Yet another use for WD40

[The Medway Handyman]

[Mr Pounder]

Asians again.

[Brian Gaff]

I have no idea about this, but one of the problems of having ethnic groups that are at each others throats in their own country, here is that they often continue with the same fueds when they live here. Nobody seems to be able to look at this aspect and plan for it. Brian

[Mentalguy2k8]

That would be racist. It's their "culture" innit? It's what enhances our communities and provides vibrancy.

[jgh]

What has historically happened is foreigners come here to get away from the feuds and bigotry in their own country, and then the bigots, hatemongers and "religious" leaders follow them to ensure the feuds and bigotry follow them.

JGH

[whisky-dave]

Does that explain why a fair few of the Polish hate Muslims and aren't affraid to show it.

[orion.osiris]

They're not exactly in love with Jews, either.

[Nightjar]

Given how long such hatreds last, it is probably a legacy of the Thirty Years' War.

Colin Bignell

[Jim K]

"WD-40 causes irritation, redness and tearing if sprayed in the eyes, according to product safety warnings, and can seriously aggravate pre-existing medical conditions."

WTF is "tearing"?

"Pc Dave Townsend, who is investigating the incident, said: 'This was a nasty assault which came out of the blue against three men who had done nothing to provoke the offenders.

'It was an extremely reckless act, spraying such a harmful substance in people's faces, and the victims are very lucky that their vision was unaffected and they have no long-term injuries."

mmm so "harmful" that precisely no-one is any the worse off (apart from the pummeling from the low life outside).

I wonder what transpired earlier in the evening...

Jim K

[Tim Watts]

On Saturday 27 July 2013 07:47 Jim K wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Lacrimation I would guess..

I predict it involved alcohol and chav tendencies...

[polygonum]

Forming of tears. I.e. (pretty much) crying without the emotion.

[Jim K]

don't recall ever seeing that use before - is it of yank origin?

Jim K

[polygonum]

I do not know - but it is widely used in medicine. You can see it on UK Patient Information Leaflets by the dozen. So we are expected to know what it means!

But if you happen to read it as tearing (as in paper or strips off apprentices) then it is utterly confusing.

(From Wiki it looks as if epiphora is insufficient drainage rather than high production. Of course, the result is the same.)

[Bob Martin]

You've never heard "I'm tearing up"?

[Jim K]

nope.

Jim K