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LuckyCharms

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You can't buy saltpeter easily anymore - after the RW assholes blew up the Murrah Building erronis 18 hrs ago #1

Did it work? LuckyCharms 18 hrs ago #2

Just as well as with the monks in the monastaries (and I'll assume the convents). erronis 18 hrs ago #3

Things are so different today... LuckyCharms 18 hrs ago #4

erronis

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1. You can't buy saltpeter easily anymore - after the RW assholes blew up the Murrah Building

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:20 PM

18 hrs ago

I was told that it was added to our orange juice in school to cut down on our onanism (masturbation).

Just a fun fact: Even birds do it. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/masturbation-birds-natural-healthy-behaviour-study

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LuckyCharms

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2. Did it work?

Reply to erronis (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:21 PM

18 hrs ago

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erronis

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3. Just as well as with the monks in the monastaries (and I'll assume the convents).

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:25 PM

18 hrs ago

Nature will be nature.

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LuckyCharms

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4. Things are so different today...

Reply to erronis (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:28 PM

18 hrs ago

The pharmacy had a back entrance. All of the chemicals were on some shelves by the back door, right next to the TV tube testing machine. We would go in and buy the saltpeter. The pharmacist would ask "What do you boys need this for".

We'd say "Smoke bombs".

The pharmacist would just shrug and say "OK" Have fun.

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