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Default The Evil Cantaloupe


"Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
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> Dee Randall wrote:
>> "Christopher Helms" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> >
>> > <RJ> wrote:
>> >> I got the container from the fridge,
>> >> and had a delightful breakfast of chilled, cubed cantaloupe.
>> >>
>> >> Within two hours, I was regretting breakfast !
>> >> I spent the rest of the day, rushing to the bathroom.
>> >>
>> >> Today, feeling much better, ( but 5 pounds lighter )
>> >> I pondered ; "What happened ? "
>> >
>> >
>> > "Within two hours" is awfully quick. Maybe it was someting you ate the
>> > day before. Not every nasty thing that makes you sick acts that
>> > quickly.

>>
>> Are you that sure?

>
> Yes.
>
>> I feel queezy and a lot of gas almost immediately after eating certain
>> things. I've drank coffee in restaurants that I've had the stomach
>> cramps
>> and diarrhea almost as soon as.
>> Dee Dee
>> Dee Dee

>
> Your experience notwithstanding, it still doesn't mean that everything
> that makes you sick makes you sick almost instantly. I put it out there
> as a possibility, not a fact.
>


But, it sure is fun to believe these things. :-) Every time I get sick,
it's because of my son, even though he's now 17 and is no longer famous for
sneezing and spraying snot all over everything, like little kids are so fond
of doing. I have scientific proof of my theory, but I can't find it at the
moment.