On Sniffing Oils NOT Tested For Safe Use Or How To Tell If Your Duck Is Dead

January 17, 2004

It is a good one Butch!!! And further more, I'm glad to know that your oils

are Beautiful Belly Dancer certified. It is what I always look for. :-)

Peggy

Hi y'all,

As I have written many times .. I believe in a need for dermal testing

for oils that are to be applied to the skin .. this is necessary to

help avoid irritation and more importantly, sensitization. But I'm not

hung up on the idea of having to test oils for inhalation when they've

been used by tens of thousands of people for many, many years .. and

the below leans in that direction .. from a point of humor.

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A woman brought a very limp pet duck into a veterinary office.

As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and

listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his

head sadly and said, " I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away. "

The distressed owner wailed, " Are you sure?

" Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead, " he replied.

" How can you be so sure, " she protested.

" I have examined pets for the past 25 years so I have a good idea when

they are living or dead, " said the vet.

" But, you haven't done any kind of testing on him or anything else that

is scientific. He might just be in a coma or something. "

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned a

few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner

looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front

paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom.

He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet

patted the dog, took it out of the room, and returned a few moments

later with a beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also

sniffed delicately at the bird. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook

its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, " I'm sorry, but as I said, this is

most definitely, 100% certifiably via testing, a dead duck. "

Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and

produced a bill which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in

shock, took the bill. " $150! " , she cried, " $150 just to tell me my duck

is

dead?!! "

The vet shrugged. " I'm sorry ma'am. If you had taken my word that the

duck was dead, the bill would have been only $25, but what with the Lab

Report and the Cat Scan .... "

January 18, 2004