From: dfmanno@mail.com   
      
   In article <92q6t9dbmaac22sbt8mj7p7phqtcogdku6@4ax.com>,   
    Thomas Prufer  wrote:   
      
   > Don Freeman  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Unless it is either easy to separate the ethyl alcohol from the   
   > > denaturants or one can develop a tolerance for extreme   
   > > bitterness, it could hardly be used as an evening aperitif.   
   >   
   > Legend was one could separate drinkable alcohol from aftershave   
   > by straining it thorough a slice of white bread.   
   >   
   > This was told to me as having been done in Vietnam, by out   
   > then-neighbor in the 70s. I think Mennen aftershave was   
   > specifically mentioned.   
   >   
   > I think we did this here a while ago, (I think) along with a   
   > link to someone who was convicted of manslaughter for knowing   
   > selling Sterno to alcoholics after it was converted from ethyl   
   > to methyl alcohol.   
   >   
   > Can't be bothered to descend into the mess ggl has made of the   
   > news archives...   
      
   A data point that may or may not be pertinent: As I was preparing to   
   check into rehab, I was given a list of contraband items. Among them   
   were certain brands of mouthwash. On arrival, when I asked why those   
   brands were banned, I was told by the staff that alcoholics have been   
   known to drink the mouthwashes with an alcohol content. (FYI, original   
   formula Listerine is 26.9% alcohol.)   
      
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