On Jun 15, 8:29*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
> > Crisco-type shortenings have killed more people than any other thing
> > people deliberately consume other than tobacco, or possibly alcohol.
>
> That claim sounds outlandish. Do you believe Crisco gets caught in
> people's windpipes, causing them to suffocate?

No, it gets caught in people's arteries, causing them to die from
coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and stroke. Tobacco
doesn't kill in the short term either.

--Bryan