The Lemonade Enema

Posted by mrtndavid on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:27PM
from the thomas-morris.uk dept.

http://www.thomas-morris.uk/the-lemonade-enema/

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by IdiocyInAction on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:20PM (#19478528)

> Before the Suicide Act of 1961 it was illegal to kill oneself.

That's certainly interesting. I wonder if it carried the death penalty..

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by benj111 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:19PM (#19478523)

I think the first comment in the article explains it.

Its basically an IV, getting in fluids when they can't be administered orally.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by LifeLiverTransp on Sunday March 24, 2019 @05:18PM (#19478832)

Avoid rectal ginger ale. Horse trader secrets should not be applied to patients.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by trhway on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:11PM (#19478487)

Sounds like it allowed to avoid dehydration. Probably not the worst way of doing it [IANAD]

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by wglb on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:33PM (#19478283)

"Making you grateful for modern medicine."

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by 0db532a0 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:44PM (#19478355)

Not just a lemonade enema, but even more perverse: An enema made with lemonade thrown up by a nurse.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by moron4hire on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:51PM (#19478393)

I don't think that was what that meant. I think the "throw up" part was in reference to the administering of the enema itself.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by codewritinfool on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:00PM (#19478430)

I don't believe that is what "throw up a clyster" means. If you google it, that particular phrasing is not uncommon to this story. To me, from context (I have no special knowledge), "throw up a clyster" means to mix a clyster, not regurgitate it.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by benj111 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:22PM (#19478530)

I'm guess its like knocking up (a clyster)... Which doesn't mean getting it pregnant.

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Re:The Lemonade Enema by 0db532a0 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @06:37PM (#19479173)

It was a joke.

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