March 02, 2007

• And it only costs $2400! So cheap!
• sold out already? whodathunkit?
• Yah, beat you to it! I bought four. One for each hoof. Don't have to pick my feet anymore!* Love, Bluehorse *bad, bad hoof pun
• I was diagnosed with diabetes last year. What color will the water turn when I am diabetes-free?
• Uh huh.
• I've seen camphone pictures of the water after one of these footbaths, and it ain't pretty. I'd be interested to know what it is if it isn't what it says it is.
• *Eddie Murphy incredulous laugh*
• There's a place down the street from me advertising this sort of treatment. Myself, I just toss a nine-volt in the bath.
• One theory of what the sludge is all about.
• Yeah, yeah... I was treated with this by a friend of mine who not only sold the product, but owned one and used it regularly. She died of colon cancer 10 months ago. Not to say that this contributed to her demise, just that if it was as miraculous as they contend...
• What color will the water turn when I am diabetes-free? 'Nockle: I'll take a guess...pee yellow? Oh, yeah. Folks, I have a stone you can put in a goblet that will detect when someone is trying to poison you. For REAL! 1600$ US or two for 39.99$ US Get yours now As Seen On TV!
• *hooks GramMa up to e-meter*
• I love science. I heard there was this bloke in Rotherham, ran his own company, wife talked him into trying one of these things. Half-way through the session he began complaining that it was uncomfortable, but his wife persuaded him to keep going. So the water turns completely black, then the bloke suddenly faints. They pull his feet out and guess what - they've been reduced to the skeleton. Anyway, few weeks later the guy is out of hospital: first day his wife leaves him alone he sells the car, the house, the business, and everything else he can get, gives all the money to charity, and disappears, to be found three years later in a Franciscan monastery in the Auvergne. Meanwhile, the wife has sued the foot-ioniser people: after a long court battle she walks away with £5million. But her life is ruined, she takes to drink and drugs, consorts with Venezuelan gigolos. All the while the original foot ioniser sits in a corner of the bedroom: she won't let anyone touch it, goes mad if anyone even refers to it. One day her grisly corpse is discovered: she's stuck her head in the footbath and switched it on and her voluptuous body is surmounted by a grinning skull which still retains her flowing blond locks. Don't fight bollocks with truth: fight it with an even bigger load of bollocks.
• Like the principle, Plegmund, but if you're trying to set up a meme that's way too elaborate. On the other hand, I did hear tell from a friend of a friend that there was this girl out in Dakota who got one of these things by mail order, and when the water went yellow, her feet went yellow, too. The doctors couldn't do anything: it seems the radiation had activated dormant genes, and there was every chance the yellow would gradually spread up her legs and all over her body. Worst of it: she had no legal recourse. I don't understand exactly why
• That's interesting, darling: my cousin has a friend who designs radar systems, and he says these things work fine so long as the frequencies are correctly set. However, if the polarity is temporarily reversed (which can happen due to atmospheric conditions), they can actually transmit. That means if someone with impetigo or psoriasis is using a footbath anywhere within about 200 miles, those diseases will be cloned over to your feet. I can't vouch for the truth of that, of course, but I think people have a right to know.
• What disturbs me is that these people are doing this -unnaturally-. As one of the websites points out, people have been using this therapy for over 1000 years. How were they able to do this before the discovery of electricity? They used electric eels, of course. Bathing your feet in a bath filled with electric eels, as the ancient Persians did, has all the health-giving properties these people mention. On the other hand, these modern systems use unnatural artificial electricity. These systems can actually transfer heavy metal molecules from the electrodes and into your feet. This is a leading cause of a condition known as 'feet of clay', which is even mentioned in the Bible. My friend Frank told me this, and he totally knows because his doctor told him.
• These electric eels, do they vibrate? 'cause if they don't, then what I has here ain't an eel.
• I understand a child was playing with her pet and accidently stuck the cat into the foot bath. The cat was then revealed as a horrible tenticled alien. 's true! I heard it from a FOAF
• My brother's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend had this cousin who tried one of those foot ioniser things and her feet totally fused together and now she has to go everywhere by pogo stick.
• I'm sure I read somewhere that Swedish scientists have established conclusively that as few as two sessions with these things can increase your risk of cancer by up to more than 53.2%. The curious thing is, it's not foot cancer, but colo-rectal.
• No, I heard it was cranial-rectal. Head up the arse syndrome
• Er, I understand the humor and all guys, but was completely serious. My friend did sell this thing and she did die of colon cancer. No kidding whatsoever. The cool part is that she had a great sense of humor and would have appreciated the same jokes that are being made in this thread.
• Sorry, squid.
• No worries. Like I said, she had a wonderful sense of humor would be laughing along with the rest of us. My point was more about the efficacy of these crap "snake oil" medical devices rather than making anyone feel guilty. Pray, continue.
• The process is basically electrolysis of water, a typical high school experiment, with a twist. The brown "toxins" you see is from the rust generated by the corrosion of the iron electrodes. The different variations in color can be accounted by varying amount of salt added to the water and variations in the compositions of the electrodes. Oh. Thanks ticky!
• Not so fast, Master best: how many grams of Fe2O3, can be obtained from the electrolysis of 10.0 g of H2O? Convert each mass to moles.
• As someone who has had nearly full-body psoriasis most of her life, I must say such claims as these about cure render me speechless with rage. If you have psoriasis and need a fine medicine, contact ENcourage Foundation™ 1-888-4ENBREL or www.enbrel.com.
• *hides under desk*