MP tries to ban water

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MP tries to ban water

Otago MP Jacqui Dean felt like a bit of a “wally” yesterday, after it was revealed she tried to ban North Otago’s most precious commodity - water.
Mrs Dean has confirmed she was caught in a hoax by an online blogger asking for her help in banning dihydrogen monoxide - which, it turns out, is the chemical name for ordinary H20.

The blunder is a long-running hoax that seeks to trick gullible MPs into calling for the eradication of water.

A letter, signed by Mrs Dean, was sent to Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton last month, asking if the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs had a view on banning the “drug”.

I got an e-mail warning me about dihydrogen monoxide shortly after I got e-mail so this has been making the rounds for ages. Even a college dropout like me figured out the di=2, mono=1, so DMHO is H2O.

 

[Digitonomy]

Even a college dropout like me figured out the di=2, mono=1, so DMHO is H2O.

Dihydrogen monoxide would be DHMO, not DMHO. As far as I can tell, DMHO most commonly serves as an abbreviation for Disrict Medical and Health Officers in India (don’t ban them!), and the Denver & the Mile High Orchestra, a Christian Jazz group. I’ve never heard their music, so I can’t say whether they should be banned.

 

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