Everything is okay.

[rivka]

The milestone every parent looks forward to: first call to Poison Control.

"Ow, my lip hurts!" Alex said suddenly.

"Let me see... did you bite it?"

"No, I bited the pump," i.e., the hand sanitizer. 62% ethyl alcohol, harmful if swallowed, contact poison control immediately.

"What were you doing biting the pump?"

"I wanted to taste it, but it's yucky."

"How much did you eat?"

"Just a little bit."

I didn't think it could do any harm, but I called just in case. Poison Control seemed to detect a note of disgusted embarrassment, rather than panic, in my voice, and led me through a series of demographic questions before telling me to give her a glass of milk and she'd be fine.

She decided to taste the hand sanitizer. What the hell?

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

It's a gel. Some gels are yummy. Some gels aren't.

. . . weird. It's actually not that bad. I was expecting it to taste like rubbing alcohol, but it's sweeter. You can really taste the perfume in it, though. I guess the sweetness comes from the glycerine. You can taste the acetate, though.

In some ways, I can taste a bizzare similarity to an Aviation Cocktail.

What? I was curious.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I should skip your next mad scientist party.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I never feed poisonous things to anyone else but myself.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could add some gelatine (or Kosher equivalent) to an Aviation and...

... on second thoughts, no.