped to the ground. The other looked as though he was crying. I got out of my car and before I got a chance to ask what happened and see if they needed assistance, I smelled the pepper spray in the air.

The driver had a canister of the spray in his center console and it had been in there quite some time. Apparently the temperature reached the point where the canister ruptured and doused the entire car with a fine mist of gas.

One of the men was 350+ lbs and he sprinted from the car as if he were a 150lbs track star.

 

[dmassphoto]

Oh dear. Some people have to learn about things the hard way!
I once did, too, with something else but Pepper Spray, and in a different manner, which I am not going to explain, but ... you had me jump up and down in agony then, too.

Icy Hot to the groin area, eh?

 

[stsinner]

Reminds me of a funny story.

It was a nice balmy 100 degree Kansas afternoon. I was driving down the road and came to a stop light. There was a single car in front of me, and old Toyota Supra with two guys in it.

We had only been stopped at the light a few moments when all of a sudden both men leaped from the car and ran in two different directions. They appeared to be in very bad pain, one dropped to the ground. The other looked as though he was crying. I got out of my car and before I got a chance to ask what happened and see if they needed assistance, I smelled the pepper spray in the air.

The driver had a canister of the spray in his center console and it had been in there quite some time. Apparently the temperature reached the point where the canister ruptured and doused the entire car with a fine mist of gas.

One of the men was 350+ lbs and he sprinted from the car as if he were a 150lbs track star.

I was expecting you to say you jumped out and drew a bead on them you gun nut! :lmao:

 

[Easy_Target]

Probably natural. It said "made from the hottest peppers in the world" or something like that.

Bhut Jolokia chili rated at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units?

Icy Hot to the groin area, eh?

Been there. If applying IcyHot to the thighs, wear tighty whiteys, not boxers.

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To be honest though, it wasn't as bad as you'd think. Either that or I my pain tolerance is above normal.

 

[anubis404]

Reminds me of a funny story.

It was a nice balmy 100 degree Kansas afternoon. I was driving down the road and came to a stop light. There was a single car in front of me, and old Toyota Supra with two guys in it.

We had only been stopped at the light a few moments when all of a sudden both men leaped from the car and ran in two different directions. They appeared to be in very bad pain, one dropped to the ground. The other looked as though he was crying. I got out of my car and before I got a chance to ask what happened and see if they needed assistance, I smelled the pepper spray in the air.

The driver had a canister of the spray in his center console and it had been in there quite some time. Apparently the temperature reached the point where the canister ruptured and doused the entire car with a fine mist of gas.

One of the men was 350+ lbs and he sprinted from the car as if he were a 150lbs track star.

Yea, it really sucks. I only got a trace amount in my mouth (less than a drop). I can imagine what a whole canister in your eye would feel like.

 

[dmassphoto]

Bhut Jolokia chili rated at 1,001,304
Been there. If applying IcyHot to the thighs, wear tighty whiteys, not boxers.

[edit]
To be honest though, it wasn't as bad as you'd think. Either that or I my pain tolerance is above normal.

When I was 15, I pulled my groin diving for a ball in center field. Two days later and it was still aching, so I applied some icy hot to my inner thigh before going to sleep. I have a fairly high pain tolerance, and 20min later I was puking in the bathroom then passed out.

I can imagine what a whole canister in your eye would feel like

You can build up a tolerance for it over time and a few exposures. If put in your eyes, though, it would still be painful.

 

[stsinner]

When I was a young punk, me and my friends had a camp fire in the woods. Well, this guy I didn't like was dating my ex that I was still very much enamored with, and they were going to sleep out there in a tent together.. I had a can of Military CS Tear Gas spray with me, so I treated their pillows with a little love.. I left at the end of the night when everyone was getting ready to go to bed, as I wasn't staying out there. I was about 30 yards down the trail leading out of the woods when the fun started!! Was that mean? Sure, but he probably didn't get lucky that night...

The next time I saw her and she told me about it, I said, "That's crazy!! Who would want to do that to you?"

 

[JohnMF]

When I was 15, I pulled my groin diving for a ball in center field. Two days later and it was still aching, so I applied some icy hot to my inner thigh before going to sleep. I have a fairly high pain tolerance, and 20min later I was puking in the bathroom then passed out.

it affects some people more than others

 

[surfingfireman]

Hey all,

While treeplanting in Northern Alberta 10 years ago, we had a bit of problem with bears coming around the planters.

One day, a bear started roaming around getting closer and closer to one certain girl. About 6 guys started yelling at it, waving our arms above our heads, the boss even fired off a couple bear bangers (like bottle rockets) to scare it off. nothing worked, it just kept walking (never too aggressive) closer and closer to her.

after about 5 minutes and with the bear within 15 ft of the girl, I said F this and ran at it with my shovel in baseball swing mode. it immediately started high tailing it out of there. but as soon as I stopped chasing it, it stopped running. I would chase, it would run, I would stop, it would stop.

this went for a couple rounds and the other guys realized it wasn't attacking me, so they joined in and we made a wall of guys forcing the bear out of there.

well my boss was walking beside me and had a canister of bear spray on his belt. well mid chase, the canister hooked on a tree branch and sprayed directly in my face. HOLY CRAP did I drop like a sack of wet hammers!

I was writhing around on the ground in agony for a couple minutes, couldn't see, couldn't breath. as my eyes cleared a wee bit, I looked up to see the bear not 10 ft from me, just staring, wondering what the hell I was doing...

apparently bear spray is rated at 3.3 million scoville units while "human" pepper spray is rated 2 million.