Toad vomit??

[oldbrownhat]

Now that I have your attention....

Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show

Notes made in the shadow of a devastating outbreak show the great scientist sketching out some distinctly queasy remedies

"It is not as bad as suggesting injections of disinfectant. Isaac Newton’s 17th-century prescription for plague – which blended powdered toad with toad vomit to form “lozenges” to drive away the contagion – has been revealed...."

Lucky for everyone he got interested in apples.

 

[arjay]

I think I’d try hanging the toad in the chimney first [emoji38]

 

[oldbrownhat]

I think I’d try hanging the toad in the chimney first [emoji38]

And preferably someone else's chimney.

 

[vytoland]

Toad vomit..... great on pancakes & waffles.....

 

[Rustyt1953]

Toads won't cure but they'll make you not care:

 

[oldbrownhat]

Toad vomit..... great on pancakes & waffles.....

Would also make a great insult: "Just what we need- more toad vomit from the local bureaucrats."

 

[fordson]

How do you get a toad to vomit?

 

[Rustyt1953]

How do you get a toad to vomit?

Give it a rotten fruit fly.

 

[doublesharp]

Turn on, tune in, toad out.

Toad Licking

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"I'd like to remind all my readers, especially you impressionable young people, that if you must lick a toad, make sure it's wearing a condom. Thank you."
—Dave Barry
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Licking the backs of toads to get high.

Based on an urban legend dating as far back as The Seventies, groups of hippies and teenagers were alleged to have been licking specific species of toads which secrete psychoactive compounds through their skin.

While there are toads that do secrete such chemicals, licking it off a toad itself is very dangerous (they're toxins to deter predators after all, coupled with an easy case of salmonella) and will cause some serious poisoning for anyone considering a pursuit to get high in such a fashion in Real Life (or in layman's terms, Don't Try This At Home).

In fiction, the psychoactive toad is commonly used as a G-Rated Drug.

See also: Mushroom Samba
Compare: Alien Catnip, Fantastic Drug, I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!

Examples of Toad Licking include:

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Music
Tabletop Games
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One X-Men spinoff series featured Toad Boy, a young mutant who secreted a powerful narcotic.
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There is an Australian documentary about cane toads, which covers using toads as hallucinogens.
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Hippy: Don Juan the Yaqui brujo says that when you take peyote, you become as one with the spirit of the cactus ... yer toad's the same.

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[fordson]

Give it a rotten fruit fly.

Hmm... I thought you showed it the latest gun control proposals.

 

[Mule Packer]

Toad vomit??!! You gotta be kiddin' me!! I've been affiliated with this forum now for almost seven years, and I have to admit I've seen some pretty strange posts before but...toad vomit??

And I thought this was a firearms forum. Next thing you know we'll be talking about witch doctors, talisman, jack balls, voodoo and 'possum salve to cure flinching from recoil!

 

[oldbrownhat]

... ...Next thing you know we'll be talking about witch doctors, talisman, jack balls, voodoo and 'possum salve to cure flinching from recoil!

Now it's funny you should mention that because I was just researching heavy loads for my 45-70 and apparently if you substitute fermented possum salve for Dragon Lube....

 

[Rustyt1953]

Some of the world's tastiest concoctions use back of the pantry ingredients.

Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips, Dromedary pretzels, Tuscany fried bats, Ram's bladder cups (choicest juicy chunks of fresh Cornish ram's bladder, emptied, steamed, flavored with sesame seeds whipped into a fondue and garnished with lark's vomit).

Sometimes it's best not to read the labels.

 

[jc2721]

'ere now, don't forget the Spam!

Spam, Spam ,Spam, Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam
Loverly Spam, loverly Spam!

 

[oldbrownhat]

Some of the world's tastiest concoctions use back of the pantry ingredients.

Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips, Dromedary pretzels, Tuscany fried bats, Ram's bladder cups (choicest juicy chunks of fresh Cornish ram's bladder, emptied, steamed, flavored with sesame seeds whipped into a fondue and garnished with lark's vomit).

Sometimes it's best not to read the labels.

Especially for Crunchy Frog (Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...)

If any of the above was in the "back of your pantry" back in Blighty, it's no wonder you emigrated

 

[S42N8]

'ere now, don't forget the Spam!

Spam, Spam ,Spam, Spam
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam
Loverly Spam, loverly Spam!

Here now! Don’t be adding Spam to a thread on toad vomit. Somebody will combine the two and spoil the toad vomit.

And broccoli is right out.

 

[Toolguy]

Mr. de Lassay is believed to have said something to the effect of "If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, you may be assured that nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day."